Radiant Heating Benefits
Chances are you have heard that radiant heating is a great way to go, and that it will increase the value and comfort of your home. You may be considering installing radiant heat into your existing or your new home, but don't quite understand the advantages or the differences between heating applications. Without understanding the benefits you won't understand why radiant heating is such a great way to go, so let's take a look at seven awesome benefits of radiant heat:
1. Comfort:
Radiant heat makes your home more comfortable, it warms your floors, so you can walk in bare feet and soak up the warmth. It also provides the comfort of providing said heat without the dust and noise associated with other heating sources. And last but not least, with radiant heat you are ensured to have evenly distributed heat throughout your home kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and basement. Thus, your heating is more efficient and comfortable.
2. Custom Designed:
Unlike other heating systems, radiant heating is always custom designed. If your choose to only use radiant heating for supplemental floor warming, or should you choose to use it for total space heating, every system is custom designed to fit all rooms independent of their shape or size. Radiant heating can be used under any surface including marble, slate, carpet, hardwood and tile. No heating vents or ducts will be seen, and no furnace or boiler is required.
3. Perfect for Remodeling and Additions:
with certain types of radiant heating, such as the low voltage heating element systems are easy to install in your remodeling or room addition. No floor buildup is necessary and no additional construction costs are incurred. While it is best to install radiant heating when building, the unique heating element can also be installed in between floor joists to heat an existing floor or room.4. Safe:
Radiant heating is probably the safest form of heating; in fact nails, water, and even touching the heating element during operation will have no harmful effect. They run on low-voltage energy (8 to 32 V.) so there is nothing to worry about.
5. Reliable:
Radiant heating systems also offer the benefit of being one of the most reliable types of heating available today. These systems are virtually maintenance free and the heating element is generally backed with a 25 year industry-leading warranty. Because with radiant heating there are no moving parts and because it has advanced self-diagnosing technology, there is no need for yearly maintenance or service checks, which saves you money.
6. Efficient:
Radiant heat is the most efficient form of heat available today, hands down. This is because in order to reach and maintain desired warmth less operating time is required compared to furnaces and other radiant heat systems. This keeps operational costs to a minimal. Low-voltage radiant heating systems run 98% to 100 % efficiency at any elevation as they evenly heat every area of the room.7. Convenient:
There are thermostats which allow you to adjust the floor or air temperature of your space heating or floor warming system. And, like many other heating systems, you have the option of programming the exact time of day you want your system to operate.
A room with a radiant in floor space heating system will have a very uniform temperature from the ceiling to the floor. Homes with forced air on the other hand will have cold floors and the warmest air at the ceiling. Also, radiant heating is ideal for some of those hard to heat areas, such as the basement floor. In a house with forced air, you can crank the heat up, but the basement floor are still chilled. With radiant heat this will not be the case. So, as you can see, there are many benefits to radiant heating, and installing such a system will add comfort and warmth to your lifestyle.
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