Have you ever watched one of those home television shows about fabulous new home comforts and wished you could have those things, too? Now you don’t have to be a celebrity or gazillionaire to afford heated floors. With SunTouch^® floor warming mats floor heating is not only affordable, but it’s easier to install than it has ever been. Even those do it yourself oriented people can tackle the task of installing floor warming mats themselves.

The flexible design makes it easy to work around existing fixtures or cramped floor layouts. The floor warming mats are thin, so it will not affect floor levels very much.It goes where you need it, so you can fit it into bathrooms, kitchens, sun rooms or any other room in your house.

You’d be surprised at how within your reach heated floors can be. Whether you plan on installing the floor warming mats yourself, or having a professional do it for you, there is a SunTouch system to match every application, and every budget. Visit SunTouch for a free estimate and to find out which radiant heating products are right for you.

Building “green” is about energy efficiency, but it is also about using durable materials that won’t need to be replaced in a few years (for example, metal roofing instead of shingles). Both aspects can put a little green in your wallet over the long haul. This is especially true with radiant heating products like floor warming mats.

Floor warming mats are one of the hottest green features being installed in new homes these days. Getting out of bed and stepping onto a warm bathroom floor is a luxury, to be sure. However, these floor warming mats are also much more efficient, which will lower your energy consumption, thus saving you some “green” as well.

“There’s getting to be more and more people asking about it,” said Steve Overholser, part of the husband-and-wife team that owns Tiffany Homes. He installed radiant in-floor heat in one of his green houses that was featured in a parade of homes. Floor warming mats are not only helping save energy, but these reduced energy costs will pay for floor warming mats many times over. If you’re serious about saving money, and cutting down on energy consumption, radiant heating is a great place to start. 

If you’ve been listening to the news at all over the last year I’m sure you’ve heard all the talk about alternative fuels, etc. Due to concerns about global warming, more and more people are looking for ways to go “green.” With that come some opportunities for other alternatives as well, including alternative heating systems such as those offered by SunTouch ^®.

There are a number of alternative heating systems out there that can help you in your quest to conserve energy and reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere. One of these heating systems is SunTouch radiant floor heating.

Radiant heaters, as opposed to warm air systems (such as a forced air unit heaters), deliver the source of heat to the floor level, not the ceiling. Using radiant energy is on of the oldest forms of heating. This type of heat is excellent at providing comfort and is the basis for all heating systems. Radiant energy is totally pure radiation and is absorbed by an object without physical contact with the heat source or by heating the surrounding air, as is the case with convective, forced air systems. Because radiant heating systems work more efficiently, you end up using less energy, while maintaining a more comfortable living space.

If you’re looking for a cost effective, eco-friendly way to heat your home, then check out the many options for radiant heating systems. For more information, contact the staff at SunTouch.

Of the many benefits of floor warming mats, their quiet operation is one of my favorite things about them. Don’t get me wrong, being able to show off my slate floors without having to cover them up with rugs (to keep my feet warm), along with the energy I save are all right up there on the list of reasons that I love my floor warming mats. However, I just love the peace and quiet they bring. No more noisy forced air systems, no more slamming doors with pressure increases as the forced air kicks in. Instead, I have peace and serenity all day long. There’s nothing like curling up with a book and not be startled half to death as the door slams behind you. If you’ve currently in a home with a forced air system, you know exactly what I’m referring to. If your home has a forced air heating system, you may think that there is no way to install radiant heating without tearing everything up at considerable expense. You’d be wrong.

Today’s systems can be easily retrofitted to fit almost every application. Furthermore, they are very inexpensive, and will save you a lot of money on heating and electricity bills. To find out how you can benefit from floor warming mats, contact the knowledgeable staff at SunTouch ^®.

Whether you’re looking to reduce your electricity bill to reduce the strain on your pocketbook, or just concerned about energy usage in light of environmental issues, you can start with your heating systems. Heating our places is one of our greatest energy hogs. By taking a few steps, you can cut down the amount of electricity you use to heat your home. You’ll save money, as well as have a favorable impact on the environment.

Get heat where it’s needed . I remember a conversation I had with my grandpa a couple of years ago when he was complaining about his gas bill after a cold winter. What surprised me is that the money he and my grandma spent heating their home for the two of them was almost the same we spent heating our house for a full family. Why? Because many forced air systems are inefficient, and don’t provide a way to heat specific rooms, while bypassing rooms that are used less frequently. The ability to heat only the rooms you use could save you a lot of money during cold winter months. It doesn’t make sense to heat a guest bedroom that is used a few times a year. However, most forced air systems don’t give us a choice.  

This problem can be easily solved, however, by utilizing radiant heat in the form of floor warming mats. Floor warming mats give you the ability to heat specific rooms, without heating other rooms that are used less frequently. Not only are floor warming mats extremely efficient, but the ability to heat only the rooms you use the most will help cut your heating bills, sometimes by as much as half.  

