What is Radiant heating?

Radiant heat is the most comfortable and efficient way to heat your home. Most systems involve supplying heat directly to the floor or to panels in the wall or ceiling of a house.

Whether it is just a small addition or your entire house, we can custom design a radiant system to meet any of your heating needs.

Benefits

Advantages to Radiant Heating, from the US Dept of Energy

Radiant heating systems involve supplying heat directly to the floor or to panels in the wall or ceiling of a house. The systems depend largely on radiant heat transfer: the delivery of heat directly from the hot surface to the people and objects in the room via the radiation of heat, which is also called infrared radiation. Radiant heating is the effect you feel when you can feel the warmth of a hot stovetop element from across the room. When radiant heating is located in the floor, it is often called radiant floor heating or simply floor heating.

Radiant heating has a number of advantages: it is more efficient than baseboard heating and usually more efficient than forced-air heating because no energy is lost through ducts. The lack of moving air can also be advantageous to people with severe allergies. Hydronic (liquid-based) systems use little electricity, a benefit for homes off the power grid or in areas with high electricity prices. The hydronic systems can also be heated with a wide variety of energy sources, including standard gas- or oil-fired boilers, wood-fired boilers, solar water heaters, or some combination of these heat sources.

Options & Installations

A custom heating system can involve:

• underfloor heating systems
• electric or hydronic wall heating systems
• radiant ceiling (overhead) panels
• overhead gas fired radiant heaters

SF EcoWorks partners with some of the highest quality manufacturers.  We keep up to date on new technologies and new products and are always looking to provide the best solution for your home.  Here is a list of who we carry.