Warmzone Blog

Turn to just about any home decorating magazine and you’re likely to see photo after photo of gorgeous hardwood, marble, and tiled floors. The floors look so beautiful in the photos, you probably find yourself thinking how nice those floors would look in your home, until you remember about how cold it can be to walk on such floors in the wintertime. But did you know that this is precisely why so many homeowners are choosing radiant floor heating systems to warm up their floors.

The installation of radiant floor heating is not new: heated floors have been installed under bathroom and kitchen tile in the United States for the past 10 years and the warming products continue to gain popularity. Many in the kitchen and bath industry expect radiant floor heating to continue to play a big role among homeowners who crave comfort features.

In addition to providing warmth, these new floor heating mats are energy efficient. Because it is under the carpet or floating wood and over the foam pad, it provides additional insulation from the cold sub-floor.
Radiant Floor Heating Tip: The Environ II is constructed of an ultra thin heating wire that exists in four layers of foil, quickly and efficiently distributing heat. A 120-square-foot coverage would probably cost about 40 cents a day, on average.