In-floor Radiant Heating

[Ron Lindquist]

I'm In Northern Wi. and have  radiant heating in my workshop floor, 
with 3/4"  oak flooring over the cement.   No problems,  in fact, 
better than  forced air  or radiators .  It is not on all the time, 
only when  thermostat  calls for heat.  With heat tubes inbeded in 
the cement  there are no hot spots  or direct air movement.  Have to 
heat 8---9 months a year. I'm happy with the system.
Ron


At 09:48 AM 2/2/2007, you wrote:
>I just had a phone call from a music studio that is installing 
>electric coil radiant heating in the floor. She wondered about the 
>advisability of putting the coils directly under where the piano 
>will be placed.  I'm thinking it may be better to avoid it, but I 
>should defer to the greater expertise of this list.
>
>For some reason, although this question has been bugging them for 
>some time, they only now decided to call me to ask... now that the 
>workers are there putting the tiles in the floor... so time is of 
>the essence.
>
>If I don't get a definitive response from the many wiser persons 
>here, I think I would advise them to avoid an area for about a 
>one-foot perimeter around the piano.
>
>TIA,
>Paul