My wife plus I bought a actually aged lake condo that required a wonderful deal of work.
Both of us needed to make a lot of upgrades.
The electrical wiring wasn’t up to code plus the plumbing pipes were corroded. The water furnace plus roof both leaked plus most of the windows wouldn’t open. All of the appliances were aged plus there was water damage to ceilings, walls plus floors. The floors were so badly rotted that both of us had to tear them completely up. While this was a large, labor-intensive plus luxurious project, I saw it as an opportunity. With everything exposed down to the floor joists, both of us were able to install radiant heating. Both of us already had a boiler system set up in the basement. Both of us removed the seasoned radiators plus implemented a series of pipes under the current floorboards. The boiler heats up water, pumps it through the pipes plus the heat spreads across the floor. Everything kneeling on the floor also heats up, further radiating heat. The temperature from one corner of the room to the other is actually consistent. There’s no cold spots or drafts, plus the system is totally quiet plus harshly clean. All of the equipment is hidden beneath the floors. It takes up no space plus doesn’t look ugly. I don’t need to arrange the furniture to avoid restricting airflow to plus from vents. The radiant floors allow for zone control, letting us customize the temperature of each room to comfort preferences plus occupancy. Getting out of bed on a Winter time afternoon or stepping out of the shower onto hot floors is such a luxury. Plus, our monthly heating bills are much lower than they used to be.