Radiant Heat

[Jeannie Grassi]

Hi Carl,
Yes, indeed, I expected it would behave differently in different climates.
An area rug of any sort makes a big difference in my own home.  Those areas
are much cooler on my feet when I step on them.

It is also worth mentioning that many people love to feel their feet nice
and warm and so they crank up the thermostat.  I was told that this was not
the correct way to use the system.  If the floor feels warm, it's cranked up
too high.

If the heat is floating upwards (by design), it will, of course, warm those
objects which are in its path.  As with other very efficient heating systems
in colder or damper climates, a climate control system would be recommended.

Jeannie Grassi, RPT
jgrassi@silverlink.net
Bainbridge Island, WA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org
> [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Carl Root
> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 1998 5:49 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Radiant Heat
>
>
> Hi Jeannie,
>
> You wrote:
> > I have this type of heat in my house many of my customers do also.
> (snip)
> > It works will in this temperate climate, but I don't know
> > what it would be like in a really cold winter.
> > Pianos I service with this type of heat do quite well.
>
> I have a good test case here in DC, which of course sees more humidty
> swings than the Pacific NW, but isn't as bad as the NE or the northern
> midwest.  An architect designed and built a small addition
> with radiant
> heat and moved their Acrosonic into the room.  The tuning
> stability was
> far worse, so they moved it back into the 'main' house.  It fared much
> better, but they liked the other location, so back it went.
>
> A heavy rug with a pad helps a little.
>
> Carl Root, RPT
>
>