02/17/2022
Did you know that radiant floor heat is one of the oldest forms of climate control? Ancient Eskimos filled stone trenches under their dwellings with hot smoke to warm the space. The Greeks and Romans used hypocausts, basically furnaces pumping hot air into floor and wall space, to warm their public buildings and bath houses. Different forms of radiant floor heating have been used for millennia.
More modern forms of radiant floor heating use piped water, air or electricity to warm floors, walls, driveways and sometimes even ceilings. Radiant floor heating provides even, consistent temperatures and better comfort levels than other heating systems. That’s because, unlike forced air heat that rises and mostly ends up around your ceiling or escaping through doors and windows, radiant floor heat is concentrated closer to the floor where you need it.
You probably know that you need to have your furnace and air conditioning systems cleaned and tuned up each year to keep them running at their best. But since it doesn’t have filters to change and ducts to clean, you may not realize that your radiant heat system needs to be regularly inspected and maintained as well.
You should have your radiant floor heating system thoroughly inspected yearly, which can be done at the same time as your boiler or other equipment. The system should be checked for pressure, condition of the pumps and valves and clean the pump.
Give us a call for your clean & check if you haven't had one yet, or for more information on installing a radiant floor system!
