Electrical Outlets in a floor that will have radiant heat???
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electric radiant heat under hardwood floors - recommendations?
Comments (1)The NWFA guidelines are a good place to start for advice on radiant heat under a wood floor. There is also a discussion on the link listed at the bottom. Hardwood Floors Magazine has a forum discussion at http://hardwoodfloorsmag.com/forum/topic165-solid-pine-over-radiant-heat.aspx. Launstein has a web page devoted to radiant heat at, http://www.launstein.com/radiant-heat/radiant-heat.html. American cherry and walnut are know to be more stable so are often suggested over radiant heat. There are a number of species that professionals have experienced problems with including Brazilian cherry. You might look at the discussion at http://hardwoodfloorsmag.com/forum/topic109-jatoba-over-radiant-heated-gypcrete.aspx Here is a link that might be useful: Blog on Radiant...See MoreElectric radiant floor heating - Sunctouch floor heat
Comments (1)There is no practical technology for passively shielding a heating element to virtually eliminate H-field EMF. The only effective approach is "active shielding". This means canceling the H-field of one heating element with the H-field of another parallel element. Watts Radiant electric heated floors use this approach with a complex wire made of two sets of heating element constructions; running them in parallel with a patented helical twist. Here is a link that might be useful: Electric Radiant Floor Heating...See MoreAnybody with radiant heat floors have regrets?
Comments (25)I love the electric radiant heat under my kitchen tile. My only regret is that I didn't put it in my master bathroom. Here's what I love about tile (mine runs from the back door through a bathroom, laundry room, front entry, kitchen, dining and office area.) 1. Its easy to keep clean. I vacuum several times during the week and stick mop once a week. Hand scrub once a year (the goal is more often, but you know...). SEAL the grout. I've resealed it twice in 11 years. 2. It still looks as good as it did when I put it in 11 years ago. No scratches, dents, scuffs etc. It's indestructible. I've had one broken tile that they repaired and I can't even find the spot anymore. I have a husband, four boys and live on a working dairy farm. No way I would put in anything that didn't hold up as well as tile. Here's what I don't like: It's hard and the unheated sections are cold. (I have a concrete subfloor so no matter what flooring I put in it would be hard.) I just wear good tennis shoes on long kitchen days......See MoreRadiant floor heating source: Electric vs. propane boiler?
Comments (6)I am curious as to why you say an air sourced heat pump is not a good choice for your climate. If you will have net metering then are you able to sell any unused electricity back to the utility company? If you can then powering you electric boiler is not free. It is hard to estimate, but 5 - 6 kW of solar panels is about what you will need to power the house without the electric boiler. If you post your propane and electric rate a calculation can be done to determine which will be more cost effective. If propane is cheaper, than you could also use it for cooking, drying clothes, and domestic hot water....See MoreHU-867564120
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