On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:56:11 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Aug 25, 4:52*pm, "SBH" wrote:
"Twayne" wrote in message

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Please post to newsgroups in Plain Text. Because you used HTML, some
people won't be able to read your message, though not a huge number.

HTH,

Twayne`

Thanks

Thank you and my apologies for the text. I forgot about that issue. With
that in mind, I will reply again what I replied with yesterday in case some
couldn't read it..

Thank you for the replies.

My radiant heat system is a baseboard system and yes, arranging furniture
can be tricky and requires it t be away from the wall a baseboard may be on.
I have seen thinner baseboard such as the "Runtal" system. Sharp looking and
better with furniture placement. *I've also heard about the underfloor
system and thought about converting. Anyone care to chime in on the
difficulties and/or expense of doing this?

Reading a few replies indicated a heat pump. How does a heat pump work with
a boiler system and no AC?

Thanks again.

The heat pump warms the water instead of the boiler.

I've never seen a heat pump that heats water. A heat pump doesn't pump the
temperature high enough to make hot-water heat practical.

The biggest
factor is where do you live? If it's a temperate climate, that could
be an option. But if it's somewhere that the heat pump alone will
not be sufficient and you need a backup source, ie a boiler anyway,
then it's not practical.

Our backup is resistive, built into the heat pump. It's not needed very often
so it doesn't make sense to have a separate backup system. We do have a gas
fireplace, now, for the few really cold days.


Which is why they aren't very popular.

What isn't popular? Heat pumps are *very* popular.

Also, if you're going to have a large heat pump it's more cost
effective to have it provide the AC too, instead of another heat pump.

Huh? Why would you need another? (I have two, but two smaller units are
cheaper than one humongous one.