There’s no need to heat empty rooms, plus independent hot plus cold temperatures cater to personal preference, plus, it is a closed system, which avoids bringing in any outside air pollutants
If I had our choice of oil furnaces, I would pick radiant floor heating, and i wish it was cost-effective to tear out our furnace plus ductlabor plus replace it with a hydronic oil furnace, but my modern forced air program is noisy, introduces contaminants into breathing air, plus the heat is regularly trapped up near the ceiling; The ductlabor requires constant maintenance because of holes, leaks at the seams plus accumulation of debris within the pipes… Radiant flooring relies onwarmwater provided by a boiler system, however boilers are known for quiet, efficient plus reliable operation. The boiler affixs to a looping series of pipes that are concealed beneath the floor. The equipment takes up no room in the house, never detracting from space or aesthetics. There’s no need to arrange furniture to accommodate vents, and not only is the radiant program tucked out of sight, but it runs silently plus requires no maintenance. The heat is spread evenly across the floor, from wall to wall plus corner to corner. Because it rises actually slowly, heating all the objects in the room, there’s actually little stratification between floor to ceiling. The warmer hot plus cold temperatures remain closer to the floor, which allows for lower temperature control settings. The simple set up of zone control provides further chance for cost savings. There’s no need to heat empty rooms, plus independent hot plus cold temperatures cater to personal preference, plus, it is a closed system, which avoids bringing in any outside air pollutants. I know that sitting barefoot on a heated floor, in the middle of the winter, would be the ultimate in luxury.