Why I’m sold on Floor Heating

Posted by editor on November 8, 2009

Heat rises, it doesn’t fall. In a nutshell, that’s why floor heating is the best type of heating for your home. Every other type of heating, from the old pot-belly stove to forced air heating and everything in between begins from somewhere above the floor line and proceeds upwards from there.

The closest any other type of heating gets to the floor is the fireplace. It’s lovely to curl up in front of the fireplace and watch the embers glow, but as we all know, you need to have a thick rug or wear heavy socks or the bottom half of your body will freeze while the top half swelters! The same is true of every other type of heating, except floor heating.

If you’ve ever been lucky enough to experience the sheer bliss of an underfloor heating system, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Imagine being able to walk barefoot through the house in the middle of winter. That’s just one of floor heating’s advantages. When your floor is heated, the warmth rises gently and uniformly and doesn’t make the room feel hot and stuffy, like conventional heating systems do. Sure, you can turn down the thermostat, but there’s still that stale-air effect with other heating systems that makes you want to open a window even if it’s freezing outside. The air is never stale with a floor heating system and it never gets stiflingly hot, just embracingly warm and comfortable.

Another bonus to an under floor heating system is that it is an economical and environmentally friendly way to heat your home. Underfloor heating uses less fuel than other heating systems, hence is inexpensive and leaves a smaller environmental footprint. If you’re looking for a better way to heat your home, I unreservedly recommend floor heating.