When is Electric Radiant Floor Heating A Good Choice?
Homeowners typically install electric radiant floor heating in bathrooms, where they enjoy stepping out of the shower onto a nice warm floor. Not surprisingly, about half of the floor heating jobs are bathroom applications. Systems are also popular under kitchen floors where many homeowners walk barefoot in the morning or play with the kids in the evening. It is also important to know that electric floor heating can also work in most cases as a primary heat source. As a result, homeowners can now upgrade a cold basement, a bedroom above the garage, or a sunroom with radiant heated floors, and enjoy extra warmth in a room that used to be too cold in the winter time. Rooms with a high level of heat loss may however require a supplemental heat source to ensure a warm room environment. WarmlyYours provides a useful online “primary heat” tool to help you work out if you can use electric radiant floor heating as a primary heat source: http://hlc.warmlyyours.com. Operating costs can also be e
