Our house has been plagued by rats, cockroaches, water bugs and a horrible musty smell for several years that I knew was being caused by the crawlspace ductwork being eaten up by rats (Cockroaches were crawling up from the floor vents). If I seal up the vents in the foundation wall and the floor vents, I can eliminate the bugs and smell and heat the house with a makeshift radiant heating system (visa vis my forced air heat pump via the leaky ductwork. I would have to go down and detach some of the floor vent ducts since a few of them still deliver heat).
I don't understand why this system isn't being used in radiant heating homes as it seems perfectly viable to me. Does anyone have experience with this? HVAC people like to tout that old BS about foundation venting required to alleviate moisture buildup, but modern research has indicated that it is not nearly necessary as previously thought. It does help sell those expensive hydroponic systems though. I say we end this hydroponic hegemony now and retrofit our older homes with forced air radiant heat systems... and they're already 3/4 installed .
Dave
I don't understand why this system isn't being used in radiant heating homes as it seems perfectly viable to me. Does anyone have experience with this? HVAC people like to tout that old BS about foundation venting required to alleviate moisture buildup, but modern research has indicated that it is not nearly necessary as previously thought. It does help sell those expensive hydroponic systems though. I say we end this hydroponic hegemony now and retrofit our older homes with forced air radiant heat systems... and they're already 3/4 installed .
Dave