Radiant heated floors in my bathroom spoil me!
A snow storm is blowing outside.
I stand in my bathroom, peering out the small, frosted window, and I shiver as I imagine what the relentless cold outside must feel like compared to the soothing warmth I’m experiencing in my bathroom.
It’s moments like these that I’m so happy that I invested in radiant heated flooring for my bathroom. My bathroom has become my refuge on cold winter evenings. It’s spacious and comfortable, and there’s nothing like relaxing in a hot bubble bath with a cup of gourmet hot chocolate, while I watch the little TV I have mounted on the wall. Heck, I’ve been tempted to sleep on the floor here on many occasions, just because of how comfortable it is! The heat emanating from the ceramic tile is generated by electrical coils installed just underneath. I will admit that the project was expensive and took a while, and I ended up having to get my floors ripped up and then redone, but I was planning on doing that anyway. That’s why I would recommend radiant heated floors be installed when you are in the middle of renovating your floor anyway, so you would have already planned for the inconvenience. As you can well imagine, I’ve considered installing radiant heated floors throughout most of the rest of my house as well. The thing is though, it may not be a good idea to use electricity for that. Hydronic (hot water) heated floors are far more efficient and better at being the primary source of heat for a home. That would be very expensive to install though, so it’s just a dream for now.