Radiant Floor Heat - Costs Benefits and Features

       By: Kriss Standke
Posted: 2006-10-30 04:44:26
Radiant Floor Heating allows you to show off your beautiful floors and heat your home at the same time! Don't cover your ceramic tile, marble, or stone floors with rugs, show their beauty and allow them to give you the heat you want at the same time! The feeling of warmth under your feet when it's cold and snowing outside is like no other.Costs of operating radiant floor heating systems is nominal as compared to other heating options. Here is an example: Lets say that we are heating an area of 20 feet by 30 feet 600 square feet (a good size room) and the system we install uses 12 watts per square foot. 60 square feet times 12 watts equals 720 watts, or .72 kilowatts per hour and if it's run for ten hours every day equals 7.2 kilowatt hours. That is 216 Kilowatt hours for thirty days (one month). At a cost of 5.37 cents each kilowatt hour the total cost to operate the system for an entire month is just $11.60! How can you beat that price?Some of the benefits of Radiant Floor Heating are that it is completely quiet, that's right absolutely no noise or blowing of dry air, It gives you complete control of temperature room by room in your house. Radiant Floor Heating has even heat distribution and will not effect the furniture placement as it uses no radiators or heat vents. It is easy to install, is 100% energy efficient and there are no filters to change or clean. There is no dust or dirt forced into your air to breathe.The features of most Radiant Floor Heating Systems include: Overall height of the floor is only an additional 1/8 inch or less, they are designed to heat the floor to a temperature of 84 to 88 degrees F., once turned on the system warms the floor extremely fast because the heating elements are so close to the surface. Radiant Floor Heating Systems are available with a full range of controls that run your system using between 10 and 15 watts per square foot and Radiant Floor Heating systems are available in a variety of sizes.Radiant Floor Heating heats the floor with electrical resistance cables that are spread evenly and sandwiched between layers of durable fabric. The fabrics used vary depending on the manufacturer or brand. Some use mortar with heating mats or rolls of heating sheets. All these options are easy to install yourself or can be quickly installed by your flooring installer. If you chose to install the system yourself, you will want to have a certified electrician hook up the controls to a programmable thermostat.
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