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Electric radiant floor heating
Rather than having a furnace on constantly, more and more folks are relishing the advantages of radiant heat. Radiant heat involves heating objects in the room rather than heating the air around them, and heated flooring provides an even dispersion of energy in a room even if the temperature of the air is lower. With less loss of heat and a steadier room temperature, this system can cut down your energy costs by more than 30%. Maintenance expenses for this method of heating are almost nothing and you don’t have to worry about changing filters, cleaning out ducts or replacing worn out valves. Heating systems using forced air often produce drafty, dusty environments, especially when dirt and dust is easily trapped by floor vents. Because there are no buzzing fans and rattling radiators, this is a quiet and comfy heating system. The most critical decision you face with this heating system is what kind of flooring to go with, as stone, ceramics and porcelain are good ways to conduct heat, while hardwood is not a good selection.

Radiant heating
Hydronic heating applications, which uses steam or hot water to heat a building, became common in the 1940′s with the advent of hot water radiators, while using cold water to cool a building, also known as hydronic cooling, is only now gaining popularity. Radiant heating occurs if a hot surface transfers heat directly to an object or person in the same room or area, and hydronic radiant heating uses steam or hot water as the source of the heat. The application of radiant cooling is a little more complicated than radiant heating, and relies on cooler surfaces to take in the heat generated by a heated body. Hydronic radiation operates identically for both heating and cooling, with hot or cold water running through an array of pipes embedded in the ceiling, floor, or walls. The most efficient radiant heating systems are installed in the floor where the heat always rises, while the most efficient cooling systems are in the ceiling where the ascending heat is more easily absorbed. Hydronic radiant cooling systems call for more complicated installation since you are required to handle humidity, deal with ventilation issues, and allow fresh air into the room. Radiant systems are more energy effective than traditional systems that blow hot or cold air through ductwork to cool or heat a room, a process that causes much dispersion and energy loss. As a home do-it-yourself project the installation of radiant cooling or heating systems may be too hard to accomplish, so you would be wise to call up a professional to do the work.

Radiant floor heating
Radiant heat is the most economical, safe, environmentally friendly, and comfortable way to heat your home, and systems utilizing infrared heat have become increasingly popular. Based on which radiant heat technology one prefers, the walls, ceilings and floors are heated by either electricity or a hot liquid, which heats the items that are close by and then transfers to the air. Traditional forced-air heating systems function in a different way by blowing heated air into a room, however this heats the air next to the ceiling a lot more than the air down lower by the floor. At this time there are two major radiant heat technologies: electric radiant systems which use a series of cables, and liquid radiant heat systems that push hot water (or oil) through an array of pipes. Also known as hydronic heating, liquid radiant heating is a system that has pipes laid out over either a concrete slab flooring or sandwiched between sheets of plywood. Two thousand years ago, the Romans refined another form of radiant heat employing heated air, however in our modern times this technology is not as economical since air cannot store heat as well as other materials.

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