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2026-01-21 19:58:21 UTC

Troy on Nostr: Dense objects hold more thermal mass. Hot air rises, but heat radiates in all ...

Dense objects hold more thermal mass.

Hot air rises, but heat radiates in all directions.

The more that people understand this, the sooner we can quit wasting energy on trying to modify air temperature to modify the temperatures of denser objects.
It’s cold 🥶

Not sure why majority of homes have forced air heating instead of radiant heating like a radiator or masonry heater 🤷‍♀️

Air is an insulator and the vented heating just tries to warm the air around in the room, instead of heating the things, like floors and bodies

having radiant heat is good, feels nice and is efficient as the liquid or thermal mass used is efficient

#homeheating
#masonryheater