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I would like to know if someone can tell me how effective radiant heating is?

sunny asked: It gets real cold where I live in the winter. The only heat I have are “space heaters” which only heat what is directly in front of them. I also have a wood pellet burning stove, that seems to be o.k., but only in the room where it is, the heat doesn’t circulate [...]

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I have radiant floor heating. Without power, will my pipes freeze in the basement with no heat available?

beakster505 asked: My house was built 3 years ago with radiant floor heating in my basement which is living quarters. In the event of a power outage during a winter storm, my heating system would not run. What I need is ball park figure of the time that it would take to start freezing the [...]

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My radiant heating system takes a very long time to heat the house. Is there a way to speed up the process?

Jon asked: I bought a weekend house last fall with radiant heat and mostly wide-plank pine wood floors. To save energy in the winter I turn the heat down to 45-50 degrees when I leave on Sunday night. I turn the heat back up on Friday evenings but it can take over 24 hours just [...]

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