In article , wrote:
Eric in North TX wrote:

Warm air rises, cold air sinks...

But air conducts

...less than almost anything other than a vacuum. Check
the thermal conductivity of air in a suitable reference
work.

and heat radiates downwards.

And a floor, which is generally not very warm to start
with, isn't going to radiate very much (in any direction).

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