Forced Air Heat vs. Radiant Heat
Unfortunately many people are never exposed to radiant heat so they can see how great it feels compared to the forced air systems in most houses. If you know what the gentle warming of the sun feels like, you know what radiant heat can feel like in your home. It is more expensive to install in houses than forced air though, and that is why builders now usually install it instead.
Because forced air heating systems are cheaper, few builders build their houses with radiant heat. If you want that type of heat, it is best to buy a house that has not been built yet and put radiant heat in as one of the upgrades. You need to put the radiant heat underneath the floors of the whole house and this is really only practical as the house is under construction.
Radiant heat can be installed two different ways. The first is hydronic radiant heat and that is heat generated from hot water moving through pipes that are beneath the floor. Obviously, with water involved and being heated, a hydronic heating system is both expensive and difficult to install to make sure nothing leaks. If you want your house to be heated in this fashion, it is best to have it put in as the house is being built.
In preexisting houses, installing electric radiant heat is much easier and is the choice of most people. Electric pads are placed under the floors and the electric current heats things much like it does in a toaster. These pads can be put in where ever you like and most people choose to have them put in selected rooms and not the whole house.
Every cold winter is especially hard on a persons skin because the air is very dry. One of the problems is that most homes have forced air heating which contributes greatly to the dryness. All this does is push the dry warm air from room to room, which is terrible for a person's skin. If your home has radiant floor heat, you know how lucky you are as that heat is not as dry and does not circle from room to room.
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