What is radiant heat?
What is radiant heat? Try holding your hand over the element on top of your stove, the heat you feel is radiant. Hold your hand near the side of a cup of hot tea, the heat you feel is radiant. Radiant heat travels in all directions, whereas heated air, like that provided by a forced air heating system, rises and accumulates near the ceiling which is very convenient if you live on the ceiling. However, most of us live near the floor which is where the heat should be. That is where we put the heat, in the floor. • Hydronic Radiant Heat A hydronic radiant heating system is one that uses hot water to transfer heat to a conditioned space through the use of radiant panels, radiant floors, radiant ceilings, or other radiant application. This system is designed to provide a sufficient amount of heat to warm the structure to the desired inside temperature on the coolest anticipated day. Why use radiant? Why use radiant? Radiant heat produces the type of heat that the human body is built to appr
There are so many different types of heating on the market today, it can be a bit overwhelming. One of the neatest, most efficient and quietest types of heat is radiant. The term radiant heater covers a pretty broad spectrum. Lots of different forms of heat are radiant, for instance infrared heaters that are often used in manufacturing facilities are radiant. But while saying that, all radiant heaters aren’t infrared.
