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Show G6 The Sait Lake Tribune/Deseret News, Sunday, September 24, 2000 Advertising supplement produced by the Newspaper Agency Corporation Radiant heating bathes your homewith warmth x A-space-heating method used in ancient Rome is capturing the attention of discriminating homeowners today. For centuries, radiant floor heating has been considered a comfortable and efficient way to warm a building and its occupants. The Romans pumped hot air from coal and wood fires through ducts in floor masonry. In this century, radiant floor systems were updated and championed by Frank Lloyd Wright. He used hot water circulated through pipes embedded in the concrete floors that were common in many homes he designed. Modern technology makes radiant floor heating an alternative to other hydronic and forced air systems, While the installed cost of a radiant floor system is higher, today’s high-efficiency equipment and lower operating costs mean overall savings in the long term. mind walking across barefooted that are too hot or too cold. For using the floor as a giant radiator, circulating warm water supplied by a boiler or water heater through a network of strong, flexible tubes under the floor’s surface. Radiant systems can be installed under just about any kind of flooring surface, including tile, wood and carpet. Exist- floors pleasantly warm (not more than 85 ‘a These of sys! leave the natural humdfdity inthe air and eliminate the need to add humidifiers found in forced air systems. Unlike forced air heating, there is virtually no air movement. That means rooms are uniformly kept at 67 degrees, the living room at 70 degrees, and rooms at 72 degrees, while ant unfinished basement can be set at 55 degrees. This control of heating zones increases the comfort aa usability ofthe home. Radiant systems operate most efficiently when left at one thermostat setting. This means that you can set thermostat at 70 degrees and not have to worry about turning the heat down during the dayorlate at night. “That's something you just cannot do with a forced air system,” says Dudley. “Most people turn the heat up when they get home from work and the house is cold, with a radiant system the house is warm when you get home.” An ancient technology updated for the modern home, radiant heat can also be used outside on patios, sidewalks and driveways to eliminate ice and snow buildups. By circulating a warm antifreeze solution through tubing in the driveway,patio or deck, the slab is heated to a point where it will melt the falling snow. The same boiler that heats the house can be used for snow-meltif the area is small, or an additional boiler can be added for a larger Radiant floor heating works by ing homes with basement access can be retrofitted with radiant in the middle of winter.It keeps example, the bedrooms can be heated from floor to ceiling because the warm air has less heat by attaching tubes under- tendencyto rise. Dust, odors and neath the sub-flooring. Radiant heating makes a house very comfortable because it literally bathes the rooms in even germs are not circulated. Except _for the boiler and thermostats, everything is concealed and out of tlie way. Radiantheatis quiet, warmth. Radiant systems.use. warm water circulated through tubing in the floors or baseboard: radiators to heat ‘the home. This invisible, clean, simple and healthy. Satisfied users compare the feeling of radiant heat to being in the sun on a pleasant provides a more constant heat spring day. than forced air systems, which: Consumers want a system that suffer from hot and cold spells. _». Will provide a high level of com- Radiant systems offer comfort- fort with low operating costs. able tile floors that.-you do not See heating-systems do both, says Bob Dudley of HarrisDudley Plumbing and Heating Company, who designs and installs hydronic heating systems for homeowners. These systems can provitle savings of up to 20 to. 40 percent, because rooms aes “warm: ae ae thermostat if the energy savfore: ings dividing the house into different heating zones, These zones are controlled with individual thermostats and can Sliminate rooms THE ENERGY EFFICIENT NATURAL area. 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