Forced Air Heat vs. Radiant Heat
One of the most popular types of heating systems is radiant heat. Unfortunately not many houses are built with a complete system that is set up to heat the whole house this way. It is more expensive than other kinds of heat so most often you will find just certain rooms, like the bathrooms, heated with radiant heat. In order to get floor heat in all the rooms, the house has to pretty much be built that way from the start.
If you want to have radiant heat as your main heating system throughout your house, it is best to have it installed right from the start as the house is being built. Because it has to be put in under the floors, this is hard to do with a home that is already built. If people still want it in a pre existing home, they usually only choose to have it put in a couple rooms.
When choosing radiant heat to install in your home, you have two basic choices. The first is hydronic radiant floor heat and the second option is electric radiant heat. Hydronic heat involves having pipes underneath the floors that have warm water flowing through them. This system, as you can imagine, is quite difficult to install properly and is best done in a new home just being built. Whenever you have water involved, you need to make sure there is no leakage that would cause big problems down the line.
This is why most people opt for electric radiant heat which is much easier to install and less risky for future problems. Of the two kinds of radiant heat, electric radiant heat is also the cheapest to install. Electric radiant heat works similarly to a toaster in that electricity heats up metal coils and transmits heat. This type of heat is installed in existing homes using pads that carry the wires which are put in under the floor.
The winter months can take a toll on a persons skin as the dry air is relentless and does daily damage as well as being uncomfortable. The forced air systems in many homes only make the situation worse as the warm dry air is circulated from room to room. Once you try radiant heat, you will immediately understand the different feeling it gives you and how wonderful an alternative it is to the common heating systems of today.
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