Heat it Up
June 13, 2007 4:43 pm Getting it DoneI know it’s summer, but you know winter is surely coming, right? I have a heat vent/child ratio that is a bit unbalanced, LOL. One of my children especially loves to wrap up in a blanket and camp out over the heat vent when it’s cold. Since I only have 2 such vents in the living room proper, you can see how this could lead to trouble.
I read today about underfloor heating. This heating system is actually installed under your flooring, but it’s thin (less than half a millimeter), so that it barely raises the floor at all. As an added bonus, you no longer have to work around vents or radiators when you place your furniture. With space at a premium around here, that would help us a lot. The system uses carbon to heat your home, in a way that is way too complex for me to explain 9sorry, missed my nap, and also a couple night’s sleep this week). It works under wood or laminate floors, and since I am really wanting to replace my threadbare carpet, anyway, this is something I will consider when the time comes.
alli (10 comments.) :
Date: June 13, 2007 @ 8:20 pm
We have always coveted underfloor heating from seeing it so often on This Old House. We thought about it when we did the floors here, but it was a bit too $$ for us.
cass :
Date: June 16, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
I’m afraid that will be the case with us, too. We’ll see when the time comes, I guess.