Maintaining your furnace
It's important to keep this big piece of equipment in tip-top shape in order for it to operate at peak efficiency.
A radiant heating system uses electric cables or small tubes of hot water embedded in a concrete floor, under a tiled floor or attached to the underside of the subfloor.
Instead of heating air and circulating it throughout the house, radiant heat warms objects - carpet, furniture and even people. Less energy is needed to transfer heat directly to people, rather than fill the entire room with heated air like a forced-air furnace.
In this video: Megan talks to an installer to learn how radiant heating is installed and operates.
It's important to keep this big piece of equipment in tip-top shape in order for it to operate at peak efficiency.
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