If you've recently refinanced your home and are looking to invest a portion of your equity into home improvements, a trusted EMCI HVAC specialist can help you with sub-floor heating and re-piping projects.

Here are some of the ways that an EMCI HVAC specialist can improve your return on investment and reduce your future energy bills.

Sub-Floor Heating

Sub-floor (or radiant) heating ranks among the most efficient and comforting forms of home heating. An EMCI HVAC specialist can design, install, and program your sub-floor heating project to optimize performance.

• Design: sub-floor heating essentially circulates hot water from a boiler through a series of snaked pipes positioned beneath your floors. This continuous loop of hot water means that you won't experience cold floors in the morning or the dryness that can be associated with furnace systems. An EMCI HVAC specialist will normally design the system to loop into your existing boiler system. If you have the money, however, you can maximize the efficiency of your sub-floor heating system by installing an instant (or flash) hot water boiler. These systems, although more expensive initially, deliver hot water only when you need it. This allows for more precise temperature control and less wasted energy when the system is idle.
• Smarter: the best sub-floor heating systems are programmed to take advantage of modern HVAC technology. This means controlling your system from your SMART devices and utilizing sophisticated AI programs to deliver big energy savings. When you begin working with an EMCI HVAC specialist to install a new sub-floor heating system, it's important to inquire about the potential energy rebates available by state and/or federal programs. These rebates can sometimes subsidize a significant portion of the most efficient, but expensive, options offered by your EMCI HVAC professional.

Re-Piping

With many homes hitting the thirty, forty, and fifty-year mark, many homeowners are confronting aging and potentially dangerous piping issues. These issues can include potential water quality issues and the danger of burst pipes.

• Combos: the raw cost of the materials need to re-pipe a home can drastically impact the total cost of the project. One of the easiest ways to save money, without compromising the longevity of the improvements, is to use a combination of plumbing materials. This might mean using copper piping for areas where you might have corrosion or temperature fluctuation concerns while using PEX or CPVC more easily accessible areas where you can insulate with less labor.

For more information on ways an EMCI professional can help, contact a company like Engineer Mechanical Contractor, Inc.