Heat / Discussions

...heat, poor building design. I live in a condo and would like to put something on the walls inside to keep the heat mostly outside. There are not a lot of passive heating and cooling solutions that we can recommend once the house is already built unfortunately. The only thing I could think of would unfortunately be on t...

...heated radiant floors with electric or water coils. The air flow would be between 450-650CFM for each heater (750-1100m3/hr), the large heater is 8 loops by standard, so divide the CFM by 8 to get the per loop CFM And the temperature would be between 45C and 65C out of the coil for both electric and water. There are no...

...heating, using solar thermal collectors can be a great way to heat a greenhouse, is this a new build or is it already existing? I ask because if its new then you can install radiant hydronic tubing in a poured concrete floor that you can feed with heated water from thermal solar panels. If its an already existing green...

...heat to keep your home comfortable, which is one of the things I personally like about radiant heat.  ''Warmboard is a giant leap forward in the evolution of radiant heating. Every aspect of the design and manufacturing of Warmboard has been implemented to maximize performance.'' I don’t see any leap at all here, I jus...

...heat in the basement and forced air heat on the main floor.  I met with the plumber and the heating guys 2 days ago and have been trying to sort out what the best approach is.  All my previous research (when the house was cosntructed in 2007) indicated that geothermal has higher upfront costs but over the long term, th...

...heated by the underfloor heating system?). Many thanks indeed D If you are planning do retrofit an existing home with radiant infloor heating we can probably help you out but we’d need more info first - what is below, a crawl space or a full basement? And is it heated or unheated below? And is it insulated below? We ar...

...heated floors, using propane gas as fuel. $400/ mth is killing me. Help, i have been told it can't be done .  It's a great idea to replace the use of gas for heating with electricity, because of the environmental effects of using natural gas for heating. If you’re looking to convert your radiant floor from a gas-powere...

...heat, but that could be quite a bit of work for the benefit. If this does not address your actual question let us know. The only things that you would ‘attach’ to a window in this respect would be a window film to reduce heat transmission (see product here), or sunshades above the window to also prevent overheating. I ...

...heat to completely encase the heating elements.

...heat generated from incandescent bulbs to the lower heat given off by LED lights. What is good for Australia (getting rid of heat), is not as desirable as in Canada (wanting more heat). The heat loss between the two lighting options must be made up by some other electric heat option, i.e. baseboard heating, electric fo...

...heat pump system superfluous.  I would like to hear some thoughts.  Radiant heat can be a complete heating solution for a home, but to do so successfully there are considerations. Any radiant floor heating system (gas or electric, hydronic or radiant air heating tubes) would need to be sized for the heat load, and so i...

...heating the part of the plumbing area cause any mold or other problems in the winter? No, its quite the contrary. Heating a crawlspace will prevent mold. But heating a dirt floor crawlspace without taking any steps towards insulating the crawlspace and creating an air seal is going to cost dearly, so there are a few th...