Floor furnace

Floor furnace

A heating unit specially adapted for small houses which have no basement or cellar; it is installed directly underneath the floor of a room.

floor-type heater, floor furnace

A heater consisting of a burner, air-heating radiator, and valves which are suspended from a floor (usually in a single-story house) beneath a grille which is flush with the floor; warm air rises from the center of the grille, and return air descends around its perimeter.