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There’s someone you should meet if you’re considering installing radiant heating. Suntouch can help you consider several key aspects of your project that will assure you the best price and performance. It’s important to understand the details of your project and then match it to the best system available.

Whether heating under hardwood, carpet, or tiled floors, there is a system that will fit your individual project. Both electric and hydronic systems can be installed directly under hardwood and carpet flooring. If you are in the market for a radiant heat system, you should check out the selection of radiant heating products available through Suntouch. Suntouch can provide you with as many options as possible, and help you select the best options for any project that will fit your individual needs and budget. If you’re considering installing a heated floor, you really should check out the products offered by Suntouch. Along with their technical expertise, they can educate you as to which radiant heat products match your application, as well as your budget.

The fairytale will work for everyone.  Once upon a time having heated floors was reserved for the rich and famous. However, that is now a thing of the past. With Suntouch floor warming mats floor heating is not only affordable, but it’s easier to install than it has ever been. Even those do it yourself oriented people can tackle the task of installing floor warming mats themselves.

The floor warming mats are thin, so it will not affect floor levels very much. It goes where you need it, so you can fit it into bathrooms, kitchens, sun rooms or any other room in your house. The flexible design makes it easy to work around existing fixtures or cramped floor layouts. If you’re wanting a nice heated floor in time for winter,

Whether you plan on installing the floor warming mats yourself, or having a professional do it for you, there is a Suntouch system to match every application, and every budget. Visit Suntouch for a free estimate and to find out which radiant heating products are right for you.

One might think that the even and constant warmth of Suntouch floor heating would be enough of a benefit to persuade homeowners.  But the great news is that there are a number of other benefits of electric floor heating systems.  Some of the more popular benefits that Suntouch systems offer include:

Silent operation. There’s no hum or whistle of a forced air system to wake light sleepers at night.

Energy savings. Evenly distributed heat from a radiant floor heating system can allow the thermostat to be set two to four degrees less than in a forced-air heating system. This can reduce energy costs by 10 to 40 percent.

A healthier home. Forced air systems can spread dust, pollen, and germs. Dust mites and molds love carpet but don’t like warmth. European research performed in 21 households shows a 50 percent to 80 percent reduction in domestic dust mite populations in the households with radiant floor heating, thereby improving the quality of life (particularly for allergy sufferers).

Even, quiet warmth. Even wood, tile, or uncovered concrete floors can benefit from a radiant system.

Last (but never least),  Suntouch floor heating products are also very energy efficient. Furthermore, because it is under the carpet or floating wood and over the foam pad, it provides additional insulation from the cold sub-floor, which allows your floors to retain heat better, and requires less energy to heat your room. Suntouch floor warming mats are constructed of an ultra thin heating wire that exists in four layers of foil, quickly and efficiently distributing heat. With the increased efficiency of Suntouch heating products you can heat a 120-square-foot area for about 40 cents a day on average.

If you don’t know this already, you’re missing out. The extraordinary comfort offered through in-floor radiant floor warming mats is incomparable. Combined with the proper cooling system, a radiant floor warming mat can offer the most efficient and comfortable living conditions available in any climate.

Additionally, with proper system design and components, no other heating system is as efficient as the floor warming mat system. Radiant floor warming combined with a high efficiency heat source will cost less to heat your home than any other type of heating system. A radiant floor warming mat combined with the proper fuel, a high efficiency heat source and good building practices will give you dramatic fuel savings and a greater level of comfort over any other system. Your radiant system could use 30% less fuel than the average new forced air heating system. Installing a high efficiency air conditioning system will result in dramatic energy savings year-round.

Instead of rising like warm air, radiant heat starts by warming the coldest and closest objects from its source, which is why many radiant floor warming mat systems are generally placed under floors.

For some homeowners, all they have to hear is “increased comfort and significant cost-efficiency” and they are sold on the floor warming mat concept for their home heating systems.

The increased comfort and significant efficiency benefits aren’t all that’s offered to homeowners who switch heating systems to floor warming mats over forced air heating.  Another huge benefit to the floor warming concept is that, unlike with central heating and air, with a warming mat you can zone different areas of the house to fit your lifestyle. Some of our customers use one thermostat per floor, while others separate bedroom areas and living spaces. We’re happy to help with recommendations based on your project plans or vision.

