Radiant heating systems involve supplying heat directly to the floor or to panels in the wall or ceiling of a house. The systems depend largely on radiant heat transfer: the delivery of heat directly from the hot surface to the people and objects in the room via the radiation of heat, which is also called infrared radiation. Radiant heating is the effect you feel when you can feel the warmth of a hot stovetop element from across the room. When radiant heating is located in the floor, it is often called radiant floor heating or simply floor heating.
Radiant Floor Heating: Under floor heat is provided by flexible, long-lasting tubing. The continuous tubing can be placed under any flooring, and circulated hot water provides invisible heat anywhere in the home, swimming pool or driveway.
Radiant Heating: the method of heating the walls, floors or ceilings in order to transfer heat to the occupants of a room.
Radiator: a heating element, typically metal, used in conjunction with water or steam to give off heat.
There are three types of radiant floor heat:
?radiant air floors (air is the heat-carrying medium);
?electric radiant floors; and
?hot water (hydronic) radiant floors.
All three types can be further subdivided by the type of installation: those that make use of the large thermal mass of a concrete slab floor or lightweight concrete over a wooden subfloor.
Radiant Heat is comfortable, clean and energy efficient. Together these benefits of radiant heat make it an ideal solution for any new construction or remodeling project. If you want to heat your bathroom floors, basement or entire home Pexsupply.com is your center for designing and purchasing a radiant heat system that will meet your needs. Underfloor radiant heat will add luxury and comfort to any part of your home or business.
The Radiant Heat category includes the products needed to properly install a Radiant Heat system. These products include PEX Tubing, Radiant Heat Controls, PEX Fittings, and more. Radiant Floor Heating represents the fastest growing segment of the hydronic heating industry.
Radiant heating has a number of advantages: it is more efficient than baseboard heating and usually more efficient than forced-air heating because no energy is lost through ducts. The lack of moving air can also be advantageous to people with severe allergies. Hydronic (liquid-based) systems use little electricity, a benefit for homes off the power grid or in areas with high electricity prices. The hydronic systems can also be heated with a wide variety of energy sources, including standard gas- or oil-fired boilers, wood-fired boilers, solar water heaters, or some combination of these heat sources.
