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October 21, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

If you don’t know this already, you’re missing out. The extraordinary comfort offered through in-floor radiant floor warming mats is incomparable. Combined with the proper cooling system, a radiant floor warming mat can offer the most efficient and comfortable living conditions available in any climate.

Additionally, with proper system design and components, no other heating system is as efficient as the floor warming mat system. Radiant floor warming combined with a high efficiency heat source will cost less to heat your home than any other type of heating system. A radiant floor warming mat combined with the proper fuel, a high efficiency heat source and good building practices will give you dramatic fuel savings and a greater level of comfort over any other system. Your radiant system could use 30% less fuel than the average new forced air heating system. Installing a high efficiency air conditioning system will result in dramatic energy savings year-round.

Instead of rising like warm air, radiant heat starts by warming the coldest and closest objects from its source, which is why many radiant floor warming mat systems are generally placed under floors.


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Comfortable Heating for Your Entire Home

October 20, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

Floor warming is one of the most comfortable ways to heat your home.  As opposed to forced air heating, which heats the air, radiant heat heats objects such as your floor.  This increases the level of comfortability in your home because the heat is distributed at the floor level where we are usually cold, and gets cooler toward our head area, which is usually too hot.  Because radiant floor heating distributes the heat in this manner, the comfortability of your home is increased. No more cold feet!


Another benefit of floor warming 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, floor warming products can usually be retrofitted, in most cases, to your existing floors.


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Considering Your Options

October 20, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

When you first started thinking about becoming a homeowner, did you ever think that you’d meet such a confusing muddle of options for heating?  It’s true that heating systems for homes and businesses are faced with an increasing number of options to consider for their primary and secondary heating. While fire places and coal burning stoves become less popular, other alternative heating methods are quickly becoming more common.

Traditional furnaces as a primary heating system are now being challenged from radiant baseboards, radiant floor heating systems and even radiant ceiling heaters. Many of these new heating systems are using electricity instead of natural gas or heating oil. SunTouch ®, for example, provides affordable heating solutions which add comfort, and save money as well. Not only do SunTouch heating systems cut down on heating costs, but they are also more efficient and eco-friendly as well. These heating systems are quickly replacing traditional furnaces.This is not surprising given the fact that they are not only more efficient, but provide a more comfortable environment as well.

Here’s a key difference:  SunTouch heating systems, 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. As a result, you get heat evenly distributed where you need it most, rather than having heat accumulate at the ceiling level.

If you would like to know more about SunTouch radiant heating systems, contact their knowledgeable staff.


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Comfort and Efficiency in a Single Heating Solution

October 19, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

How many times have you walked barefoot on your tile floor in the middle of winter and said “Man that’s cold!”? A few times I’m sure. Well, with floor warming mats you can say goodbye to cold feet on your tile floor. Floor warming mats go one step further than just keeping the floors in your home warm. It also helps in warming the entire house. So how do these mats do that?

Basically, floor warming mats are a system of heated cables that are installed beneath your flooring. These mats transfer heat from the cables into your flooring, which then dissipates into the room, heating not only your floors, but your entire room. It is kind of like how an old hot water radiator worked when you were in school - for those of us who are old enough to remember those radiators in the classrooms.

Not only are floor warming mats very comfortable, but this type of heating is very economical as well. Because radiant floor heating is very energy efficient , it can dramatically reduce the need to run your forced air furnace. If you are searching for a way of keeping your floors warm in the winter and save money on your heating bills, consider taking a serious look at floor warming mats from Suntouch.


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A Budget Friendly and Long-Lasting Trend

October 19, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

Did you know that electric radiant heat is a growing trend that started in Europe and is now becoming well known in North America for its distinct benefits. Instead of warming air and then circulating it throughout your home using ducts and vents, electric radiant heat is embedded under your floor and uses the entire floor to evenly distribute low-temperature heat. When it comes to radiant heat, Suntouch is a leader in the industry.

Although there are is a large variety of Suntouch heating products homeowners may choose from, the benefits of radiant heat are the same. Electric radiant heat is a unique transfer of energy that naturally searches out colder objects to warm. Instead of rising like warm air, radiant heat starts by warming the coldest and closest objects from its source in any direction. Since floors are usually cold, radiant heating systems are commonly placed under them.

