Best heating system?

Hi Juliana. Base board heat is better since heat rises.

Best would be to have piping installed in the slab when it is poured and use hot water to heat the home. You asked for "best", not "practical". Next would be hot-water baseboard. Don't think of installing electric baseboard heat unless you are really wealthy and don't mind spending it on electricity.

Before changing the entire heating system, invest in making sure that your home is insulated as well as it can be.

Baseboard can be electric or hot water. Electric can be expensive and well hot water needs pipes. Just something to consider. Maybe consider some sort of space heater but again electric but may be a bit more efficient. Depending on what you have underneath your feet maybe consider a floor heating system.

Dont let anyone talk you in to heat pumps. Same problem where the heat comes from above. when the northeast winters hit they fall short!

I have had baseboard heat in my last three houses and I love it. It is a different heat and a more consistent heat since the pipes never really cool down to much. Hopefully you have gas because electric is very expensive to heat your home with. It is an expense to run baseboard heat. You will need runs that should be on all of your outside walls. You can use pex between the runs. We have a tankless boiler and hot water combination and it works great on the coast of New Jersey, so it should be fine for you, too. The combi saves a lot of space and can be ducted without a chimney. You will still need your duct work for your ac. Have you considered heated floors, they are so nice and warm.

Steam heat is the best but you need a steam boiler , radiators, and piping. Hot water is next but again you need hot water boiler,baseboard convectors, and piping. Electric baseboard is good but can be expensive to operate. Forced air is next when installed and sized properly. Ceiling supply vents are not the best but with a concrete slab that is the only option. Heat rises and hard to force it off the ceiling naturally. You may want to install ceiling fans to pull the heat off the top half of the rooms down to floor level. Another option is to have the vents rerouted to the lower part of the walls, but it can be costly. Another option is electric radiant on the concrete floors but it would need to be covered with some type of flooring.

Would radiant heat be possible for your floors? I never cared for forced air heat, and also prefer baseboard or radiator. I would get some advice from heating specialists (and some estimates), since often the problem is something that needs repair or updating. My in-laws had their system checked, when they were having problems, and found-out that some things weren't installed properly, and their system needed updating. It made a huge difference.

Baseboard heaters should work to heat up your place.

Gas heat is the best with floor vents. The best we have ever had and we have had several different types

Thanks

Hi Juliana, for sure they will work, and one other idea would be in floor heating, sounds perfect for a slab home!

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/categories/floors/underfloor-heating.html