Heating a New Sunroom With Radiant Heat

You want to add that new sunroom onto yourNow all you have to do is lay your tubing in the
existing house but are not sure how to heat it.floor of the room you are adding on to your
Electric heat or baseboard heaters will spoil thehouse. Then you run the tubing into your existing
clean looks that you want from your new room.basement or other place in your house, the tubing
If you have hot air heat then you have theand the electric need to be attached to the
problem of getting ductwork to the room. Thereheating unit. Add a thermostat to the unit, and
are ways to heat this room easily and efficiently.you are ready to make heat. It really makes
Radiant heating has been the most comfortableheating a new addition room very easy to do and
and efficient heating for many years. The probleminexpensive.
in the past has been finding a heat source for aThe best thing about this type of heating system
small radiant floor that would be affordable,is that most average do-it-yourself types can
effective and efficient.handle this. All that is needed is a very basic
The problem has been solved with the availabilityknowledge of plumbing and electric.
of new electric combination heater-circulator units.If you are thinking of doing that little add-on and
These units use small electric heating elementsare concerned about how you will heat it, give
combined with a small circulator pump to give yousome thought to using radiant floor heat and a
a heating source and circulator pump all in one.electric heater-circulator to do your project.