2. In-Floor Heating

3.  Which civilization or person created the first under floor heating system? A.Greece B.Rome C.Egypt D.Martha Stewart E.Fred Flintstone

5.  The Romans

6.  Developed by the Romans called Hypocaust  Hypocaust from Greek which means “to light a fire under”.  Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hupokauston room heated from below, from hupokaiein to light a fire beneath, from HYPO - + kaiein to burn  Hypo meaning below or under  Caust meaning to burn or heat

8. Or did they look like……. Did they look like this?

9. This ! Slave owner

10.  Romans created under floor heating systems called "hypocausts".  Under the floor would be an empty space with brick or stone pillars at regular intervals to support the floor.  A furnace lit at one end of the room and the heat from the fire would circulate freely within the under floor space, heating the floor above.  Flues or channels within the walls would carry the hot air upwards warming the tiles or bricks not only in the floors but the walls as well.

11.  Under floor heating died out after the Romans left  Britain drifted towards the Dark Ages.  Central heating was not revived again until the start of the industrial revolution in the 19th Century.  Rich merchants and landowners could afford to fit water filled pipes and cast iron radiators in their grand mansions.  If the Victorians had developed under floor heating instead of radiators, then all houses today would have under floor heating by default.  The modern system of radiators did not enter the mass housing market until after the second world war.

12. So what does a brick got to do with it?

14. Hydronic In-Floor Heating

32. WARNING: Radiant Floors May Cause Babies to Attack their Mothers!