SunTouch electric radiant heating mats by Watts Radiant are designed to gently heat tile and stone floors in bathrooms, kitchens, entry ways and sun rooms. SunTouch^® systems are very cost-effective solutions for smaller spaces (1-5 rooms) because they are easy to install and have a very low start-up cost. An electric digital thermostat is all that is required to operate an under tile heating system by SunTouch and costs only about $100-$200. SunTouch floor mats offer many advantages over a warm-water system. Floor buildup is kept to minimum and there are no structural weight loads to consider, common challenges to a traditional hot water radiant heating system. SunTouch mats are installed directly onto concrete board or the sub-floor just prior to setting the tile or stone.

SunTouch customers benefit from a faster installation of which most DIY homeowners can tackle. If you are not up for the task, most tile setters already have experience with SunTouch floor warming systems and can easily add this to their installation. You will not regret having warm tile. Floor warming systems are a distinguishing feature to any home and provide much needed heat to tile floors.

What’s the bottom line?  Radiant heaters are used to heat objects via radiant heat transfer. These radiant heaters have traditionally been used in a variety of industries and applications. Some of these applications include space heating, drying, curing, and water evaporation. More recently, these heating systems are also gaining popularity in home heating applications as well via floor warming mats.

Floor warming mats, like radiant heat, use different types of emitter surfaces. Choices include: quartz, high-temperature glass, stainless steel, and ceramic tiles. These are all materials that are easily and efficiently used in home applications such as flooring, countertops, and towel racks. Because these items are easily turned into emitter surfaces for radiant heat, they can easily and beautifully be incorporated into home heating applications such as heated floors, walls, and towel racks.

You should know that not only are floor warming mats a great way to efficiently heat a home, while maximizing your home’s beauty, but they are very cost effective and easy to install. To find out about radiant heaters for your home, check with the folks at SunTouch ^®.They have a complete product catalog of radiant heating solutions that can accommodate almost any application or budget.

Of the many benefits of floor warming mats, their quiet operation is one of my favorite things about them.  Don’t get me wrong, being able to show off my slate floors without having to cover them up with rugs (to keep my feet warm), along with the energy I save are all right up there on the list of reasons that I love my floor warming mats.  However, I just love the peace and quiet they bring.  No more noisy forced air systems, no more slamming doors with pressure increases as the forced air kicks in. Instead, I have peace and serenity all day long.  There’s nothing like curling up with a book and not be startled half to death as the door slams behind you. If you’ve currently in a home with a forced air system, you know exactly what I’m referring to. If your home has a forced air heating system, you may think that there is no way to install radiant heating without tearing everything up at considerable expense.  You’d be wrong. 

Todays systems can be easily retrofitted to fit almost every application.  Furthermore, they are very inexpensive, and will save you a lot of money on heating and electricity bills.  To find out how you can benefit from floor warming mats, contact the knowledgeable staff at SunTouch ^®.

People across the country are finding that radiant floor heating by SunTouch ^® is one of the most comfortable ways to heat your home.As opposed to forced air heating, which heats the air, SunTouch heating products heat objects such as your floor, rather than heating the air around you.This increases the level of comfort in your home because the heat is distributed at the floor level and then rises to the ceiling level.

This also creates a more uniform climate because all the heat isn’t pooled at the ceiling, but is more evenly distributed. Because SunTouch radiant floor heating distributes the heat in this manner, the comfort of your home is increased. No more cold feet!

Many homeowners agree that another significant benefit to SunTouch radiant heat is that it can be used for nearly any floor area. Areas such as concrete, tile, hardwood, carpet, and even linoleum can all benefit from radiant floor heating. Even if you live in an existing home, radiant floor heating can usually be retrofitted to your existing floors.

It used to be that radiant floor warming mats were, once upon a time, supplied as one long continuous length of cable with the consumer having to weave the cable up and down the floor at a pre-determined spacing and making a return loop to complete the circuit.

However, recent and improved designs in radiant floor warming mat cables have a built-in return meaning that you only have one end to connect instead of having to close the circuit by bringing each end of the cable back to the thermostat. Far from complicated to install, radiant floor warming mats have taken the hard work out of the install by having the radiant heating cable already pre-spaced on to a nylon mesh and all you have to do is simply start at your thermostat location and roll it out over the floor until it’s all used up.

You might think that a floor warming mat is difficult and time-consuming to install, and has the risk of uneven heating spacing – but times have changed since those early days of the radiant heat technology. Let’s get you up-to-date on how many improvements have been made to radiant floor warming systems, contributing to it fast becoming a popular choice for energy-efficient and cost-efficient home heating.