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ArticlesThings You Wanted To Know About Radiant Floor Heating
Date Added: February 25, 2010 01:28:52 PM | | Radiant heating technique is gaining high popularity nowadays. It's a system of warming a room by warming any of its surfaces such as walls or a floor. The previous system of heating was equipped with radiators that were situated in the corners of the room. But the difficulty with this tool was that in order to heat up the whole room they used to get very hot, and if a person touched them by accident he could get burned. Another disadvantage of this procedure was that they heated the room non-uniformly, mostly the space around them when in the opposite corner of the room it was still cold. The up-to-date procedure of radiant heating is completely different thanks to utilizing broad surfaces.
The mechanism of tool is based on thermal radiation and is similar to the previous systems. Temperature and heating radiation are properties of any article. The ability of articles to take up heat from nearby structures allows to use heated floor to warm your feet, for example.
Another procedure of heating is often called forced air method. Its purpose is to blow warmed air into the house. The disadvantage of this method is that forced air mixes up small parts of different origin: mold, dust and others, so this system can not be applied in the houses where people with allergies live. Besides, hot air has only local action, it doesn't warm the room. As regards radiant heating technique, it's designed to let the heat rise uniformly from the floor, in such a way, the room is warmed evenly and is able to keep the temperature during longer period of time.
The radiant heat is highly efficient in large houses. Forced air tool works for small houses, but take into account allergy troubles. Make sure your house is well-insulated, so the heat won't be lost through windows chinks or ceiling.
There are 3 types of radiant heating: electric system founded on electric coils, air system founded on the application of hot air under the floor, and hydronics based on hot water under the floor.
Heating systems are numerous and it is your right to decide which one is right for you. But as the practical experience indicates the most efficient way to heat a house is radiant heating. |
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