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| IN-FLOOR RADIANT HEAT |
Radiant Heating Systems involve supplying heat directly to the floor. This system depends on radiant heat transfer, which is the delivery of
heat directly from the hot surface to the people and objects in the room which is also called infrared radiation. Radiant heating is the effect
you feel when you can feel the warmth of a hot stove top element from across the room.
Radiant Heating has a number of advantages:
1) It is more efficient than baseboard heating and usually more efficient than forced air because no energy is lost through ducts
2) The lack of moving air can help people with severe allergies
3) Hydronic (Liquid Based - ie. water) systems use little to no energy
4) Hydronic systems allow users multiple ways to produce the energy (gas or oil boilers, wood boilers, water heaters, or some combination)
There are THREE types of radiant floor heat:
1) radiant air floors (air is the heat carrying medium)
2) electric radiant floors
3) hot water (Hydronic)
MAXWELL-WHITE PLUMBING INSTALLES HYDRONIC (HOT WATER) SYSTEMS ONLY!
Hydronic systems are the most popular and cost-effective radiant heating systems for heating-dominated climates (ie. Wisconsin!) These
type of systems pump heated water from a boiler (or water heater) through tubing laid in a pattern underneath the floor. The temperature
is controlled by regulating the flow of hot water through each tubing loop - this is accomplished by zoning valves or pumps and thermostats.
CALL US TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION!!!!
Information obtained from energysavers.gov
heat directly from the hot surface to the people and objects in the room which is also called infrared radiation. Radiant heating is the effect
you feel when you can feel the warmth of a hot stove top element from across the room.
Radiant Heating has a number of advantages:
1) It is more efficient than baseboard heating and usually more efficient than forced air because no energy is lost through ducts
2) The lack of moving air can help people with severe allergies
3) Hydronic (Liquid Based - ie. water) systems use little to no energy
4) Hydronic systems allow users multiple ways to produce the energy (gas or oil boilers, wood boilers, water heaters, or some combination)
There are THREE types of radiant floor heat:
1) radiant air floors (air is the heat carrying medium)
2) electric radiant floors
3) hot water (Hydronic)
MAXWELL-WHITE PLUMBING INSTALLES HYDRONIC (HOT WATER) SYSTEMS ONLY!
Hydronic systems are the most popular and cost-effective radiant heating systems for heating-dominated climates (ie. Wisconsin!) These
type of systems pump heated water from a boiler (or water heater) through tubing laid in a pattern underneath the floor. The temperature
is controlled by regulating the flow of hot water through each tubing loop - this is accomplished by zoning valves or pumps and thermostats.
CALL US TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION!!!!
Information obtained from energysavers.gov