[Strawbale] concrete floor vs. wood floor

[Andrew Morrison]

Sorry about the double signature file on my last post.  I am new to Gmail
and have not quite figured out the full control of the features.  My bad.

Andrew

On 10/15/07, Shody Ryon <qi4u at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Kathy and list,
> I thought that radiant heat worked well under wood
> floors as well as concrete. I was planning on
> installing radiant floors in the bathrooms and perhaps
> the kitchen but not in the bedrooms because I like to
> sleep in the cold. Because we want to have air
> circulating to prevent stale air and moisture build
> up, we will be installing air circulating cleaning and
> ventilation system, so I was thinking that it would be
> connected to a sun space for low cost solar space
> heating too. Either way, the wood floor will use less
> energy to heat than than a concrete one of the same
> size, if I understand Laren's post. So the wood floors
> would be better insulated and more energy efficient,
> kind of like SB walls are; better insulated than 2x4
> walls with fiberglass bats.
>
> Cheers,
> Shody
>
>
>
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