Archive for October, 2007

One of my wife’s favorite parts of going ice-skating in the wintertime is to stand around a fire afterwards, holding a warm mug of cocoa.  I’m sure she’s not alone in liking the coziness of that feeling.  Did you know that that warm mug of cocoa is actually a form of radiant heat? Objects absorb […]

Homeowners used to keeping their feet warm with bedroom slippers or thick socks may be interested to learn what radiant floor heating in their home can do for them…and their cold feet!

A comparison of radiant floor heating to forced air is a car that has heated seats and a forced air heater/furnace. The forced air […]

Many older homes that were once heated by wood-burning stoves don’t have heating and air conditioning ducts with which to deliver the heat to the different rooms of the house. Installing these ducts after the fact can be both difficult and costly, as many home remodelers can attest to. Happily, there is a solution […]

More and more often today, people are concerned about global warming, and go looking for ways to go “green” to help preserve the planet for future generations. With that come some opportunities for other alternatives as well, including alternative heating systems. 

There are a number of alternative heating systems out there that […]

It’s just a matter of time, you know, before that snow starts falling.  If you are weighing the pros and cons of the different types of driveways, including how they rate for ease of snow removal, you may find yourself wanting an outdoor heating system. For example, if you’d really like a driveway made from […]

What comes to mind as the most important parts of a bathroom or kitchen remodelling project? Probably the fixtures or appliances, right? However, the heating system is also crucial to consider. We’d like to suggest that you look into implementing electric radiant heat. It’s simply a thin electric mat installed in […]