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All You Need To Know About Radiant Heat |
| Date Added: February 25, 2010 10:24:27 PM |
| Author: tizffany731 |
| Category: Education And Reference: Reference |
| Radiant heating is becoming more and more popular at present. It represents a procedure of heating a room by warming one of its surfaces such as walls or a floor. The old method of heating was equipped with radiators that were situated in the corners of the room. But the difficulty with this tool was that in order to warm the whole room they needed to get very hot, and if a person touched them accidentally he could get burned. One more disadvantage of this method was that they heated the room non-evenly, mostly the space around them while simultaneously in the opposite corner of the room it was much colder. The modern technique of radiant heating is totally different due to utilizing broad surfaces. The mechanism of tool is based on thermal radiation and is similar to the previous methods. Temperature and heating radiation are properties of any object. The ability of objects to take up heat from contiguous structures permits to use heated floor to warm your feet, for instance. Another technique of heating is often called forced air procedure. Its purpose is to blow heated air into the house. The disadvantage of this method is that forced air heats particles of different origin: dust, spores, mold and others, so this system can not be applied in the houses where people with allergies live. Besides, hot air has only local action, it doesn't warm the room. As to radiant heating technique, it is designed to let the heat rise uniformly from the floor, in such a way, the room is heated evenly and is able to keep the temperature during longer period of time. The radiant heating system is highly effective in large houses. Forced air tool works for small houses, but take into account allergy problems. Make sure your house is insulated, so the heat won't be lost through windows chinks or ceiling. There are 3 types of radiant heating: electric system based on electric wires, air system founded on hot air under the floor, and hydronics founded on hot water under the floor. Heating techniques are numerous and it is your right to decide which one is right for you. But as the practice indicates the most efficient way to warm a house is radiant heating. |
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