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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. |
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. |
Find the Radiant Floor Heating System That is Right for YouWhen it comes to choosing a radiant floor heating system, go ahead and be choosey. A floor heating system is an affordable home improvement project, yet it should reflect the needs and desires of your lifestyle. The radiant underfloor heating system should match what you are trying to achieve in home heating. So yes, it is ok to be choosey. In fact, it is recommended. Warmzone offers several options which are all great for radiant floor heating solutions, but each system has been designed with specific applications in mind.
Installing a radiant heated floor may seem daunting in the beginning. That is why it is important to be choosey and work only with trusted experts with a proven track record. Choose who you want to work with and trust them to guide you through the questions you will inevitably have. Warmzone is just such a partner in floor heating. Look to them to help find the best floor heating system for your home. |
The Affordable Luxury of Radiant Floor HeatI can’t think of a better time to talk about warm floors than January and February. What are warm floors? I’m sure by now you have heard of radiant heat. Electric radiant heat is a taste of heaven here on earth. Walk into a home with radiant floor heating and then one with traditional forced air heat. Tell me which one was more comfortable. There is no comparison in my opinion. Take your shoes off and soak it all in. The old adage that when your feet are warm you feel warm all over is so true. One of the key benefits of a floor heating system is that they are easily adaptable to your needs. You can set each room to maintain the temperature you want. Each room can have its own thermostat. Shutting down rooms that aren’t being used is as easy as pushing a button. Electric radiant heat utilizes heating cable installed under the finished floor surface. Each room then has its own sensor. If I were designing my next home it would most definitely have a heated floor. I’d sit and watch the snow come down and wiggle my sock clad feet around on the floor. |
Install a Radiant Heated Floor this fall and Reap the Benefits this Winter!Fall is coming, and with it comes the nip in the air and the heaters. Have you installed your radiant heated floor? If not, then it’s not too late! In fact, it’s never too late to reap the numerous benefits radiant floor heating has to offer. Heated floors will revolutionize your home’s heating this fall and winter season. Not only are radiant heated floors healthy for you, but they’re also a great way to stay green through the chilly months. Radiant heated floors heat your floor from the ground up, producing perfectly even heat in your room at an affordable price. Traditional forced air heating pushes all those nasty allergens and dust that have been sitting there accumulating all summer long through your house. Additionally, radiant floor heating systems keep your family safe by not using any high-voltage, hot surfaces, or combustible gases. Floor heating is also the quickest way to stay green this fall. Electric radiant floor heat is wildly efficient, using only 12 watts per square foot to heat up your home. Heated floors also heat your home much faster than traditional heating systems, meaning you don’t have to run your heat all night long and rack up your bill. Don’t get caught in the cold this fall. Go green, stay healthy, and enjoy your home more by installing a radiant floor heating system today. |
It’s a problem in every household. Let a radiant heated floor help you keep the peace once and for all.The battle of the thermostat. It’s an ongoing battle in households across American that never seems to be resolved. Spouses, roommates, and eco-conscious fathers everywhere fight it, and spouses, roommates, and not so eco-conscious teenagers just keep sneaking the thermostat up. Luckily for all of you, radiant heated floors are here to sign the peace treaty and end the battle once and for all.
Now, if you’re like my family, disagreements in temperature preferences are only a small part of the battle of the thermostat. The real mess comes when the bill shows up. Fortunately, radiant floor heat is surprisingly affordable, which will make everyone in the house happy and keep the peace. Why fight over the thermostat when everyone can have their heat and enjoy it, too? Install your radiant heated floor today and put the battle of the thermostat to rest once and for all. |
Electric Floor Heating - the Clean, Comfortable Home Heating SupplementIn 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. |
The Joy of Warm FeetNext month brings the beginning of autumn, which means that winter is not too far behind. Hopefully you have made the necessary adjustments to your home to ensure that you remain toasty warm this winter. I can’t think of a better way to do that than with radiant floor heating. I’m sure you have heard of electric floor heating systems. You know, the ones where a mesh of wire (heat cable) is placed beneath the finish surface of the floor. Underfloor heating systems offer so much comfort you almost can’t wait for the cold weather to hit. Yes, there's nothing quite like 'em. Electric radiant floor heating provides a way to warm each room to your desired level. If you aren’t using a room very much, there is no need to heat it to the same level as the rest of the house. This is a great way of saving some hard-earned cash. Floor heating offers comforts unmatched by a conventional forced air heating system. Heating the floor not only makes you feel warm and comfy but it doesn’t waste all that heat at the ceiling like forced-air systems. You’ll be able to smile comfortably when you read your recent utility bill. In addition, these systems provide no noise. There’s no fan kicking on and blowing dust and drafts. All in all, radiant floor heat is my favorite form of warm. |
Researching a project like this can be
somewhat overwhelming. There are countless
Radiant
heated floors are zone-specific, meaning you can turn
the heat on in one room and not the other. Finally, warm
ones and chilly ones can live together in perfect
harmony at the perfect temperature. What’s
more, radiant floor heating systems can be timed to
turn on only when you want them to. So maybe the cold
roommate wants the bathroom room right when she wakes
up but not when the other roommate wakes up later.
Just set up the timer and consider it done.