| Radiant heating technique is gaining high popularity at the present time. It represents a tool of warming a room by warming one of its surfaces such as walls or a floor. The old technique of heating was equipped with radiators that were situated in the corners of the room. But the problem with this means was that in order to warm the whole room they had to get very hot, and if a person touched them by chance he could get burned. Another minus of this technique was that they heated the room non-evenly, mostly the space around them while in the opposite corner of the room it was much colder. The up-to-date method of radiant heating is totally different due to utilizing broad surfaces.
The principle of operation of technique is founded on thermal radiation and is similar to the previous procedures. Temperature and heating radiation are qualities of any object. The ability of objects to take up heat from nearby structures allows to use heating radiation of the floor to warm your feet, for instance.
Another procedure of heating is generally called forced air technique. Its function is to blow warmed air into the rooms of the house. The minus of this method is that forced air mixes up particles of different origin: mold, dust and others, so this system can not be applied in the houses where people with allergies live. What is more, hot air has only local action, it doesn't heat the room. As regards radiant heat, it's constructed to let the heat rise uniformly from the floor, this way, the room is heated evenly and keeps the temperature during longer period of time.
The radiant heating method is highly efficient in large houses. Forced air technique works for small houses, but take into consideration allergy troubles. Make sure your home is well-insulated, so the heat won't be lost through windows chinks or ceiling.
There are three types of radiant heating: electric system based on electric lines, air system founded on the application of hot air under the floor, and hydronics based on hot water under the floor.
Warming procedures are numerous and it is up to you to decide which one is right for you. But as the practical experience shows the most efficient way to heat a house is radiant heating. |
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