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What's the difference between radiator and floor heating

What's the difference between radiator and floor heating

Four seas network: winter has arrived, and heating has been started all over the country. At present, there are two options for heating: floor heating and radiator. However, these two heating methods are different from each other in terms of price and function, so which one is better to choose? What's the difference between the two? Let's have a look!

Advantages of water heating over radiator

1. Water floor heating is the overall heating of the ground, with even heating and better comfort

2. The radiator terminal heats to drive the room temperature. The indoor temperature is uneven and the comfort is poor

3. The water floor is warm, the ground is hot, the foot is warm and the top is cool, which is more suitable for traditional Chinese medicine

Disadvantages of water heating compared with radiator

1. Regardless of the floor or floor tile height, the floor height occupied by the floor heating part is about 5.5cm. Warm water takes up more floors. Water heating floor structure: thermal insulation layer, heating layer, heat storage layer. The thermal insulation layer is often called the thermal insulation plate, the heating layer is also the heating pipeline, and the heat storage layer is also the cement layer.

2. The radiator water supply pipeline is generally buried under the ground. But the pipeline is directly buried in the concrete and does not directly occupy the floor height

3. Heating by radiator is faster. When the water floor heating starts, the cement layer above the hot water pipe shall be heated first, then the floor shall be heated, and then the floor shall be heated with air, which takes a long time from opening to reaching the expected temperature; while the radiator terminal heats without heating the cement layer and floor, and the indoor temperature rises faster for the first time

Floor heating and working principle of radiator

The way of floor heating is mainly radiation heating. The heat radiates evenly from the bottom to the top, which is in line with ergonomics. The temperature of the same layer of the room is even, and the temperature difference is small, which makes people feel hot and cool, energy-saving and comfortable. Radiator heating is a convection based heating method.

The radiator first heats the air around it to make the air form convection in the room so as to achieve the heating purpose. This heating mode is characterized by high temperature around the radiator. With the increase of the distance from the radiator, the temperature decreases, and the temperature difference at the same level is large, especially in large space rooms. Because this heating is a convection mode, the hot air is convective from top to bottom, the room temperature is hot and cool from top to bottom, which gives people the feeling that the head is hot and the feet are cool, and the comfort is relatively poor, but it is better than air conditioning heating

Advantages of floor heating

1. Moderate is better:

Floor heating is the heat from the feet, the Chinese medicine called the foot as the second heart acupoint concentration area. As the saying goes: 'cold comes from the feet', which can have a good effect on people's rheumatism

2. Space saving:

There is no radiator or fan coil and pipe in the room, which increases the use area of the building, improves the effective floor height, and makes the room beautiful and tidy

3. Relatively low operation cost:

Of course, this statement has a lot to do with your use time. Just like the car on the road, the floor heating belongs to a constant speed, which keeps a speed all the time, while the radiator belongs to a one-time 60m, one-time 80m, one-time 10m. For the same journey, constant speed is definitely the most energy-saving.

4. Comfort and hygiene:

The floor radiation heating system is one of the most comfortable air conditioning methods. The indoor surface temperature is uniform, the indoor air temperature field distribution is reasonable, and the comfort of human perception is high. At the same time, the indoor is clean and clean, which is conducive to human health.

5. Good stability:

Due to the large energy storage and good thermal stability in the ground and warm aluminum foil layer, the room temperature can be kept stable even under intermittent operation conditions

6. Long service life:

According to European standards, floor heating pipes can be used continuously for more than 50 years.

Disadvantages of floor heating

1. Requirements for ground materials

The ground materials of the ground radiation heating mode mainly radiate heat to the room through the ground concrete and ground materials. Therefore, during the heating season, the ground materials will always be heated continuously at a certain temperature. Therefore, the stone or composite floor with good heat dissipation and insensitive material performance to temperature change is suitable for the ground materials. At present, the solid wood floor is not suitable for the ground radiation mining Warm system

2. Occupy a certain floor height

The insulation materials, coils and concrete covering coils that are not suitable for the secondary decoration of the ground radiation heating system are all laid under the ground, so it needs to occupy a certain floor height in the room. According to the different systems, it needs a height of about 4-8cm, including 4-6cm for electric floor heating and 6-8cm for water floor heating. When selecting the ground radiation heating system, the influence of this height should be considered, and the system pipelines are all installed in a concealed way Under the ground, there is no possibility of disassembly and replacement, so if the ground is used for secondary decoration, the system will only be removed as a whole

Advantages of radiator

1. Fast heating

A good radiator starts to radiate heat in about 10 minutes and reaches the preset temperature in half an hour (20 degrees plus or minus 2 degrees)

2. No requirements for ground materials

Whether it's lead pipe or aluminum plastic composite pipe, it can be used as insulation pipe, without affecting the floor of the home

3, save time

Open and use, no need to wait, save time.

Disadvantages of radiator

1. Space occupied

The radiator has a certain volume, which will occupy the space of the home (it needs to be placed)

2. Comfort:

The temperature of the radiator rises rapidly, and the comfort is a little less than that of the floor

The advantages and disadvantages of radiator

The floor heating is very comfortable in line with the heating habits of human body, but the floor heating is slow, which is well done by the radiator. The heating efficiency of the radiator is very high, but the comfort is inferior to the floor heating. In terms of installation, the installation of floor heating is much more complicated than that of radiator, and the installation of floor heating has to go through layers of procedures. But the radiator also has the disadvantage, installs a group of huge radiators to occupy the place, it reduced the room use area, to the furniture arrangement and the decoration to bring many troubles

Which is better, the two heating methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Users can choose a better heating method according to their own habits and use environment. Of course, if your house is large enough, you can also choose to mix it, that is, floor heating and radiator are installed at the same time, to feel the incomparable effect of home heating. Over the years, based on the professional installation of home heating system, there are not a few examples of floor heating and radiator projects. In addition to launching the package of relevant room types, it can also customize the scheme for users, and select different heating schemes according to user needs and house type configuration.