Levittown Radiant Piping Diagrams
Thanks to Rick Rolston, who provided this rare glimpse into the inner workings of the first radiant systems in the Levitt homes. Now you know where the pipes are! You'll ...
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Recent Articles in Heating Museum
Limitations in Heat Output from Radiant Panels
This document about the Limitations in Heat Output from Radiant Panels is from LaTart and Hutchinson of the Revere Brass and Copper Company, written in January 1949. Than...
Plastic Pipe: Is it Practical for Panel Heating?
This fascinating article about plastic pipe and radiant panel heating appeared in Domestic Engineering magazine during February of 1957. Shades of things to come!
Polyethylene, A Modern Plastic, From Its Discovery Until Today
On November 28, 1990, I heard Professor Thomas Engel, the inventor of PEX plastic, speak in Sweden. The occasion was the Wirsbo-PEX 10 Times Around the World celebration....
Radiant Heat with Copper Tubing - A Practical Research Program
This document contains a series of interesting articles by Mills and LaTart of Revere Copper and Brass about radiant heat with copper tubing. It is not dated, but is most...
Radiant Heating Brochure from the Copper & Brass Research Association
The Copper & Brass Research Association published this brochure in 1949. It tells the radiant heating story very well, and the installation photos are well worth a look.
Radiant Heating - Floor, Walls or Ceiling?
This is an interesting article by F. W. Hutchinson, from Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning magazine, March 1946.
Radiant Heating in a $15,000 Office Building
This is a case study from the A. M. Byers Company of Pittsburgh, circa 1945.
Radiant Heating in a Small Residence
Here is a case study by A. M. Byers Company of Pittsburgh, circa 1945.
Radiant Heating Serves War Plant
Ernest L. Blair, industrial engineer, Stone & Webster, describes a new building heated entirely by radiant floor and wall panels. This is from Power magazine, October, 19...