Homeowners Find Radiant Heated Floors a Perfect Solution

Homeowners are remodeling like never before. Whether it’s to upgrade, add space, or change the functionality of an existing room, revamping is becoming one of America’s most popular pastimes.

Oftentimes a remodeling project will require new heating sources if space is added or the use of the room changes — like adding a basement family room or converting a usually cold room into a home office or a baby’s room. 

Radiant heated floors have become a popular heating solution for many remodelers who are trying to solve heating problems because electric floor heating systems are:

“Any time you’re putting in a new floor is a great opportunity for electric floor heating. It adds radiant comfort to your existing space and the systems are so easy to work with that your current installer can do it without the need for specialized training.

What exactly is radiant energy? The Radiant Panel Association describes it like this:

Hold your hand over a cup of coffee and feel the heat. The logical conclusion is that heat rises. Logical maybe, but incorrect.

"Hot air" rises but "heat" can travel in many directions. That is why you can feel the heat of the coffee cup when you place your hand to the side of it. Radiant energy transfer is caused by a warm surface giving up its heat to a cooler surface.

Consider how the sun (10,000° F) heats the earth (61°). The sun radiates its energy toward the earth. The radiant energy is absorbed by the earth and is released as heat.

A radiant floor system simply radiates heat upward from the floor to provide optimum comfort and many other benefits.

Designed for installation immediately beneath the homeowner’s choice of tile, natural stone, hardwood, carpet, and floating wood floor systems, radiant flooring systems are invisible when they’re installed and don’t require any construction modifications.

For homeowners who plan on incorporating radiant floors into their remodeling project, there are several things to consider.

First, the radiant flooring system can be woven into original modeling plans or can be added just prior to floor covering installation. There aren’t any preplanning or timing constraints. One note — a licensed electrician will be required to install the final power hookup. If you’re already using one for your main project, it’s usually easiest to coordinate with that person.

Second, WarmlyYours can provide your radiant flooring system quickly — even overnight.

Next, a seven-day programmable thermostat can be added, allowing the user to customize — like setting it so your bathroom floors are nice and toasty first thing in the morning.

And, there are different systems available based on the type of floor covering you will be installing.

The TempZone is a mesh-backed heating element system applied in rolls under tile, stone and hardwood floor coverings. The Environ II is a multi-layered foil encased system that is applied in mats under carpet and floating wood floors.

Finally, systems are not installed under permanent fixtures and large, solid, flat-bottomed furniture that can trap heat should not be placed over the heated portion of a floor.

WarmlyYours offers round-the-clock emergency installation and technical support by calling (800) 875-5285.

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