Getting Warmer...

Floor tile is in.  We chose a classic, white octagon shape. Perfect for a 1909 bungalow.

There is radiant heat embedded in the floor, so no cold feed in the morning.

Getting Warmer

This crazy-looking thing is our heater.  It connects to our super efficient hot water heater (see photo below), and pumps hot water through special tubes in our basement floor.

It's AWESOME.

We turned it on last night for the first time since before Christmas.  It's radiant heat, so it takes a couple of hours to kick in, but once it kicks in, the whole house gets toasty.  And the floors are SO warm against bare feet.  : )

Rube Goldberg

These steam punk looking thing is the "brain" for our radiant floor heat. Somehow it interfaces with our hot water heater to get the water to flow into the tubes in the concrete floor.

We got it from a DIY heating supply that our contractor found. We were supposed to install it this time last year, but then we had all those permit issues, so it's been sitting in a box in the back bedroom all this time. Let's hope it works...

Just in Time for Spring

These white tubs are for radiant floor heat.

Water from our awesome hot water heater will flow through these, radiate heat to our concrete floor, which will in turn heat our basement.