I ended up getting hydronic heating out of the deal
When I first moved into my cabin the people I was with and I had a big boiler plan in the basement! The family room had a ton of metal grates in the floor that the heated air would rise plus then moderate the family room; It looked hideous however was really effective.
- I told my husband the first thing I wanted to do was detach the boiler, he encouraged myself and others to leave the boiler in the basement because it was out of sight.
He said to focus on making my family room pretty. I covered up all the metal grates however 1 plus the living became freezing cold. I then began looking into alternate methods of heating. I realized that I could use my boiler plan for heated flooring. I was able to hook up piping to the existing boiler plus have it stretched through my family room floors. I then put brick on top of the piping to hide the ugliest, and now I have lovely brick floors that are heated by moderate water, but since it is water plus not air, the heat doesn’t rise. It makes no noise when operating plus anything that touches the radiant floors feels moderate as a result. The couch, loveseat plus ottoman all think love heated seats. Isn’t that amazing? My boiler plan has lived in the basement for years plus shows no signs of stopping too. It is a beast, a tank of a heating plan plus I am so thankful I didn’t rip it out all those years ago. I never would have gotten hydronic heating in my home.