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Do you need radiant heating in the winter?
You will always need radiant heating in the winter. Without radiant heating, a standard home will be far too cold to live in. Human beings need warmth in their shelter to remain healthy.
The science behind radiant heating?
Radiant heating works by transferring heat directly from a warm surface to cooler objects without heating the air in between. This can be through infrared radiation or conduction. Radiant heating is an efficient way to provide warmth, as it heats objects in a room directly, resulting in a more even distribution of heat and potentially lower energy consumption.
Is radiant floor heating controlled with a thermostat ?
Yes, radiant floor heating is controlled by a thermostat. This is important as it makes sure the temperature never gets higher than you want it and that when it gets cold the heating goes on automatically.
Do hardwood floors make a house cold?
Hardwood floors are cooler to the touch than carpet, but I don't consider them to be a cold flooring, nor do they make a house cold. The house is cold because of the way it is built and insulated.
How To Use Radiant Heat?
While the technology behind radiant heat has been around for quite a while, it is just recently starting to gain popularity among builders and home-owners alike. Radiant heat produces heat throughout the floor in places that may get cold easily such as tiled bathrooms or kitchens. By heating the floor, many people are able to all but eliminate their normal heating bill, as most of the cold we feel comes through our feet. A warm floor is almost the same as a warm house when viewed this way. Radiant heat is enjoyed by so many for a wide variety of reasons, least of which is that it is incredibly easy to use. The way radiant heat works is there are normally heated pipes that run directly beneath the floor. If you have a basement without a proper ceiling, you will actually be able to see the pipes. These can be heated in a variety of different ways, but making use of the radiant heat is almost always the same no matter what. Usually, you will have a dial - not unlike a normal heating dial - somewhere on your way. This may or may not be located near your normal heating dial. While radiant heating dials are not quite as elaborate temperature-wise as normal heating dials, they operate the same way. Twisting the dial clockwise will cause the temperature of the floors to rise; twisting counter-clockwise will cause it to fall. Occasionally, radiant heating is controlled with a digital device rather than an analog dial. These devices are usually found near the front door of the home, and while all digital devices are different, the vast majority are extremely self-explanatory and easy to use. Any digital device for radiant heating you have installed in your home should come with its own set of instructions. Radiant heating is an excellent solution to lowering your heating bill, and can be extremely relaxing and enjoyable - especially when it is cold outside.
Radiant Floor Heating: Keep Feet Warm & Save?
Because heat rises, most homes have cold floors in the wintertime. Radiant floor heating provides warm floors and uniform heat throughout the rest of the room. The heat rises from the floor and warms people and objects in the room, creating a cozy atmosphere. The heat produced from radiant heating does not dry the air – or your skin - like forced air heat, and when the air is not dry it feels warmer, so you will be more comfortable even if the room temperature is lower. It will also help prevent the dry cracking skin associated with dry winter air. Your heat will not be directed to certain areas of a room and leave cool spots in other areas, and your children will not have to play on drafty floors. Forced air heating systems are not as efficient as radiant heat because some of the energy is lost while traveling through the air ducts, and the moving air coming from them usually contains dust and allergens which can cause problems for people who suffer from allergies or asthma. When you have air vents in the floors, arranging furniture can be difficult because you must be careful not to put something over a vent or in front of a vent, which would greatly reduce its effectiveness. Forced air heating is sometimes noisy, but radiant heating does its job quietly and efficiently. Radiant floor heating is energy efficient, so your heating costs should decrease, and you will be doing your part to protect the environment while you save money on utilities. Radiant floor heating will also increase the value of your home, which will be a benefit if you decide to sell it in a few years. You can regulate the temperature in each room with some radiant floor heating systems and save even more energy by keeping bedrooms, pantries and laundry rooms cooler than the rest of your home, and if you want extra warmth in the bathroom, you can have that too. You will surely enjoy the clean quiet heat from your radiant floor heating system, and you won’t have to keep house slippers handy to put on your feet when you get out of bed, because the floor will be warm.
How radiant floor heating is installed in your home?
Radiant floor heating, or floor heating, is accomplished by supplying heat directly to the floor. This type of heating is far more energy efficient than forced air heating as nothing is lost through ducts. There are three types of floor heating: radiant air floors, electric radiant floors, and hydronic radiant heat. The hydronic floor is a liquid based system that uses little electricity and is the best choice in areas with high electricity costs. The method for installing electric or hydronic radiant systems are very similar. The wet installation is the oldest form of these flooring systems. In the wet installation, the cables or tubes are laid in the concrete slab foundation of the home. High heat capacity is possible when installing the system in a thick concrete slab. A dry installation is when the cables or tubes are suspended between the joists, underneath the subfloor. This type of installation requires the use of reflective insulation under the cables or tubes. This will make sure the heat is reflected up through the floor and not downward. There is now an improvement on the dry installation process. This is done by using a plywood subfloor made with built in tubing grooves and heat diffuser plates. This can make the installation less expensive and heating more efficient than a regularly dry installed system. Ceramic tile is the best choice for floor covering over the radiant heating system. Other floor coverings can be used, however, it must be remembered that the floor coverings can cut down on the efficiency of the heating system. Ceramic tile conducts the heat instead of insulated the house from the heat. Once your flooring heating system is installed and operating, you will immediately experience the benefits. One the lesser known advantages of a floor heating system is beneficial for the allergy sufferer. Since air is no longer forcing heating through the house, dust and allergens are no longer being forced through the house. The air is also not being dried out by the heating system, eliminating the need for humidifiers in the house. The biggest benefit of course, is not having to walk on a cold floor.
Should cold air returns be near the ceiling or on the floor?
Floors in heating season, ceilings in Air Conditioning season
Do most cars not have underfloor heating mats?
Most cars do not have underfloor heating mats. In fact, underfloor heating mats are not used in cars. They are used in homes to clean floors from being cold in the winter.
What is the purpose of radiant heating?
Basically, radiant heating is used for heating the indoors and outdoors. If you've ever noticed when walking on a wood floor, it can be quite cold to bare feet. With radiant heating, the coils are installed below the floor, and allows heat to rise into the floor. This keeps the floor, and room a constant temperature. To create the kind of comfort indoors on the coldest days, that one enjoys when out on a sunny beach.
In ancient rome what was a hypocaust?
A hypocaust was the Roman heating system. There were hollow channels in the floors or walls of a house/building which allowed the heat from a furnace to flow through the house. Our present day central heating systems are based upon the same principles but with modern heat ducts and refinements.
How it works forced water heating system?
A boiler heats water to a safe heating temperature, often 180 degrees or so, and when a thermostat calls for heat, circulating pumps move the water from the boiler to the radiators where it heats the air surrounding the radiant surface, causing localized convective heating as well as some amount of conductive and radiant heat transfer. others have said: Stratification HEAT goes to the cold.
