Electric Floor Heating - the Clean, Comfortable Home Heating Supplement

In late August, it's still very warm out there, but the heat won’t be hanging around much longer. Doesn’t it seem like summer time always flies by in a hurry? Yes, winter weather will be here before you know it, and with that in mind, we turn our thoughts to keeping the home warm this winter.

I’m sure you have heard of radiant floor heating. Electric radiant heat has got to be the best way to maintain comfortable, localized heat for your home. Radiant floor heating consists of installing a grid of heat cable within the subfloor. The finish surface, usually tile, is installed over that. Sensors installed along with the grid allow you to maintain a steady temperature in each room, using the programmable thermostat.

The ability to program the floor heating system for different areas and rooms is an especially attractive feature for underfloor heating systems – not to mention the supreme, energy-efficient comfort. If you find yourself not using a room so much, you can simply turn the heat down in that room, thus avoiding unnecessary power draws. But for me, the comfort of radiant floor heating is far and away the best feature. If more people knew about the floor heating options available and how easy they are to install, these systems would become the standard, especially in bathrooms and kitchens where tile and hardwood surfaces are common.