I ended up getting hydronic heating out of the deal
When I first moved into our home we had a big boiler plan in the basement… The residing room had a ton of metal grates in the floor that the heated air would rise and then hot the residing room! It looked hideous however was genuinely effective.
I told our hubby the first thing I wanted to do was disconnect the boiler, and he encouraged me to leave the boiler in the basement because it was out of sight. He said to focus on making our residing room pretty. I covered up all the metal grates however one and the residing became freezing cold. I then began looking into alternate methods of heating. I realized that I could use our boiler plan for heated flooring. I was able to hook up piping to the existing boiler and have it stretched through our residing room floors. I then put tile on top of the piping to hide the ugliest. Now I have appealing tile floors that are heated by boiling water; Since it is water and not air, the heat doesn’t rise. It makes no noise when operating and anything that touches the radiant floors feels hot as a result. The couch, loveseat and ottoman all feel appreciate heated seats. Isn’t that amazing? My boiler plan has lived in the basement for years and shows no signs of stopping too. It is a beast, a tank of a heating plan and I am so thankful I didn’t rip it out all those years ago. I never would have gotten hydronic heating in our home.