Electric Radiant Floor Warming: the Affordable LuxuryARA Content ARA - Mountain climbers have an old saying: "Dont cheat your feet." A homeowner might consider this advice when building or remodeling a bathroom or kitchen floor. For floors, homeowners know that ceramic, slate or marble tiles are attractive and durable alternatives to wood, carpet or vinyl. They want the beauty of tile floors, but their feet tell them theyre cold. While most people are comfortable with air temperatures of 65 to 75 degrees, they tend to feel uncomfortable if theres more than a 5-degree difference between the surface temperature 80 to 85 degrees of the head and that of the feet. A bare foot gives an immediate indication as to the comfort level of any floor. For this reason alone, tile is often not the flooring of choice. With a tiny amount of heat supplied by a human foot, carpet fibers warm almost instantaneously to "foot" temperature, about 83 degrees. A ceramic tile cant compete in this race: its mass needs a lot more heat for a longer amount of time. It would take approximately 30 minutes for a human foot to increase a 68-degree marble floor to foot temperature! Radiant floor warming systems solve this problem -- fast! The most common radiant floor warm |
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