The  Benefits of Installing a Radiant Heating System when you are in Westchester County

There are many advantages in making the decision to use sub floor heating systems. They can be placed in standard homes, apartments, and commercial buildings and even driveways for use during the winter months of ice and snow. You can heat one room or an entire home with separate thermostats that can be set on timers. Using sub floor heating commonly known as radiant heat systems can provide warmth and comfort to any size area no matter the outside temperature.

Radiant heat systems provide many benefits for home owners beginning with their easy installation. The use of radiant heat also prevents the blowing around of dust and allergens in your home; because unlike forced air heating there are no heating ducts or air vents used to force air around the rooms contributing to allergies and respiratory ailments.

The floors of your home are heated from below, spreading warmth through out your home and the objects, surfaces, and people without hot spots or danger of contact with the heating surface or its components. Home owners can save as much as 30% on their monthly energy bills and radiant floor heating systems are environmentally friendly with fewer carbon emissions.

There are two types of radiant floor heating systems used in homes today, the hydronic radiant and the electrical radiant heating system. Both are popular and perform well when placed correctly in the structures they are designed to work in.

Electrical radiant floor heating systems have two forms of installation components; the mat system and the coiled cable system. With the mat system a mesh panel can easily be laid atop a subfloor and covered with standard flooring materials, and the cable system is just as easily laid down and covered with floor coverings. The low voltage systems can be installed by competent DIY or professionally installed.

Hydronic radiant heating is the oldest form of radiant heat used in homes and dates back to the Roman era. Of course it has been updated to today’s technological standards and is fully operational for any home type. Commonly used in larger homes and buildings, it operates with the use of a boiler or underground pumping system pushing warm water through polyethylene tubing beneath the subfloor.

Whichever system is chosen for your home, radiant floor heating systems each feature installation cost, and performance cost that will differ depending on the size of your home, and the energy source used to power them. All radiant floor heating systems have benefits and advantages over forced air heating that will prove advantageous to the home owner.