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Surprise! Many homeowners thinking about doing renovations or upgrading their homes in some way would probably be astonished at the range of applications for radiant floor heating in residential homes. Bathrooms, kitchens and entryways are just a few of the many ideal spots in which to incorporate radiant heat. Tile, marble, slate, and even hardwood are floor coverings that are cold to step onto with bare feet during winter or summer are also super places for using a radiant heat product. One such radiant heat product can be installed under these surfaces throughout the home and take the cold bite out of these areas. Just imagine never again having cold floors or feet–how great would that be!

Come to think of it, another area of the home that radiant floor heating makes sense in is your basement. Basements are one of the top requested areas to add radiant heat. Due to the fact that forced air systems heat air and hot air rises the basement is usually the living space that remains cold. New construction is the best time to add radiant heat to a basement.

Radiant Floor Heating Tip: Whether you’re building a new home, or remodeling your existing home, radiant floor heating is a great way to add comfort and efficiency to the rooms in your home that are traditionally hard to heat.

Look how beautiful they are, how could you not love them?  Pick up pretty much 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.

Everyone likes a brain teaser, so try working this one out: how can you comfortably heat your home while also enjoying a reduction in energy usage? Through radiant floor heating, of course! Delivering heat by air makes it easy to escape and increase your overall heat loss, while, through radiant floor heating, the evenly distributed radiant heat allows homeowners to turn down the thermostat two to four degrees.

Naturally, turning down a thermostat can reduce energy costs by 10-40% 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.

Hard as it is to believe, the installation of radiant floor heating is not a new development in the housing industry. Heated floors have been installed under bathroom and kitchen tile in the United States for the past decade and the warming products continue to gain popularity.

Radiant Floor Heating Tip: Trendsetters in the kitchen and bath industry expect radiant floor heating to continue to play a big role among homeowners who crave comfort features.

How many of you are you building your dream home or maybe renovating a century-old farmhouse? If you’re thinking of radiant floor heating in your home construction, improvement, remodeling, or renovation project, we like how you’re thinking.

Perhaps you’ve heard from many people that radiant floor heating is one of the most comfortable ways to heat your home – and they are not leading you astray! As opposed to forced air heating, which heats the air, radiant heat heats objects such as your floor. This increases the level of comfort in your home as the heat is distributed at the floor level where we are usually cold, and gets cooler toward our head area, which is usually too hot. Because radiant floor heating distributes the heat in this manner, the comfortability of your home is increased. No more cold feet!

Another benefit of radiant floor heating is that it can be used for nearly any floor area. Areas such as concrete, tile, hardwood, carpet, and even linoleum can all benefit from radiant floor heating.

Radiant Floor Heating Tip: Even if you don’t have a historic renovation or restoration project to do at home, radiant floor heating can be retrofitted, in most cases, to your existing floors.

Do you have big plans? For those homeowners just starting out on a home improvement or renovation project, large or small, we think it’s worth looking into what radiant floor heating can do for you and your home.

There’s a multitude of uses for radiant floor heating in homes. Bathrooms, kitchens and entryways are ideals places to incorporate radiant heat. Tile, marble, slate, and even hardwood are floor coverings that are cold to step onto with bare feet during winter or summer. A radiant heat product can be installed under these surfaces throughout the home and take the cold bite out of these areas. Just think: you’ll never have cold floors or feet again!

People often comment to us that another area of the home that radiant floor heating makes sense in is your basement. Basements are one of the top requested areas to add radiant heat. Due to the fact that forced air systems heat air and hot air rises the basement is usually the living space that remains cold. New construction is the best time to add radiant heat to a basement.

Radiant Floor Heating Tip: Whether you’re building a new home, or remodeling your existing home, radiant floor heating is a great way to add comfort and efficiency to the rooms in your home that are traditionally hard to heat.

Ready to hear about the many, many, many benefits to electric radiant heat for your home heating? One of the major benefits to electric radiant heat is that, unlike with central heating and air, with radiant heat you can zone different areas of the house to fit your lifestyle. Some of our customers use one thermostat per floor, while others separate bedroom areas and living spaces.

It’s also worth mentioning the allergen-reducing qualities of electric radiant heat. Radiant heat reduces dust mites and airborne allergens by 60%-90%. No other heating system reduces allergies as effectively as electric radiant heat.

The dramatic fuel savings and a greater level of comfort with an electric radiant heat system are yet another benefit.  It’s entirely possible that the system could use 30% less fuel than the average new forced air heating system. Installing a high efficiency air conditioning system will result in dramatic energy savings year-round.

Electric Radiant Heat Tip: Another benefit worth mentioning is the increased property value aspect to incorporating an electric radiant heat system to your home. Use radiant to heat your garage, melt ice from your roof, or melt snow from your driveway. A well-designed installation will add more value to your home than the cost of the package.