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"Radiant heating"

Radiant heating / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Under floor heating provides comfort and efficiency
Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

All about under floor heating systems for homes

...heating is another option, where heating wires are embedded in flooring. Should you use water or glycol in hydronic radiant heating? The liquid in hydronic floors can be just water, unless there is a risk of freezing, in which case glycol is used. But a word on that – If you are building a radiant under floor heating s...

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Crawl spaces or slab on grade foundations?
Foundations and Basements

Slab on grade or crawlspaces, which is better?

...radiant-heated floor provides greater thermal comfort for occupants, and, compared to forced-air heating, it does not blow dust around your home. So it offers an advantage for cleaner indoor-air quality than a crawl space foundation.  A polished concrete floor with a non-toxic finish is the most durable and healthy fl...

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Radiant floor tube installation
Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

DIY radiant floor tubing installation video

...heating systems  Build your own DIY solar air heater for free heat Heat pump water heaters save energy and money All about underfloor heating - hydronic, electric wire or air tubes  Non-toxic silicate sealer for polished concrete slab floors Learn more about the benefits of a free Ecohome Network Membership h...

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Slab-on-grade construction technical guide
Slab on Grade

Slab-on-grade technical guide

...radiant floor heating, which offers a very balanced and comfortable environment, transforming the concrete mass into one big radiator.  One of the great advantages of radiant floor heat is that the further you get from anything radiating heat (imagine a woodstove), the cooler it gets. So heat is concentrated at ground ...

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