Originally Posted by
genejockey
The house where I grew up, in Southern PA, has hot water radiator heat. Originally built in 1935 with a coal-fired furnace, but they installed an NG furnace before we bought the place in 1962. What I mostly remember is the house was always warm in the winter. No hot spots or cold spots, just evenly warm, no drafts, no wind from forced air. Just nice, even heat. Pretty much silent, too.
Yep. We had hot water radiators too. NG furnace. Definitely even warmth except for maybe the front of the sun porch. We had a huge picture window with jalousie windows on either side and jalousie windows on either side of the front door. The jalousie windows had "storm windows" that we used to install once the weather turned, but that picture window did not seem to be insulated. There was a long, low, covered radiator in the front of the room below the window that helped some.