[ILUG-Social] heating systems for houses...

[Smith, Graham - Computing Technician]

Unless of course you dont have concrete floors?
I assume it would work much better with wooden
floorboards (so long as the piping is mounted
close to the wood for the heat to conduct well).

Mounting such heating in walls seems inefficient...
Would you not loose a lot of heat into the wall?
Heat rises so you'd need well insulated walls...

I normally have the problem of too much heat from
pc's - particularly monitors....

G.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Padraig Brady [mailto:padraig at antefacto.com]
Sent: 29 November 2001 15:03
To: kevin lyda
Cc: ilug social
Subject: Re: [ILUG-Social] heating systems for houses...


kevin lyda wrote:

> just wondering, any thoughts on heating systems for houses?  in particular
> i'm wondering how underfloor heating compares to radiators in terms of
> efficiency and how well they work.
> 
> kevin


Concrete has a high specific heat capacity however.
I.E. it takes longer from turn on, to heat a room,
and also if it starts to get to hot you have the
same problem. I.E. it's perfect for big buildings
which are occupied a lot or at least at well defined
times, but not otherwise. Also there is the issue
with what happens when one of the pipes (in the
concrete) breaks. I've heard MTBF of 7 years mentioned,
but the MTTR would be a bitch :-).

Padraig.


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