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Don't Be Intimidated by Radiant HeatingSure, anything new can be intimidating, but if you are considering radiant floor heating for your own home, there's no reason to be freaked out by such a weighty decision. In fact, if you knew all the wonderful facts about radiant floor heating you would be rushing out to get it installed today and wondering why you waited so long.
Radiant heating is not a new product or trend but it if one that is picking up momentum. Helping push it along the popular track of home improvements are the recent studies showing how energy efficient radiant floor heating can be and how radiant floor heating systems can actually save you money in the long run. This sounds not only good, but great to a lot of penny-pinching consumers as we all face economic hardships. Saving money is what we're all interested in these days and finding a home heating system that can aid in our savings is rare and precious. There is no need to be intimidated by radiant heating. We are here to help walk you through the decisions you'll need to make from how much radiant heat cable to buy, to how to install it, to how to operate it once it's in place. |
Radiant Heat is LovableInstalling a floor heating system will be a quick courtship. You’ll go from the initial research (dating) stage, to a promise ring in no time once you learn all the advantages of this home heating method. You’ll fall in love quickly with the idea of having underfloor heating and you’ll go to great lengths to make it a long lasting relationship. If you love your floor heating system like so many others do, we are confident that it will love you right back. You’ll enjoy the comfort and warmth and high efficiency floor heating has become synonymous for. Heated floors are a simple way to reignite the warmth you feel for your home. Our living space makes us feel safe, loved, and appreciated, especially when filled with home amenities such as underfloor heating. The other comforting part is that they are generally fairly affordable to install and offer many cost savings down the road with their energy savings and efficient warming output. You’ll take one step on your warmed floor and fall instantly in love with the concept of radiant floor heating and wonder how you ever lived without it. Call any of our floor heating experts today to set up your first date with your warm floor and start a beautiful and warm relationship. |
Raise the Comfort Level with Underfloor HeatingThe concept of radiant heat has been around since the days of the Roman Empire, but have you experienced the comfort of a heated floor yet? Radiant heated floors are an alternative way of providing heat for any particular room. They utilize a grid of heat cable underneath the finish floor surface and the result is an efficient, warm floor that heats your home from the ground up.
Radiant floor heat provides unsurpassed comfort and eliminates the drafts and noise of a blowing furnace. These maintenance-free systems are fully automated and feature programmable thermostats so you can heat rooms individually as your needs warrant. If you have rooms that aren’t going to be used for awhile you can shut the heat off to those areas with a punch of a button. The ability to customize and heat zones individually greatly ads to the overall efficiency of the system. Heated floors can be installed in existing surfaces as well, so don’t feel you have missed out if you have just taken possession of a new home and it lacks the comfort of radiant floor heat. If you have access to the floor joists from below, you can retrofit your floors with an electric radiant floor heating system. |
Add Heat to Your Remodeling ProjectFacing a remodeling project can be daunting. Hopefully you have laid a good groundwork with research, questions asked and answers received, and your ideas put on paper. It can be scary and daunting to begin a big project that involves things being torn out or other things being added in. If you are doing anything to your floors throughout your home you would be the model in remodeling if you put heated floors in. This simple upgrade can be such a powerful addition to your home’s comfort and even to your heating bill. Radiant floor heating is more efficient and more comfortable. It reduces the dust that forced air heating systems can cause and it heats efficiently from the ground up. Any remodeling project will go from hassle to hallelujah with the simple addition of floor heating. It takes you from good to great and you’ll be so happy you decided to add heated floors to your project. It will increase the comfort and luxury in your home. Heated floors also increase the value of your home and become an attractive re-sell feature when that time comes. You’ll enjoy the radiant heat seeping into your feet for years to come and you’ll be so happy you added heat to your remodeling project. |
A Unique Solution for Heating Hardwood FloorsRadiant floor heating seems to be all the rage these days. But not all heating systems are created equal. There are many great products available in the industry. There is one outstanding radiant floor heating system that is ideal for hardwood floors. It’s called ComfortTile. So if you are considering placing hardwood in your home read on.
