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Underfloor Heat Starts with Your Feet

March 18, 2009 00:03 AM  BY  BENSON RICKS

Comfort and Efficiency go Together

Radiant heat cable installed under tile floor.After coming in from being in the cold all day I can't help but think of a better way to get warmed up than to bask in the heat of a warm, radiant heated floor. Underfloor heat (a radiant floor heating system) is just what you need after spending a day in the cold. They don't call it radiant floor heat for nothing. The heat radiates up to you, and boy does it feel good.

There is no better way to chase the chills than by warming your feet on a toasty heated floor. Electric radiant floor heating utilizes a heat cable mesh or grid system that is installed over the subfloor. Once fastened down the finish surface is applied over that and you have an efficient, comfortable heated floor that is fully programmable. Underfloor heat can be used in conjunction with a traditional forced air system or separately.

Forget the potential of added efficiency, I can't express enough the elevated comfort levels these systems provide. If your feet are warm you will be warm all over. Underfloor heating is one feature I would insist on if at all possible when scheduling a remodel or new construction. The increasing popularity of underfloor heating is a testament that it's a modern feature whose time has come.


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The Heat Beneath

February 04, 2009 00:02 AM  BY  BENSON RICKS

Underfloor Warmth

Having experienced underfloor heating I fully confess that I am prejudice towards it. I make no excuse or denial. Radiant floor heating systems are the ideal heating systems. Underfloor heat simply provides the most comfort imaginable, especially for tiled flooring. While tiled floors are often thought of as beautiful, yet cold during the winter, what if it was a heated tile floor? Combined with the beauty of a ceramic tiled floor, underfloor heat turns a home into a palace.

Applying thin-set over heat cable for heated tile floor.Floor heating comes in two basic forms, electric radiant heat and hydronic. Electric radiant floors have heat cable installed under the finish surface. Danfoss LX floor heating cable is a noted industry leader for this task. Once installed, the finish surface is applied over it. The result is heat for the feet, which provides a comfort that can’t be matched by a conventional forced air system. I promise, you will acknowledge it as the best thing you ever did in the remodel department. Radiant floor heating may cause you to visit the bathroom a little more often. It may take a while to realize that subconsciously you just want to feel that heat beneath your feet again. Don’t worry, it’s rather common. Don’t delay on this one. You can thank me later.

Underfloor heating systems are quite easy to install. Radiant floor heating has a very high payoff in the comfort department and may even allow you to turn the forced air system down as well, saving you some money there. If you haven’t experienced a warm floor don’t miss this home enhancement.


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