Radiant Flooring Involves Placing Tubes In Your Flooring To Distribute The Heat.
Winter is rapidly approaching, and it's never too early to start preparing your home. This year, higher heating costs are especially concerning. Gas is no longer more affordable than electric, which has been expensive for quite some time. By investing in an energy efficient heating system and looking for alternative energy sources, you can help lower your utility bills while enjoying a more temperately comfortable home this winter. Tired of cold floors and inefficient heating? Radiant floor heating systems are one area you might begin with.
Heat rises; therefore, it makes logistical sense to install your heating source in the lowest point in the house. Radiant heating can also be more efficient in that little heat is wasted through forced air ducts. People with allergies also prefer it to forced air systems. Radiant heating systems rely on infrared radiation and convection, creating subtle warmth that permeates the room. There are three types of radiant heating systems designed to be installed beneath your flooring .
· Radiant Air Floors. This type of heating system uses air as the heat conveyer. These systems are perhaps the least efficient and used the least. They rely on a furnace to heat and pump the air through pipes beneath the floor, which can be an expensive and inefficient mode of heating. It is possible to use a solar air ...
Read the full article in the CalFinder Remodeling and Home Solar Power Magazine
