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Similar to a car with heated seats would be radiant floor heating in a home. As opposed to forced air house heating systems, radiant floor heating is an efficient and environmentally friendly way to heat your home, with the added benefits of quick results and long-lasting heat.

Evenly distributed radiant heat in your floors will allow you to turn down your thermostat two to four degrees. This can reduce energy costs by as much as 40% and can be verified with your local utility company. This setback to your thermostat can happen because a radiant floor heats from the ground up and delivers the heat through objects not air. This makes the lowest three feet of your home the most comfortable where a forced air system loses its heat to the ceiling and is required to heat from the top down. Delivering heat by air also makes it easy to escape and increase your overall heat loss.

Radiant Floor Heating Tip: This type of home heating systems is not limited to new construction; homes with existing flooring and heating can be retrofit in order to enjoy radiant floor heating’s features.