This is very interesting. In our Oklahoma location, the use of radiant floors is a problem due to the rapid change in winter air temps. One day the high is 5 F and two days later the highs are in the 50s. With a typical 3-4 inch thick concrete floor, with inlet water at 75 F or so, you still can have an overheated house with a radiant (or sometimes called "conditioned") floor.
But the walls would not have any such thermal momentum - or at least a lot less.
But how to you attach the aluminum spreaders to the inside of the drywall board? Maybe you don't?
Steve
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consulting on geothermal heating/cooling & rational energy use since 1990
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