I miss radiators. I grew up in an apartment where the whole complex was heated with coal through hot water radiators.
It was the most comfortable and consistent heating I’ve ever known.
As long as you have dehumidifiers.
The house I grew up in had four story heat with radiators and you were either getting toasted or froze out depending on your proximity. I’ve heard the new floor radiation heat is the most comfortable & consistent.
The house I grew up in had four story heat with radiators and you were either getting toasted or froze out depending on your proximity. I’ve heard the new floor radiation heat is the most comfortable & consistent.
Same system at my old home except the heat was steam. The old boiler in the basement looked like something out of startrek warp engines with dials and water drains and spickets. Lastly, the ashes needed be hauled out each morning and the firebox loaded with coal at least each evening.
Converted over to natural gas and it was like a dream, no ashes just maintain the water levels. Since those days have been in electric heat pumps. Never feel warm.
My 1896 house in PA still has the old radiators (28). The seven on the third floor are more plain - not the beautiful ornamental ones. They used to be heated by a large coal furnace which was converted to oil sometime in the 1950’s. The original system was convection, so the piles got larger (up to 10”) as they got closer to the furnace.. when it went to oil, they put in a circulator pump but kept the old pipes.
When I bought it in 1987 I got rid of the furnace and piping which was all covered with asbestos (what a project) and put in a Weil McClain gas burner woth 5 zones. The only iron pipes we left were the 3/4” near the radiators - the rest is copper tubing.
If I could afford it, I’d put on a new gas furnace as they are far more efficient now.
“I miss radiators. I grew up in an apartment where the whole complex was heated with coal through hot water radiators.”
Sounds like you grew up with a hot water heater. I wasn’t as lucky, had a gas heater and a gas water heater.
I have a gas boiler with radiators. It’s the best way to heat a house.