Your Body Is A Radiator
Ever been to Ocean City, Maryland? It’s a summertime wonderland, and I was lucky enough years ago to get hired to do a seminar on hydronic radiant heating for a group of ...
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Recent Articles in Hot-Water Heating → Radiant Heating
The Fascinating History of Radiant Heating
In this informative and entertaining excerpt from his Classic Hydronics seminar, Dan Holohan will tell you about the history of radiant heating systems. He talks about th...
Using Mixing Valves for Radiant Heating
In this excerpt from his Classic Hydronics seminar, Dan Holohan shares his knowledge about mixing low-temperature radiant heating with a higher-temperature hot water heat...
The Roots of Radiant Heating Seminar
This seminar was filmed on June 5, 2018 as part of the Labor Lecture Series at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Radiant heating wit...
Three Hydronic Radiant Heating Myths
Myth #1: It’s bad for people with heart conditions Here’s what you’ll hear. “Your feet determine your body temperature, just like a thermostat. If the blood leaves your b...
PEX for Hydronic Distribution Piping
If you were to ask someone with knowledge of the hydronics industry, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words ‘PEX tubing and hydronics’?” chanc...
Grocery Store Radiant
The grocery store is a great place to understand radiant heating (or to explain it to your customer). Stop first in the gadget aisle and pick up a thermometer. It will pr...
Mean Radiant Temperature Explained
I like my coffee black. The Lovely Marianne takes hers with skim milk, no sugar. We were away for a few days last summer, and the morning after we returned, I checked the...
When a Radiant-Heating System Goes Wrong
Marianne and I were at the 5 PM mass last Saturday. We like going to that mass because it allows us to be lazy in bed with newspapers and coffee on Sunday mornings. We've...
Radiant Heat and Wood Floors
More and more radiant systems going into existing homes as retrofit projects. On many of these jobs the tubing winds up getting attached to the underside of the wood floo...