What’s the Best Heating System?

What’s the Best Heating System?
Attached to the wall are radiant heating distribution manifolds. Hot water enters the manifold and is sent through the smaller tubing to heat the floors in this house. It then returns to the boiler to get reheated. Tim Carter/TNS
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You might overhear several pickup truck owners bragging about how their Ford or Chevy truck is better than all the rest. It might even be a Ram or Toyota owner. The odds that any of them will convince the other to change brands are remote.

The same sort of debate has raged for years with HVAC contractors about what is the best heating system. I don’t know that there’s a definitive answer, but I’ve been fortunate to have enough experience with several systems that I can weigh in.

Tim Carter
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