Maintaining your fireplace
Proper maintenance of your fireplace is important to make sure it's working efficiently and safely.
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.
Proper maintenance of your fireplace is important to make sure it's working efficiently and safely.
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When planning your new home, make sure you consider newer heating and cooling technologies that could save you money.