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Gently Heat Your Home While Saving Electricity

October 24, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

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.


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Finding the Perfect Hear

October 23, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

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.


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Enjoy Some Peace and Quiet This Winter

October 22, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

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 ®.


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Enjoy Many Benefits

October 22, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

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.


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Easier Than You Might Think

October 21, 2008 00:10 AM  BY  STUART TAYLOR

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.


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Don't Miss Out On This

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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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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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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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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