Radiant Heat in Floor

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email.mdr
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November 30, 2011 at 11:08 pm

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#2227

Hi-
I’m building a studio that’s 1500 sq ft; my HVAC guy is recommending using radiant floor heating rather than the radiant ceiling panels in addition to wall panels. He’s suggesting keeping the floor at 80 degrees and using the wall panels to bump up the heat to 100 degrees just before class starts. His rationale is that it will heat the room faster since the heat source is closer to bodies as opposed to having to travel down 10 ft (our ceiling is 12 1/2 ft).

Is he on to something? Has anyone practiced in a room with radiant floor heating? Thanks so much for your help!

Dave S
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December 1, 2011 at 1:53 pm

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#9071

The one consideration with radiant floor heat, I have it in my home, is that you cannot fluctuate the temperature because it takes so long to change the temp in Radiant floor heat. If the floor is going to be set at 80 you would leave it at 80 24/7 to keep that temp. You may want to ask about that.

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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December 1, 2011 at 2:27 pm

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#9073

Hi Maria

I have 3 words for you! Don’t do it! Well maybe that’s really 4 words.

OK, here’s why. IMHO if you heat from the floor it makes it impossible for people to find reprieve from the heat if they need to sit out or lie down.

Personally in domestic situations I really don’t like underfloor heating that’s any higher than simply taking the chill off say, a hard concrete floor.

Any more than that and I can feel stifled and sometimes even queasy or sick.

Take that into a hot environment and you may find that people find it more difficult to cope. Hot air rises so the room will be HOT without the benefit of having a way to ‘escape’ it.

I wonder if you’ve ever felt the need – or noticed others who need, or even seek out – the relative cool of the floor. It would certainly be a safety backstop too. There always needs to be a way for heat exchange to occur.

Does that make sense?

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

email.mdr
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December 1, 2011 at 4:21 pm

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#9074

Thank you so much for your feedback! That makes a lot of sense to me…It’s difficult when one doesn’t speak HVAC language and you’re working w/someone who doesn’t have any experience w/hot yoga.

I appreciate it!

cj_yvr
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December 7, 2011 at 6:44 pm

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#9093

There are different types of in floor heating. You can use an electric mat style (http://www.nuheat.com/home.html and http://www.warmlyyours.com/en-CA/) where you have control over when the mats turn on & off & what temp you like. It’s not a slow control like the hydronic system.

I’ve practiced at many different studios & I love a warm floor on a cold day. I’m sure our Canadian winters would change your mind Gabrielle 😉

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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December 7, 2011 at 9:34 pm

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#9094

Ah yes, Christine, no doubt they would. Actually Christine it’s not warm floors I mind. It’s HOT floors I mind. 😆

Thank you for the recommendations.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
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