So in-floor is water pipes? I thought it was done by electrical wires. But if pipes are how we'd warm our driveway (if we had one; apartment scum here with a basement garage) then I guess pipes are good inside too.

Do we worry about earthquakes? Would we be better off with radiant in-ceiling heat instead for that?

My farfar was a cabinet maker, my dad was a woodworker, floor layer, tiler, etc, but I'm a nerd and have none of those artisanal skills. This is interesting as heck and it's a connection to my vestigial roots.

[–] Rollade@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

Here in Germany we never really got earthquake and even the hardest we got in the last hundred years just rattled some roof tiles off. Also it's very common in Europe to use floor heating (due to the lower temperatures you need to provide and such beeing more efficient with heat pump)in neuer buildings so mostly everyone does it

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There is also electrical wire floor heating it's cheaper, water is more efficient though

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I've had electric floor heating in the bathroom in our previous house, the running costs of heating the entire house with such a system would have been astronomical with the electricity prices here. Water-based is the standard here in the Netherlands as well.

[–] AAA@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

Just to clarify for people reading this: electrical wire floor heating is cheaper to install. Running costs (heating cost) are cheaper with water, especially when using a heat pump.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

hot water for heating is what you call radiators, which are pretty common around the world