Radiant Heating

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 water lines that are constructed within the cement slab floor. A brief outage obviously would be no problem. Lets say that at 10 F. the ice covered electric lines took 12 hours to get up and running. Probably, still cool. But at what length of time should I seriously consider going into debt for a generator? I’d rather buy a new genny than replace a radiant heating system. Or some Kerosone heaters to put on basement floor? We can survive without electric and provide some heat for the house for a few days but what would the danger be the the floor pipes freezing up because the water is not flowing. I have two non-electric heating devices for a 44×28 house, furnished basement & main floor. How prepared do I need to be?

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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 to get back to 60 degrees. Once the house has warmed up the system is fine. The house is new (less than 10 years old) and well-insulated. I’ve gone into the basement and felt the hot water running through the system within minutes of turning it on.

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john t asked:


I have a radiant oil heating system that I beleive has air pockets. Some of the rooms are cold. I have been trying to bleed using past experience but this has always been a hit or miss. I am trying not have to call an expensive oil person.

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jhnyblayze asked:


I have a duplex that was built in 1960. Seeing as it is located in florida they went with radiant heating in the ceiling. I need to replace the thermostats and all I can find are ones that are for 4-5 wire systems. I need to know what I can do about replacing all of the thermostats. I believe the heat is on a 240V line with a 50 amp breaker. Any help would be much appreciated.

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