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<h1>Radiant Floor Heating For Comfort And Efficiency</h1>

Radiant floor heating is an efficient and comfortable way to
heat your home. It provides superior comfort to compared forced air
heating because the heat emanates from the floor, and rises. The
air cools somewhat as it rises. This allows the temperature at the
feet and legs to be slightly warmer than the temperature in the air
around the head.
Radiant heat is produced from either hot water flowing through a
pipe system in the floor (hydronic), or by electricity. Hydronic
systems are more complicated to install than electric systems,
because the pipes need to be set in the cement under the floor.
Obviously, this is expensive to install, but hydronic floor heating
has it's advantages over electric heating.
The water holds the heat much better than electric wiring does,
and as a result, is more efficient. It also allows for a variety of
ways to heat the water itself. You can use gas, propane, oil,
electric or even solar heat. Any traditional heating method is a
usable option for heating the water that runs through the
underfloor tubing.
Electric heat functions like an electric blanket. As electricity
flows through the wiring, it encounters resistance, which causes
the wires to produce heat. This is much less expensive to install
than hydronic heating. It's easy to find floor tiles with the
electric wiring built in, ready to just place and install. These
are easily available at just about any home improvement store.
Radiant floor heating is especially popular in rooms that are
commonly floored with tile, such as kitchens and bathrooms, but it
can be used in any room, or the house as a whole, with any type of
floor covering, including hardwood and carpet. It's quite nice to
walk into the bathroom on a cold day and notice nice, warm tile on
your bare feet. This simply isn't available with forced air heat,
unless you keep the temperature uncomfortably warm.
Another advantage of radiant floor heating over traditional
forced air heat is that there is no air being pushed through the
home. This seems almost obvious, but when air is being pushed
through the home it can suck the humidity from the air, especially
if there a a leak in the system allowing the dryer outside air to
mix with the air being heated.
It also can distribute allergens through the air in your home.
Of course, there is also the issue of feeling hot air blasting on
you while the heat is on. If you're in the wrong part of the room,
it's still too cold. In yet another equally wrong part of the room,
you're being hit with hot, dry, allergen carrying air. Neither of
these options are particularly comfortable.
Overall, radian floor heating may be a little more expensive to
install, but in the long run, it will be a more efficient and cost
effective way to heat your home. It will also be much more
comfortable. That's a double bonus in my book. I would ask, what's
the price you would put on your comfort, but the reality is that
it's going to be a big savings in the end.

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