Can’t compete with my brother’s heated floors

My brother and I alternate hosting the entire extended family for Christmas. I am a far better cook than my brother. I make an amazing dinner entirely from scratch with all sorts of dessert options. I take the time to thoroughly decorate the inside and outside of my house so that it’s festive. I even go to the trouble of making a Christmas stocking full of little gifts and candies for each member of the family. Despite all of my efforts, everyone prefers to spend the holidays at my brother’s house. His place is more comfortable because of his heated floors. My house is over two hundred years old and outfitted with an outdated gas furnace. On extremely chilly winter nights, there’s always cold drafts coming in. Turning up the thermostat just creates unpleasant temperature fluctuations. Hot air blasts from the vents and chilly air leaks in around old windows. Plus, the furnace tends to dry out the indoor environment and makes it feel stuffy. My brother has a boiler installed in the basement that pumps hot water through a series of pipes concealed beneath the floor. Hydronic heat doesn’t cause concerns with insufficient humidity. The system is entirely silent, takes up no living space and provides a very gentle form of comfort. The heat is spread evenly across the floor and rises slowly. No matter how brutal the winter weather, my brother’s house is perfectly warm and cozy. It is absolutely awesome to walk across his heated floors. He even has zone control so that he can adjust the temperature in each room independently. I can’t compete with his amazing heating system.

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