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Radiant Heating in your Fairfield or New Haven county home!

Thousands of people across America are already experiencing the luxury and comfort of radiant floor heating in their homes. Bathrooms transform into tranquil spa-like retreats. Kitchens become so much more than a place to cook meals, but transform into a room where the whole family can gather to relax and enjoy!

Radiant heat is like the sun's heat. It travels through the air until it finds an object. Typical heating systems rely on convection. Convention simply means that the heated air will rise, and the cooler air will fall (unless it's forced warm air, which is driven by a blower). Have you ever put on clothes that seemed to be cold? How about crawled into a bed that seemed rather chilly under the covers? That's what happens with convective heating- the air is warm, not the surrounding objects in your home. With warm air, your skin is tricked into thinking that the living environment is comfortable, until your skin has to give up its heat to another object!

Why Is It Energy Efficient?

Energy use in radiant panel heated buildings are typically 10% to 30%less in homes, and up to 60% less in commercial buildings. Heat loss and energy cost are primarily dependent on the difference in temperature between inside air and outside air.

Since a radiant system operates with a lower inside air temperature, this heat loss is considerably less. This is particularly true with a hot air system where the hottest air rises to the ceiling and the heat escapes through the roof. A radiant floor system can be zoned any way you like. You can have a thermostat in every room if you wish. As a result you don’t have to overheat most of the building just to get it hot enough in a single area. This adds up to a far greater comfort level and lower fuel bills.

You can move as much heat through a 1 inch pipe with water as a 8 by 24 duct using air. As a result, the heat lost trying to get it from the source to the area you are trying to heat is substantially less with any hot water system. The heat lost with a radiant panel system operating at 110 degrees is also substantially less than a baseboard system which typically runs at 180 to 200 degrees, and is mostly on an outside wall.

The large thermal mass of typical radiant panel systems means very slow temperature changes, which also increases overall system efficiency. In almost every case we have studied, the reduced cost of operation has more than offset any increase in installation cost in a short period of time.

If you are looking for a radiant heating system For your Fairfield or New Haven county home, please call us today at (203) 335-0224 or (203) 852-7144 or complete our online request form for an in-home consultation.