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Installing a Radiant Heat System

By Rob Robillard Consistent performance, easy installation and simple climate control—Electric radiant heat warms the home ...
Homes built after 1950 or so are typically heated with either hot air blown through ducts or hot water pumped through baseboard heaters. Older homes often have cast-iron radiators, which produce heat ...
Q. I'm remodeling a small room that has no heat. Radiant heating is really appealing to me because it's so comfortable. I've seen mats that go under ceramic tile or laminate flooring. Are these ...
Q. Three of our bedrooms are built over a high crawl space that is well insulated, but the floors still get cold. Is it possible to install radiant heat in older wood floors? A. Radiant heat is best ...
You and I both know that Old Man Winter is lurking in the shadows and that just after New Year’s Day, he could visit you with those ice-cold bathroom and man-cave floors. Brrrrrrrr! Now’s the time to ...
It's a cold winter's morning as your creep into the bathroom. But you're not greeted by a frigid floor—instead, soothing heat seeps up from beneath you. Good thinking installing that in-floor heating ...