I remember when my grandfather bought a new car that had heated seats — we all wondered why he’d bother with such a frivolous feature. That is, until the first time we got into that car on a cold winter’s night and instead of waiting until we were halfway to our destination for the car to heat up, freezing ourselves silly, he flipped a switch and — wow! The car seats heated up very quickly and we were all nice and toasty warm. No one questioned the wisdom of heated seats in Grandpa’s car after that.

Similar to a car with heated seats, floor warming mats provide your home with the same radiant heat. As opposed to forced air home heating systems, floor warming mats are an efficient and environmentally friendly way to heat your home, with the added benefits of quick results and long-lasting heat.

Floor warming mats, which produce evenly distributed radiant heat in your floors, will allow you to turn down your thermostat two to four degrees. This can reduce energy costs by as much as 40%. This setback to your thermostat is possible because a floor warming mats heat from the ground up, delivering heat through objects rather than the air. This makes the lowest three feet of your home the most comfortable, and evenly heats your area as the heat rises. As opposed to a forced air system which loses heat to the ceiling, heating your home from the top down. Delivering heat by air also allows heat to escape, which increase your overall heat loss.