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I would like to know if someone can tell me how effective radiant heating is?

I would like to know if someone can tell me how effective radiant heating is?

I would like to know if someone can tell me how effective radiant heating is?

It gets real cold where I live in the winter. The only heat I have are “space heaters” which only heat what is directly in front of them. I also have a wood pellet burning stove, that seems to be o.k., but only in the room where it is, the heat doesn’t circulate throughout the house. I was thinking of getting a furnace but there is no gas source. Somebody mentioned “Radiant Heat” and I am hoping that someone can give me some information of that.

i installed radiant baseboard heaters in my house. they work well and were cheap. i think they cost a little more than a gas furnace but the initial cost is much less. i found them at some surplus website, plus i bought some used ones off ebay. they run on 220 and are permanent, not a space heater. i put thermostats on each of them.

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3 Responses to “I would like to know if someone can tell me how effective radiant heating is?”

  1. jenny s Says:
    May 6th, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    i installed radiant baseboard heaters in my house. they work well and were cheap. i think they cost a little more than a gas furnace but the initial cost is much less. i found them at some surplus website, plus i bought some used ones off ebay. they run on 220 and are permanent, not a space heater. i put thermostats on each of them.

  2. jim Says:
    May 6th, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    radiant heat will give you a more even heat than space heaters, or units that are fan forced….radiant heat works to heat objects in the room, rather than just provide heat to a space or area…..

    http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=how+does+radiant+heat+work&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

    there are plenty of links there that can give further explanation

  3. Squish Says:
    May 6th, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    Radiant heat works off a boiler normally so you will still need a gas source. You can get a boiler that runs off propane but if you are going to that length I would put in forced air furnace. A radiant heat system takes a few hours to heat up but lasts a long time even after you turn it off. In most cases the cost of a radiant systems can be almost twice the cost of a forced air system. If you crack a window on the opposite side of the house as the pellet stove I believe it will make the heat pull to that end of the house.

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