Redoing the flooring and adding radiant heating
My husband and I are redoing the floors in our house.
He has it in his head that all our floors should be the same.
He wants the living room, kitchen, hallway and bedrooms all to be the same tile. I am not too pleased with it. However, I said if we rip up all the floors we need to do heated flooring. That is the only time this heating system can be placed down. It makes sense to put it in then. My husband is a bit concerned since we live down south and the winter season is short. Why not add a heater? It will add value to our house. Our current HVAC unit is 20 years old. When it dies we can just focus on air conditioning. I like the idea of the heating system being beneath our feet too. The radiant heater is silent in operation. It doesn’t create cold spots either. Since it is electric based rather than air, the heat doesn’t rise and get wasted on the ceiling. Due to this, I could set our home thermostat a little lower and save energy. What is especially nice is that heated flooring warms everything that comes into direct contact with it. That means the couch, loveseat and chair will all feel as a result. It is cleaner, more efficient and a modern way to provide heating. The only cons with this system is that it raises and adds weight to the floors. I am not afraid of that. I feel it is worth installing it.