Don't Be Intimidated by Radiant Heating

Sure, 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 floor heating is a simple and affordable way to improve your existing home heating, supplement a current furnace or fireplace, or just heat from the ground up your entire new home. Whether you are living in a home that already has the heating system in place or you are beginning the journey of home construction you can benefit from the warmth and comfort radiant heating has to offer.

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 Lovable

Installing 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.

Add Heat to Your Remodeling Project

Facing 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.

Give Your Hard-Working Feet the Gift of Radiant Floor Heat

Our 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. 

Find the Radiant Floor Heating System That is Right for You

When 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.

Researching a project like this can be somewhat overwhelming. There are countless floor heating systems available in the market today. One of the most trusted radiant heat experts is Warmzone. Warmzone helps to simplify the process while acting as your radiant heating expert, available to answer questions and provide top-notch customer service as you weather the floor heating minefield. Warmzone has done the research for you and is available to consult with you on your project needs and offer comprehensive radiant floor heating system designs matched to your specifications. Warmzone trusts the top radiant heat designers and distributors to be their partner in giving you the system that is right for you.

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. 

Cut on the Costs, not the Luxury

There’s no escaping it. The economy is on the fritz, and we’re all feeling the heat to some degree. Given the current financial climate, we can’t all go out and buy a brand new home just because we’re sick of our current one. Fortunately, there’s a quick and affordable way to spice up your current home that will leave you feeling like you just moved into a brand new luxury mansion: radiant floor heat.

Heated floors turn an old, tired home into a luxurious refuge in no time at all. Once you feel the delightfully warm floors on your feet after you get of bed or the shower, you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to a first-class bed and breakfast and living in the lap of luxury.

Radiant floor heating systems are easy and affordable to install, operate, and maintain, something we can all appreciate in these tough times, and there are several floor heating options available. Heated floors warm a room quickly and produce a long-lasting heat, cutting down dramatically on operation costs. Additionally, electric radiant floor heat is completely maintenance free—no filters to change, no harmful allergens to worry about—just 100 percent worry- free comfort. And the best part? Once you are ready to move to a new home, your radiant floor heating system will greatly increase your home’s value, making it a hot commodity on the home market.

So rather than buy a brand new home, improve the value of the one you’ve got with radiant floor heating. It’ll save you heaps of money while still making you feel like you’ve spoiled yourself. What more could you possibly want? 

The Smart, Modern way to Heat Your Home

During the coldest time of year it’s comforting to know that we have ways of maintaining our comfort as we sit at home in the evenings. One of the best ways of combating the cold weather is through the use of heated floors. Radiant floor heating is an energy-efficient, toasty way to stay warm. When your home heating starts from the ground up, you may be surprised how effective heating your home this way is. When your feet are warm it is so much easier to be comfortable. Underfloor heat is a smart, modern way of providing heat for the home. Unlike forced air systems that circulate heated air, warm floors heat from the floor up meaning there are no allergens being kicked into the air or drafts of heat being wasted up at the ceiling. Heated floor systems are also silent as well so you won’t need to relocate when the fan kicks on.

Increased efficiency is also a product of these systems as the heat is applied where you need it. Unless you plan on putting your chair up on the ceiling you will enjoy the heat down low where you live and work. You can also heat each room independently as each “zone” will have its own thermostat. Try that with most forced air systems.

Warm floors, as they have become known as, would be my first choice in a home heating system – hands down. If you haven’t experienced heated floors, do yourself that favor and try it. Chances are, your next call will be to arrange the installation.

Floor Heat

Well, it’s on. The snow has begun to fall and we are into the season for the cold stuff. Seems I always scramble this time of year to find ways to stay warm. In addition to a nice fireplace, I’ve yet to discover a better way to stay comfortable than with an efficient radiant floor heating system. Radiant floor heating is the ideal way to provide heat for your home or business. It really is true that if you heat your feet you feel warm and comfortable all over.

We are lucky to have these options these days. Radiant floor heating can also be installed in existing floors so don’t resign yourself to cold feet just because you aren’t building a new home soon. Installing floor heat will be well worth it even after the first winter. Floor heating systems are the thing to have these days and in my humble opinion, they should be standard in new homes. I have installed a few and would do it again if I were building another home soon. Heated floors use a system of heat cable installed under the finish surface that provide heat in total silence (without kicking up the dust like forced air systems do) and they can be set to maintain different temperatures in each room. You simply can’t go wrong by installing an electric floor heating system. 

Make a Little Wiggle Room in Your Budget this Fall with Radiant Floor Heating

Well, it’s finally here. Fall has finally made its appearance with chilly weather and falling leaves. If you have radiant heated floors, however, then the leaves aren’t the only thing falling this season—your heating bills might be too.

Radiant floor heating is changing the way you heat your home this winter while also changing how much you pay for home heating. Heated floors are the most efficient way to heat your home. Instead of using forced air to heat the room, radiant floor heat uses top-of-the-line heating cables to warm your floors, which then heat the objects around the room, giving you a perfectly even heat.

It may sound luxurious, but electric radiant floor heat is actually more affordable than you’d think. Because heated floors heat your rooms so efficiently, you don’t have to leave them on as long to get the same results as your conventional heating methods. What’s more, radiant floor heating systems are zone-specific, meaning you can choose which rooms you heat, when you want them heated.

Additionally, radiant floor heating systems are virtually maintenance free. Once you install your heated floors, you won’t have to pay for any expensive maintenance, like changing furnace filters or fixing broken pilot lights. All you have to do is tell your radiant floor heating system when to turn on and in what room, and with absolutely no effort from you, you’ve got perfectly even, perfectly cozy heated floors.

So this fall, don’t wait around for your furnace to send your budget through the roof. Install radiant floor heating today and watch your costs fall and your comfort rise.

Warm up your home’s value, line your pockets and put the freeze on global warming (Part II)

Affordability aside, radiant floor heating is a more efficient way to stay warm. The heat generated by a typical forced air system is blown out and up, leaving chilly floors and feet behind. Heated floors, however, radiate heat from the floor up. Radiant heat spreads evenly throughout a room eliminating cold spots, drafts and those arctic blasts you may experience with a forced air system. Floor heating systems do not rely on blower fans either, making any room a cozy, quiet retreat.

Floor heating is better for your health too. According to the EPA, air ducts present many hidden dangers, including visible mold, bug and/or rodent infestation, or clogs caused by excessive amounts of dust and debris that may actually be released into the air during furnace operation. The bad news—air duct cleaning may have little or no impact on these air quality issues. In fact, improper cleanings, including the application of chemical biocides or sealants, may pose even greater health risks to your health. Radiant floor heating systems do not require air ducts, reducing your reliance on forced air systems while contributing to the air quality in your home.

You may be feeling the financial heat. Now, more than ever, smart purchases, such as heated floors, make good sense. Whether you fancy yourself a penny pincher, a tree hugger or both, you can reap the rewards of floor heating, preserve your health and line your pockets!

For more tips on developing “wealthier” habits, check out Lehman’s May 27, 2009 post, “How to Spend Like a Frugal Millionaire” on Yahoo Finance. For more information on air duct cleaning and the dangers that may be lurking in your ventilation system, visit www.epa.gov.