When my colleague and I first purchased our home, the floor heating was something we looked forward to every time the floor furnace turned on.
- However, the hydronic heating had worn me out.
Two years later, I began to notice a change in the appearance of the floors, which I did not appreciate. During one of the HVAC repair visits, the repairman mentioned that this occurs in homes that use a comparable heat and air conditioning product. In short, the heating system was causing damage to the floor. It had to do with the concept of expansion and contraction and how temperature changes affected the wood. I turned off the equipment and began utilizing the furnace by itself. The furnace/heater upgrade was not as efficient as I had hoped, so I was forced to replace it with whatever the heating dealership recommended. My friend and I decided after a brief consultation to add a heat pump to the existing equipment to create a hybrid heater. It seemed more feasible than any of the other ideas I had in mind. My friend and I no longer had to discard anything other than the floor. The plan would also make furnace repair more manageable because I would no longer have to maintain three different types of equipment. When I changed the floors, I still had to keep the boiler meant to maintain hydronic functionality in good working order in order to avoid eventual boiler repair. Since I needed my children to be away from the house, I planned to keep the floors for two years while I figured out the best way and time to complete the project.