Making the switch from fan forced to radiant heat

Making the switch from fan forced to radiant heat

I finally upgraded my cell phone last month.

I had been using strictly flip-style cell phones for the past 15 years and never dreamed of getting anything different.

Seeing smartphones unveiled 10 years ago had no effect on me whatsoever. It seemed weird to pay for what was essentially a pocket-sized computer when I had a normal sized one at home. There was always the factor of paying for mobile data as well, which seemed even more foolish to me at the time. But, as time went on, the increasing features offered from these phones started to break my resolve. My coworker was using the GPS feature one day when I took a glance at his screen. I was amazed to see a full satellite image of our city, and even more amazed when I saw him zoom in on certain areas and apply data attributes to the map. Live traffic feeds were even available. When I finally got my hands on a smartphone, it was a life changing experience. I got lost out in the back woods one day and had no idea how to get back to the road where I parked my car. Within seconds, my phone’s GPS feature determined my location and I found a suitable route back to civilization. The switch from fan-forced to radiant heat was almost as life changing as the miniature computer that I now carry with me in my pocket. Since my climate is so cold, my ability to survive through the winter is absolutely dependent on having indoor heat of some kind. When dealing with ductwork in a fan-forced system, so much heat is lost as it travels through cold ventilation in a similarly cold and uninsulated attic space. With radiant heated flooring, the heat disperses by raising from the floor and enveloping the air in the house as it makes its climb towards the ceiling. Now my house is warmer and my energy costs for keeping it this warm are half of what they normally would be.

 

 

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