Radiant Floor Heat

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Free Radiant Heat Schematics for Viewing with Adobe Reader

I found a website that offers some free schematics for radiant floor heat systems you can view in Adobe reader, it includes one on retrofitting an existing boiler and baseboard system with a radiant floor, as well as links for mechanical and architectural schematics for radiant floor heating. The website is healthyheating.com, and a direct link to the schematics page is: http://bit.ly/avN3NP.

It's a good place to see some of the possibilities for using radiant floor heat, both in new construction, and retrofitting existing heating systems.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Advantages of Radiant Floor Heat

I found an article about radiant floor heat on a US government energy savers website, here's a little of what it says about the advantages of using a radiant floor heating system:

Radiant heating has a number of advantages: it is more efficient than baseboard heating and usually more efficient than forced-air heating because no energy is lost through ducts. The lack of moving air can also be advantageous to people with severe allergies. Hydronic (liquid-based) systems use little electricity, a benefit for homes off the power grid or in areas with high electricity prices. The hydronic systems can also be heated with a wide variety of energy sources, including standard gas- or oil-fired boilers, wood-fired boilers, solar water heaters, or some combination of these heat sources.

You can find the full article at this link: http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/space_heating_cooling/index.cfm/mytopic...