Many families will enjoy the allergen reducing qualities of floor warming mats, which reduces dust mites and air borne allergens by 60%-90%. No other heating system reduces allergies as effectively as this.

Do you need more reasons or are you ready to contact Suntouch for more information about floor warming mats for your home?

You may not need to understand how a radiant floor warming mat system works efficiently to heat your family’s home in order to realize that it’s the best heating option for you. But if you have ever been curious as to how it works, then keep reading.

When a floor warming system is turned on, energy is forced through a conductive material to create resistance or heat. For most areas an electric line-voltage system is used. These systems use a special thermostat that has an integrated breaker for safety right at the power source.

And it’s versatile to your plans, too. A radiant floor warming mat can be used and controlled as a primary source of heat or even used as a supplemental heating source to add comfort to your living spaces.

Many homes today have beautiful ceramic tile, marble, or stone floors…and then because they’re so chilly to walk on, the homeowners cover them with rugs. We say instead, install floor warming mats and show your floor’s beauty and allow them to give you the heat you want at the same time! The feeling of warmth under your feet when it’s cold and snowing outside is like no other.

You’ll soon discover that a floor warming system also offers you complete control of temperature room by room in your house. Not only that, its operation is completely quiet. Radiant floor warming has even heat distribution and will not effect the furniture placement as it uses no radiators or heat vents. It is easy to install, is very energy efficient. There are also no filters to change or clean, which saves you additional time and money. There is also no dust or dirt forced into your air to breathe, which is extremely beneficial for those who suffer from allergies.

Why not look into a floor warming system today? Your toes will thank you tomorrow.

Here’s a little puzzle for you: how can you comfortably heat your home while also enjoying a reduction in energy usage? Through floor heating, of course! Delivering heat by air makes it easy to escape and increase your overall heat loss, while, through floor heating, the evenly distributed radiant heat allows homeowners to turn down the thermostat two to four degrees.

Naturally, turning down a thermostat can reduce energy costs by 10-40% and can be verified with your local utility company. This setback to your thermostat can happen because a floor warming mat heats from the ground up and delivers the heat through objects not air. This makes the lowest three feet of your home the most comfortable where a forced air system loses its heat to the ceiling and is required to heat from the top down.

Believe it or not, the installation of floor warming is not a new development in the housing industry. Heated floors have been installed under bathroom and kitchen tile in the United States for the past decade and the warming products continue to gain popularity.

Talk to Suntouch to learn more…today!

Despite what the huge home improvement centers would like for you to think, while there isn’t a single heating system out there that is an ideal fit for every project, Suntouch offers a solution for nearly every heating project project. Suntouch can provide you with the heating systems you desire, as well as consult with you on which systems would be the best fit for your project.

Under floor heating systems are some of the most popular forms of radiant heat. This is because it has been around the longest. This form of heating was first used by the Romans, but there have been significant developments since that time. In the most recent hydronic heating systems, PEX radiant tubing has been installed in a concrete mass called Gypsum Concrete or “Gypcrete.” This method works very well in most applications, but there have been developments in the installation process of hydronic under floor heating that make it easier to install for certain situations.

This new development is known as a low-mass or modular board underlayment system. Rather than embedding the hot water tubing in concrete, the PEX tubing is laid in the grooves of pre-cut wood panels. This new method is ideal for remodeling and most new construction projects.  Contact Suntouch today to find out more about these and other options for your floor warming needs.

While there isn’t a single heating system out there that is an ideal fit for every project, Suntouch offers a solution for nearly every heating project project. Suntouch can provide you with the heating systems you desire, as well as consult with you on which systems would be the best fit for your project.

Under floor heating systems are some of the most popular forms of radiant heat. This is because it has been around the longest. This form of heating was first used by the Romans, but there have been significant developments since that time. In the most recent hydronic heating systems, PEX radiant tubing has been installed in a concrete mass called Gypsum Concrete or “Gypcrete.” This method works very well in most applications, but there have been developments in the installation process of hydronic under floor heating that make it easier to install for certain situations. This new development is known as a low-mass or modular board underlayment system. Rather than embedding the hot water tubing in concrete, the PEX tubing is laid in the grooves of pre-cut wood panels. This new method is ideal for remodeling and most new construction projects