In article
>,
John Kane > wrote:

> On Sep 20, 12:12*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> > In article >,
> > *"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
> >
> > > Om wrote:
> >
> > > > My mom's pulmonologist told me that he felt that WTW carpeting was the
> > > > dumbest idea man ever invented.
> >
> > > Given carte blanche with the decorating in Lin's and my house, I'd opt for
> > > painted concrete floors. It's cool underfoot and it can look gorgeous (and
> > > of course you can always put rugs down, too).
> >
> > >http://www.concretenetwork.com/concr...eriorfloorshas a nice slideshow of
> > > painted flooring.
> >
> > > My vote for "dumbest idea ever" would be cigarettes.
> >
> > But *most* people don't put cigarettes on the floor.
> >
> > :-)
>
> They don't? Well they do well enough on streets to make up for small
> mercies.
>
> >
> > "Cool underfoot" might be a good thing where you live in the summer, but
> > my floors stay cool enough in the summer, and I would just as soon not
> > have cool floors in the winter.
>
> Underfloor heating . It worked for the Romans and still works for
> the Koreans.

I understand that there is a lot of underfloor hot water heating in this
area (not in my town, though). I also understand that a lot of these
have failed. They are not repairable, and people have to install an
entire forced air heating system to heat their houses.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA