I’ve been living in what feels like an ancient house for the past few years.
I inherited the house from my late father, who owned this small cottage by the lake and used it for fishing trips with his friends. It’s not the biggest house, seeing as it’s about a thousand square feet in size. However, it’s plenty of space for what I need, seeing as I live with my dog and no one else. The heating and air conditioning system in the house isn’t the best, and I feel there’s plenty of room for upgrades around the house. However, it’s hard to sit here and gut all the walls and ceilings just to install new ductwork. So, I think the easier route will be to install radiant heated floors to keep the cottage warm in the fall and winter. Radiant heated floors simply need a fuel source, either electricity or hot water, to work properly. By providing heat from under the floorboards, that heat rises upwards into the house to heat the entire place up. The result is a total coverage for heat, with no drafts or cold spots to worry about. The only thing I don’t like about the radiant heated flooring system is that it’s practically silent. I know what you’re thinking: how do you see that as a bad thing? Well, the lack of sound when the heating system’s running means that it could be on when I’m not home. I think I can fix that by having a smart thermostat installed, and then I can control the heating system from anywhere!