Great video Katha! I agree that radiant heat is by far superior for comfort! I have a propane boiler and cast iron radiators in my 100 year old farm house but I rarely run it due to costs of propane- it is a very efficient boiler, but it is much cheaper for me to run my forced air geothermal unit for heating and cooling
Radiant heat is far superior. Radiation heats things that absorb IR like big bags of water, (people). Once you live in a house built with heated floors you will never consider forced air again. Hot liquids transmit much more heat than warm air. Hydronic heating is also more thermally efficient since it heats and maintains heat in thermal mass. Blowing around warm air is just dumb for heating.
Hallo Katha, thank you again for another well researched video, keep up the good work.
Hi Jörg, great to read from you again. Thank you! Hope things are well. 😀 Katha
Great video Katha! I agree that radiant heat is by far superior for comfort! I have a propane boiler and cast iron radiators in my 100 year old farm house but I rarely run it due to costs of propane- it is a very efficient boiler, but it is much cheaper for me to run my forced air geothermal unit for heating and cooling
Thank you very much! That makes sense. I really like that you have that geothermal system on your old farm house. 😀
Radiant heat is far superior. Radiation heats things that absorb IR like big bags of water, (people). Once you live in a house built with heated floors you will never consider forced air again. Hot liquids transmit much more heat than warm air. Hydronic heating is also more thermally efficient since it heats and maintains heat in thermal mass. Blowing around warm air is just dumb for heating.
Radiant heat is indeed significantly more energy efficient. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts. 🙏