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  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,348
    Harvey Ramer said:

    I believe the Koreans used to drop a chunk of coal in the middle of their floors and have some manner of radiant heat.

    The ondol -- a fairly sophisticated system for its day.
  • BobC
    BobC Member Posts: 5,517
    I served in Korea for a year and I can tell you they have had good radiant heat for almost 3,000 years. It gets very cold in Korea, the villages were comprised of earthen huts with a built up earthen floor and a thatched roof. They burned charcoal in a pit on one side of the hut and the flue traveled under the earthen floor and exited on the other side of the hut, as a result the floor was nice and warm.

    Bob
    Smith G8-3 with EZ Gas @ 90,000 BTU, Single pipe steam
    Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
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