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Many Reasons to Have Heated FloorsWhy do moms come pre-wired with the ingrained phrase, “You’ll catch your death if you walk around in bare feet?” It must be in the same micro-chip implanted in every mom-brain that also includes the dreaded “wait until your father gets home,” or “you’ll thank me when you’re older.” Or what about “life is NOT fair.” That is a truth we all learn too soon. That same micro-chip includes the inherent love of baby toes and soft good-night kisses after a hushed reading of Three Little Pigs. Moms and dads alike can rejoice in the many benefits of having a heated floor because it addresses some of these basic parenting delights. First, a floor with electric radiant heat keeps those precious baby toes toasty warm. The little ones can crawl, toddle, and wiggle around on a warm surface. And secondly, as those baby toes grow and you worry more and more about illness, you can take heart with a heated floor. Those baby toes grow into teenager toes that may rebel against shoes and socks, but you’ll know they are staying warm thanks to your floor heating system. Parenting comes with a lot of hardship shuffled amongst all that joy and laughter. Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to worry about at least one part of your kid’s lives? A heated floor offers many benefits for your family. Peace of mind being one of the reasons. Other reasons for having underfloor heating include affordability, efficient comfort and convenient versatility. |
Floor Heating Systems Give Your Home a Warm BoostThe housing market has seen better days. Most of us are hunkered down, trying to ride out this nasty storm. Smart home owners are taking advantage of great deals to make the home they are in even better and even more comfortable. A common sense home improvement project right now is a floor heating system , utilizing electric radiant floor heating. For a relatively low installation cost you can add warm floors throughout your home or in a key area that needs a little extra heat. Floor heating systems offer a home improvement project you can actually feel at the end of the day. Another bonus to installing underfloor heating is that you will typically save money. The floor heating systems are energy efficient and far easier to fine tune than other types of home heating. Radiant floor heating is easy to retrofit to existing flooring too. You can install floor heating systems beneath hardwood, carpet, tile, linoleum, stone, or slate. A remodeling project can be on any size scale you are able to afford with just one room or an entire floor being fitted for electric radiant floor heating. When considering a home improvement project that is simple to install, adds a great bang for your buck, and is something you can actually feel at the end of your stressful day, think about the benefits of a floor heating system. |
Radiant Floor Heating is a Lavish Luxury for Low CostDo you dream of being able to lavish your loved ones with extra perks in life? Deluxe hot cocoa flown in from Belgium, extra fluffy towels, dream vacation to Disneyland? What about radiant floor heating in your teenage daughter’s bathroom? Every morning on her list of daily complaints you find “cold floors” so why not consider a heated tile floor. Or your wife bemoans walking into the kitchen each morning to fix her cup of Joe. It’s simply too cold. Why can’t you have floor heating there too? Good news…you can! Radiant floor heating is a lavish sounding luxury that may seem too pricey given your shrinking bank accounts. The good news is that not only is it an affordable upgrade to your home, it is also a great home improvement investment. Radiant heated floors can be easily added to a small room or the whole house and without breaking the bank. What may sound like a luxury far beyond your reach is technically within your power to obtain. Now more than ever a warm floor is a feature that home buyers and builders are gravitating towards. They feel great, heat efficiently and make heating your home luxuriously slick to do. Go ahead and dream big, dream lavishly, dream of the day your teenager says “I love you” again without following it up with “can I borrow the car.” Dream of the day your wife skips to the kitchen bare feet and not only pour herself some hot coffee, but makes a mug for you too. All these things could become a reality with radiant floor heating, a simple luxury you can afford. |
Give Your Hard-Working Feet the Gift of Radiant Floor HeatOur feet do a lot of work. In fact, I would go so far to say that they are the hardest working part of our body, and they take a lot of abuse throughout the day. It’s a pity we don’t show our feet a little more love. And I bet that if your feet could write you a letter, they’d tell you that the only thing they could ask for is radiant floor heating. Heated floors are hands down the number one luxury you can give to your feet. Think about it—no more stepping on frozen hardwood floors in the morning or being shocked by frigid tiles after the shower. What more could your feet possibly want? Of course, giving your feet the gift of radiant floor heat isn’t hard to do. With their ease and affordability, radiant floor heating systems make pampering your feet simple. Heated floors heat the room from the bottom up, heating up the surrounding objects first and creating a warm and cozy environment. It’s kind of like digging your feet into the warm sand at the beach, and we all know how much our feet love that sensation. What’s more, radiant floor heat is absolutely maintenance free, so you can rest assured knowing you got your feet a gift that keeps on giving. Don’t let the foot abuse continue any longer. Install a radiant floor heating system and see how both you and your feet can benefit from the unparalleled comfort of heated floors. |
Radiant Floor Heating Systems Cut Down on DustUsing an electric floor heating system for your heated tile floors is a smart and effective way to cut down on the dust in your home. Your home’s dust attracting surfaces will require less dusting with heated tile floors because the forced-air furnace won’t be kicking up and blowing out all those particles (and allergens) that seem to accumulate faster than your Swiffer® can “swiff.” Many people who have installed heated floors comment how clean it feels compared to a traditional heating method. The heat is generated from the floor instead of being pushed out of vents and air ducts, causing mounds of grime you’d rather not deal with. Plus, you have the advantage of a more efficient heating system that uses the technology of radiant heat to warm your home as opposed to bulky, sometimes inefficient furnaces. If you are an allergy sufferer there are also many advantages to purchasing a radiant floor heating system. Dander and dust aren’t swirling around your home like they do with a forced air system. This cuts down on the amount of allergens and allows you to breathe a little easier. Your home and your nasal passages stay in tip top shape thanks to heated tile floors. |
ComfortTile is one of the easiest systems
to install and one of the most effective. It’s
no wonder that it’s a leader in the radiant heating
industry. One of the major issues many builders face
when installing any kind of radiant heating product is
the proper build-up of the floor height. This can
affect many important parts of your homes comfort and
operational ability. Things like opening and closing
doors or placing electrical outlets properly all
depend on where the floor levels are. The thin