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The Radiant Heating Blog

Expert guides, system comparisons, and installation know-how on hydronic radiant floor heating, from the people who engineer the panels.

Performance & Efficiency

Explaining the Incomparable Comfort of Radiant Heat

“You Can Feel It”: The Unspoken Comfort of Radiant Heat “It is not warm air that makes you comfortable, but warm everything.” — James Cutler, Faia...

Hydronic Systems

Hydronic Radiant Floor Heating Panel Types and Thermal Inertia

This blog is designed, in a commonsense way, to explain how different radiant panel types respond at different rates when charged with warm water. It will...

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Concrete

Hydronic radiant floor heating in concrete slab: I wish I had this product when I was a young hydronic radiant contractor.

Our Company, Warm Brothers Inc. has just introduced a much faster and more convenient insulation solution for installing radiant heat in a concrete slab than was...

Understanding The Comfort And Efficiency Of Radiant Floor Heating
Performance & Efficiency

Understanding the Comfort and Efficiency of Radiant Floor Heating

How does thermal heat affect your level of comfort? To fully understand the advantages of radiant panel heating, it’s necessary to understand “thermal comfort”. Although most people...

Radiant Ceiling Vs Radiant Floor Heating
System Comparisons

Radiant Ceiling Vs Radiant Floor Heating

Tom Tesmar is a legendary pioneer in the introduction of Euro style modern radiant heat to North America.  We think Tom says it best. Thermodynamics is...

Tile Over Radiant Floor Heating Boards
Blog

Tile Over Radiant Heating Boards

Cost Effective Installation of Tile Over Radiant Floor Heating Boards This radiant floor heating article is designed to communicate a quality and cost effective method of...

5 Ways Radiant Heat Is Better In The Ceiling
Radiant Heating Basics

5 Ways Radiant Ceiling Heat is Better

The Upside of Radiant Heat in Floors Ask almost anyone in the heating trade about radiant panel heating and they’ll probably start describing tubing embedded in...

Installing Tile Over Radiant Heat Panels
Installation Methods

Tile Over Radiant Heating Boards

Cost Effective Installation of Tile Over Radiant Floor Heating Boards This radiant floor heating article is designed to communicate a quality and cost effective method of...

Designing Radiant Floor Heating
Performance & Efficiency

Designing Radiant Floor Heating That Is The Best Combination of High Performance, Environmental Responsiblity And Cost

I grew up in a house with an addition with radiant floor heating. My mother was a Frank Lloyd Wright fan and so the new wing...