Radiant Floor Heating Systems are the latest and best solution for even distribution and low energy consumption. Radiant heating uses the air masses and structural mass of the floor to store and distribute the heat radiating from the hot water tubes running through or under the floor. Here are links to teach you about the methods, components and manufacturers.

http://www.radiant-floor-heating.com/index.htm

http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/display_article.asp?ID=304

http://www.radiantpanelassociation.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=99

http://www.ultra-fin.com

http://www.radiantcompany.com/details/

http://www.pexsupply.com/

http://www.warmup.com/us-carbonheater.phtml

http://www.warmboard.com/

http://www.warmlyyours.com/

http://www.radiant-floor-heating.com/index.htm

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I am fond of the idea of plumbing new homes with PEX Tubing for pipes. It is much less labor instensive, and more flexible when configuring the complex systems involved with high tech residential utilities. These folks have a nice website catalog of PEX plumbing components.

http://www.pexsupply.com/

Here is a good place to read about the advantages and planning elements to using PEX.

http://www.pexinfo.com/#advantages

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