Warmzone Blog

Spring is the time when most new construction starts around the country.  Even with the slowing of the housing market, many homeowners are still choosing tile or scored cement flooring for their homes, particularly in kitchens and living areas.  Sometimes they second-guess those choices, worrying about their little ones playing, or laying down on cold floors. Many others love the look of tile, wood, or floating woods but dread stepping out of their soothing hot shower onto cold tile, especially during those frigid winter months. And That’s why so many are opting for floor heating systems to warm up their floors.

Contrary to what some may think, the installation of floor warming products 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 floors to continue to play a big role among homeowners who crave comfort features.

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 10-40%. This setback to your thermostat can happen because a warm 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.

Radiant Floor Heating Tip: Delivering heat by air also makes it easy to escape and increase your overall heat loss but with radiant floor heating, the heat is evenly distributed and efficient to boot.