Radiant Warming

April 16, 2010

Electric Floor Heat is the Luxurious Way to Add Comfort to Your Home

Imagine slipping from your bed in the morning and stepping onto hard flooring that is toasty warm and comfortable – with no matt or rugs. Electric floor heat makes it possible. An electric floor heating system warms the floors of your home, gently increasing the temperature of your home and providing warmth for your home, from the bottom up.

If you are like many homeowners, you probably have cold spots and drafty areas in your home. Often, this is because traditional heating systems blow hot air around, and this hot air quickly rises to the top. Unfortunately, this leaves your feet cold. It also creates cold spots, since heated air is not evenly distributed through the traditional heating methods. With an electric floor heating system, however, there is no hot air. Instead, your entire floors become conductors for heat, evenly distributing heat from the bottom up.

In many homes, electric floor warming system generally makes the most sense. This is because in most homes it is the hard floors which are coldest. Drafts from underneath floorboards and from under doors leave the floors icy. As well, any cracks between the floor and walls create drafts and cold. Many homeowners take care of this problem by installing carpeting, which feels cozier and less icy than cold hard floors. However, carpeting often includes harmful chemicals and adhesives and can easily trap mold and dust, making it a less-than-healthy alternative for your home. Electric floor heating takes care of these problems by heating the floors.

With electric floor warming, your entire floor becomes warm and cozy, and when your feet are warmer, you feel warmer – science has proven it. Floor heating system are not only one of the most comfortable heating systems, but they are also among the most energy efficient heating systems. A floor heat system is individually wired in each room, so that you only need to heat the rooms where you happen to be. As well, floor heating can use less energy than many traditional heating systems since less heat is wasted. In a hot air system, hot air quickly rises to near the ceiling, so that homeowners may be expending plenty of fuel (and money) but may still be shivering. A floor heating system, in contrast, delivers more cozy heat in less time.

Suntouch floor system work with many types of hard floors and work in virtually every home – from offices to houses to modern new construction buildings. Even historic buildings can benefit from heated floors. Often, a heated floor succeeds where generations of heating products have failed, precisely because in floor heat gets to the root of the problem when it comes to drafts, cold feet, and cold floors.

August 18, 2009

Electric Warming Systems

Filed under: Electric Floor Warming Systems — admin @ 7:02 pm

With individuals becoming more aware of environmental issues such as global warming, a growing number of people and companies are searching for ways to become more eco-friendly through various recycling programs and using energy efficient technology.  One increasingly popular method of reducing one’s use of energy resources is through using electric floor warming technology that is able to conserve and store heat after it is generated.  These systems not only provide a more energy efficient method of creating home heating, but can actually save homeowners large sums of money otherwise spent on less efficient heating systems.

electric radiant floor heatingInstallation of electric warming systems is also very cost effective, as it can be completed in a relatively short period of time, and is not difficult to install as opposed to other more traditional heating technologies such as hydronic heating systems that are both expensive and inefficient, and are also quite challenging to install as they often require the floor to be elevated by several inches and usually need a great deal of maintenance and repairs.

Electric heating systems are extremely easy to control as they are usually operated through a programmable thermostat, and come in several forms such as underfloor cables, mats, or film heating strips.  All electric heating systems are fully waterproof, and can be installed under virtually any type of flooring, whether it be inside or outside, making them one of the most flexible types of heating systems available.

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