Comments on: Is Radiant Floor Heat Good For Basement? http://www.electricradiantflooring.com/is-radiant-floor-heat-good-for-basement/ Radiant flooring and heating Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:42:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Driven by Budweiser II http://www.electricradiantflooring.com/is-radiant-floor-heat-good-for-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Driven by Budweiser II Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:13:23 +0000 http://www.electricradiantflooring.com/is-radiant-floor-heat-good-for-basement/#comment-30 You have to think about your basement flooding, and there were a couple other reasons why not to, but that was one of the main reasons why not to You have to think about your basement flooding, and there were a couple other reasons why not to, but that was one of the main reasons why not to

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.electricradiantflooring.com/is-radiant-floor-heat-good-for-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Anonymous Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:00:09 +0000 http://www.electricradiantflooring.com/is-radiant-floor-heat-good-for-basement/#comment-29 Concrete makes a great heat sink. If you put radiant floor heat in the basement floor, I would say yes, that you are wasting a lot of energy, because you'll be heating the dirt under your house more than you heat the space (because the ground outside will be colder than your house, more heat will flow out than in). If you want something similar, maybe go for baseboard heat, with carpet installed. Other than that, look at space heaters or ducted heating systems. Space heaters actually work a lot better than I ever thought they would. I had 2 in a house I lived in a couple years ago (not my choice at all), and it worked well. Concrete makes a great heat sink. If you put radiant floor heat in the basement floor, I would say yes, that you are wasting a lot of energy, because you’ll be heating the dirt under your house more than you heat the space (because the ground outside will be colder than your house, more heat will flow out than in).
If you want something similar, maybe go for baseboard heat, with carpet installed. Other than that, look at space heaters or ducted heating systems.
Space heaters actually work a lot better than I ever thought they would. I had 2 in a house I lived in a couple years ago (not my choice at all), and it worked well.

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