Hydronic Heat

There’s a large list of pros you could reel off when considering a hydronic heat system for warming your home, office, or even garage! Hydronic heating, particularly when compared to a forced air system, can be said to be ideal for a warm and comfortable home.

For starters, radiant heating systems are quieter than a forced air system, the only source of noise you will tend to notice will be the pump and boiler, and if positioned with consideration this should not be an issue in itself.

Hydronic heat systems, particularly under floor heating, warms objects as much as it does the air, this means you don’t loose all the heat when you (or some inconsiderate so-and-so) opens a door or window and lets out all the ‘warm air’.

Heated floors feel great. When you crawl out of bed or leap out of the shower you just cant beat the feeling of a warm floor under your feet. Once you’ve experienced this advantage you’ll never, ever want to lose it!

Radiant heating systems are generally the most efficient way of heating your home, although this can vary from situation to situation and different installation and fuel types. Again the main reason for this is the way heat is dissipated and stored, rather than blown around a property.

Unlike warm air systems hydronic heat systems to not blow around dust or allergens in the home, for those with asthma, hayfever and other allergies this can be a real godsend, and could offer fantastic every day health benefits.

Hydronic heat systems are also flexible in the variety of heat sources that can be used to warm the water in the system from gas heaters and boilers, electric boilers, the increasingly popular wood boiler as well as solar and geothermal energy in hydronic pump systems.

Hydronic under floor heating doesn’t waste energy heating the air above your heads. Warmer air rises, so heating from the ground up makes perfect sense. It keeps you and your family cosy, but doesn’t heat the room above your heads so much.

As you can see there are many pros to the various hydronic heat systems available, and we’ll be looking at them all in the future.