[legohead]

While visiting a friend in Russia I was perplexed by the candle in his flat - it had zero flicker, was stable and unmoving. Eventually I learned how they heated the flat, with water flowing through pipes and heat radiation - so little to no air movement.

[pjerem]

Isn’t it like this mostly everywhere ?

[viraptor]

No, central heating + radiators are somewhat region specific. For example Australia runs almost entirely on split system reverse aircons and electric heaters.

[gdbsjjdn]

In northern North America forced-air natural gas is pretty for single family homes. You have a gas furnace that blows heated air through ducts. It's supposed to be relatively inexpensive compared to electric baseboards, presuming you have all the natural gas infrastructure (or a big tank outside).

[mvcalder]

My Massachusetts home has both radiant floor heating (water pipes in floor) and baseboard water pipe heating (separate part of the house). My son’s New York home has radiators driven by hot water. I can’t recall a home where heating was vented air and not circulating hot water in North East USA.

[pixl97]

I've never had a house heated with pipes in the US.