June 24th, 2008 by Stuart Taylor
Only a handful of months until winter is here again, and many homeowners are dreading high heating bills similar to the bills they received last winter. This winter, however, there’s still time to make changes to your home heating which can help you cut electricity costs. New radiant floor heating systems by Suntouch can offer you a choice of a thermostat that is controlled by a floor sensor. This allows you to measure floor temperature or with an ambient control, which allows you to monitor and control the actual temperature in a specific room. Suntouch radiant heating mats can be used and controlled as a primary source of heat or used as a supplemental heating source to add comfort to your living spaces.
More than ever before, homebuilders and home renovators alike are looking for energy-efficient heating options for houses. To find out floor heating mats are right for your home, contact Suntouch. Their knowledgeable staff can help you find the perfect solution to your heating needs.
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November 7th, 2007 by Stuart Taylor
The use of a bathroom can be responsible for a significant amount of your utility bills year-round. Bathroom heating is one such energy consideration because you want the heat quickly, but for only a short period of time. Therefore traditional forced air heating systems for a bathroom can be very inefficient, and waste a lot of energy. However, Suntouch provides a solution to this in their radiant heating products. Radiant heat can make you feel comfortably warm without having to heat all the air in the bathroom.
Suntouch radiant heating provides a unique transfer of energy that naturally searches out colder objects to warm. Instead of rising like warm air, radiant heat starts by warming the coldest and closest objects from its source. This is why radiant heating systems are generally placed under floors. If you have ever strolled barefoot along the beach on a sunny day and felt the warm sand underneath your feet, or held a warm mug, then you have felt radiant heat. Objects absorb radiant heat until they are the same temperature as the heat source, after which the heat slowly escapes to other areas that are colder, such as the air, etc.
Not only will radiant heat save you in heating costs in areas like your bathrooms, which only need heat for short periods of time. But, they also increase the comfort level of these rooms because they keep concentrate the heat in the areas that are generally the coolest, such as tile floors, etc. Imagine being able to step out of the shower onto a warm floor this winter. These are only a few of the benefits of a radiant heating system. To find out the other benefits of radiant heat, contact Suntouch today.
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