Nov. 5: We have struggled over the decisions revolving around the heating and cooling design for the house. There are so many choices - the loud, dusty furnace of my parents home is an historical relic, and certainly low on the list of options. High tech heat pumps, super efficient forced air furnaces and in floor heating of various designs have all been considered. No final answers yet, but I did get the chance to go look at one type of infloor heating within a local home renovation. Raupanel are aluminum panels with built in grooves for the pipes filled with hot water, driven by a boiler, monitored by manifolds..... and whatever! They seem extremely complex to install, but are suppose to be very efficient as a heating system. Unsure about the noise generation from these panels under the wood floors..... lots to think about.
raupanel
It gets complex...
Boiler and piping for the infloor heating system
Manifolds.....