I just finished a new house which has a combination of baseboard and radiant heat. If I had to do it again I would:

1. Put radiant heat in the basement and garage, and lay all the pipe myself. I did not do it because of the cost (and my three small children, hence no time). The bulk of the cost is labor. It is not particuarly difficult, just tedious.

2. Run the piping for radiant heat myself, again, to save on the labor cost.

3. NOT use linoleum in the bathrooms (wiere there is radiant heat). It can be done, but the installer I used put the floring in wrong and it is thus far a nightmare to correct it -- I am not sure what the end result is going to be.

4. We have a great room with lots of southern exposure. In this room we have baeborad heat and a pellet stove. This is my first experience with pellet stoves, and it is great! We leave the heat at 55 with the stove at 70 and hve not had to turn the heat up since we moved in back in November. Without the pllet stove I would be worried about the warmth of the rooom.

Just a few quick thoughts before I need to head off to class...

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