Go Green and Be Warm with Heated Floors!

It's that time of year again! We're feeling a chill in the air and the leaves are turning, you know it’s time to load up the fireplaces with wood, close up the windows, and turn on the floors.

Say what? Turn on the floors? Yes, radiant heating is as attractive to cold toes, it's better than wool socks!

These days radiant floors are becoming more popular especially for those interested in green design. There are several benefits for the environment and your pocketbook. As the floors get toasty warm, they help heat the rest of the room by warming it up and making it more comfortable on a cold night.

A lot of people rely on central heating systems and while these work, they often fill the upper part of the room with hot air--making it stuffy and not quite providing the warmth needed where people are actually present in the room. The even heat distribution helps lower the cost of the home’s heating bill.

But perhaps the two biggest advantages are silent and unseen heating. With no heat registers or radiators, you can place furniture how you like without being concerned about blocking a heating system. Of course, there will be no forced hot-air fan noise, making this an invisible heating design.

The concept isn’t new, heated floors date back centuries. The Romans used to channel hot air underneath their floors to warm their villas. Today, it’s the allure of going green that also adds to the interest of installing radiant floors.