On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:55:07 +0100, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 5:37:51 PM UTC-4, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2017 22:16:28 +0100, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 2:04:52 PM UTC-4, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2017 17:22:06 +0100, Jackson Brown wrote:

On 4/2/2017 9:36 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2017 14:27:26 +0100, noname wrote:

On 4/2/2017 8:38 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Anyone still sell non-condensing boilers over in the USA, or anywhere else? The British companies are all stocking that condensing fragile ****e that wears out faster.


Don't you silly Brits know how to google?

https://www.ecomfort.com/heating/wei...r-boilers.html

I wanted a boiler, not a blast furnace. This size:
http://www.miltonkeynesheating.com/images/home1.jpg

You asked for a boiler, you silly brit. Learn to be more specific.

And what I showed you is a boiler. I believe you yanks call them furnaces? The thing that heats the water for the radiators around your house (and also for hot taps in your sinks/baths).

My house doesn't have radiators. Ductwork for the heated (in winter) or
cooled (in summer) air to circulate. It's extremely common hereabouts.

Hot water is provided by the water heater.

I wonder why a lot of Americans went for air heating, while Brits went for water heating.

A lot of older homes in the U.S. have boilers and radiators. Most of
our housing stock is post WWII. It takes considerably less skill to
install duct (you don't care if it leaks) than piping.

Pipes don't need skill to install. Not since compression fittings were invented so you don't have to solder them. I've done plenty myself with no training (including a gas pipe!). And speedfit is even easier.

Doesn't air make a noise?

A white-noise whooshing. I've had forced-air heat all my life, so
I don't really notice it.

That's the sort of noise I hate. And silence is golden, especially when trying to get to sleep.

And a draught?

I consider that a feature. It moves my husband's farts around and
dissipates them.

Yuck!

That reminds me, my parents' house has a fireplace. It sucks air up the chimney, drawing it in through the bathroom window and through the lounge. Most unpleasant if someone's just gone to the toilet.

Plus pipes are thinner than air ducts, so take up less space.

I have a single-story house. All of the ducts run through the basement,
up into the walls, where there's a grate just below knee level for the
air to come out. For two-story homes, the ducts are sized to fit between
the studs in interior walls.

I've seen the odd house with vents in the floor. I assume it's a heating duct.

I'm finding it hard to think of an advantage of air heating.

The big one for me is air-conditioning. It gets very hot and humid
in the summer, and I'm grateful to be able to keep the house at
20 C when the outdoors is more than 30 C.

Don't most folk just have a seperate AC unit?

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The best way to insulate your home is with a big pile of fridge-foam aerosol cans:
Just fill the entire house with foam and tunnel to the bits you need to get to, pack rat style.