One particularly great aspect to electric radiant heat is that it is available for many different applications, including bathrooms, kitchens, heated towel racks, and heated walls and ceilings.To find the right radiant heating system for your home, contact Suntouch.Their knowledgeable and friendly staff can help you find the system that matches your needs, along with your budget.


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Back to Basics

October 18, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

Sometimes it takes more than a new coat of paint on the walls or rearranging the furniture to make a home feel cozier and more comfortable. Convert your cold floors to warm living areas by installing Suntouch floor warming mats. More and more custom homes and remodeling projects include floor warming mats by Suntouch.

Warm floors make for comfortable social areas in homes and a desirable feature to any home. Originating heat in your home from the floors is the ideal method to warm your home rather than forcing hot air to the ceiling.  Suntouch is the largest and most recognized manufacturer of electric radiant floor warming products in the United States. Special attention has been made in these electric floor warming products by using a special braided twin wire design that registers nearly zero EMF when measured ½ inches above the wire! SunTouch mats were the first with this patented innovation!

Suntouch mats can be installed under almost every floor covering including tile, stone and even laminate flooring. Include SunTouch floor warming mats in your next home or remodeling project. The most popular area for SunTouch floor warming mats is in bathrooms, where you can replicate the sensation of sand warmed naturally by the sun.  Can you imagine a cozier feeling than that?


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Affordable Floor Warming Mats

October 18, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

Have you ever been in a upscale hotel or resort and been surprised to find that you step out of the shower onto a warm bathroom floor.  What a pleasant surprise in contrast to the cold tile floors in most of our homes.  For years heated floors have been a luxury that most could not afford, however Suntouch floor warming mats is changing that.  Suntouch floor warming mats are an affordable solution for providing heated floors in your home.

In addition to providing warmth, these new floor warming mats are energy efficient. Other benefits of electric floor heating systems include:

  • Silent operation. There’s no hum or whistle of a forced air system.

  • Energy savings. Evenly distributed heat from a radiant floor heating system can allow the thermostat to be set two to four degrees less than in a forced-air heating system. This can reduce energy costs by 10 to 40 percent.

  • A healthier home. Forced air systems can spread dust, pollen, and germs. Dust mites and molds love carpet but don’t like warmth. European research performed in 21 households shows a 50 percent to 80 percent reduction in domestic dust mite populations in the households with radiant floor heating, thereby improving the quality of life (particularly for allergy sufferers).

  • Even, quiet warmth. Even wood, tile, or uncovered concrete floors can benefit from a radiant system.

If you’ve always loved heated floors, but assumed you couldn’t afford them, you should checkout Suntouch floor warming mats.


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Adding Comfortable and Efficient Heat to Your Home

October 17, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

Whether you’re building a new home, or remodeling your existing home, radiant floor heating is a great way to add comfort and efficiency to the rooms in your home that are traditionally hard to heat.

So how does this work?  Instead of rising like warm air, radiant heat starts by warming the coldest and closest objects from its source. This is why radiant heating systems are generally placed under floors in the form of floor warming mats. There are several different applications for floor warming mats, which include the following:

Bathrooms, Kitchens, and Entry Ways. Bathrooms, Kitchens and Entryways are ideals places to incorporate floor warming mats. Tile, Marble, Slate, and even Hardwood are floor coverings that are cold to step onto with bare feet during winter or summer. A radiant heat product can be installed under these surfaces throughout the home and take the cold bite out of these areas. Never have cold floors or feet again!

Basements.Basements are one of the top requested areas to add radiant heat. Due to the fact that forced air systems heat air and hot air rises the basement is usually the living space that remains cold. New construction is the best time to add radiant heat to a basement.


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A Practical Floor Warming Solution

October 17, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

Once upon a time having heated floors was reserved for the rich and famous. However, that is now a thing of the past. 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 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. The flexible design makes it easy to work around existing fixtures or cramped floor layouts. If you’re wanting a nice heated floor in time for winter,

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.


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