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And you thought you were done with homework when you finished school! But the fact of the matter is that choosing the best heating systems for a new home or to add supplemental heat to a cold spot in your home takes a little homework. The consultants at Suntouch can provide information on all of the latest heating systems. Suntouch can also help to properly assess your project and prescribe a system that will add value to your home while staying within your budget.

Heating a home efficiently offers many challenges. A common challenge to traditional heating systems is the inability to zone your home for specific areas of the home without heating the entire home. Suntouch heating systems can be easily designed to be independently controlled by zone which enables a home owner to increase the temperature for defined areas of the home during occupancy and conversely allows a particular zone to remain off during down times. This strategy not only saves homeowners a considerable amount of money, it gives you complete control to efficiently warm you most used living spaces without comprising cost.

No more big fuzzy slippers to keep my feet warm in the coldest winter months! I don’t need them because I won’t be faced with the prospect of walking across cold tile or hardwood floors this winter. No, we didn’t install carpet in the bathroom and kitchen, but we did install floor warming mats in our bathrooms and kitchen. If you’ve never experienced the warmth and comfort of heated floors, you’re definitely missing out on one of the finer things in life.

A comparison of floor warming mats to forced air is a car that has heated seats and a forced air heater/furnace. The forced air in a car can dry you out and can become uncomfortable and is difficult to dial in because of the heat loss due to its air delivery. A heated seat will provide you with quick results and will remain warm long after it is reduced or turned completely off. The heated seat actually warms your body and the car seat, not the air. Forced air will over time will inefficiently heat objects but with the negative side effects of dry air, dust and pollen.

The silent operation of floor warming mats also provides an environment free from drafts or flying dust particles. This is yet another reason why these systems are becoming so popular. Home owners are searching for ways in which they can create a more comfortable, efficient, and healthier atmosphere in their homes. Floor warming mats helps accomplish each of those goals.

Great news! You don’t have to cover your ceramic tile, marble, or stone floors with rugs—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.

Floor warming mats also offer you complete control of temperature of your home on a room by room basis. Not only that, their operation is completely quiet. Floor warming mats have even heat distribution and will not effect the furniture placement as it uses no radiators or heat vents to disperse heat. They are easy to install, very energy efficient, and can save you a bundle on your winter heating bills. Another way they save you money is that there are no expensive filters to change or clean.

With the added heat and efficiency come some additional health benefits as well. Floor warming mats don’t blow air around your house, so there is no dust or dirt forced into your air to breathe, which is extremely beneficial for those who suffer from allergies.

You may be wondering just how do floor warming mats work? They simply heat the floor with electrical resistance cables that are spread evenly and sandwiched between layers of durable fabric. All these options are easy to install yourself or can be quickly installed by your flooring installer. If you choose to install the system yourself, you will want to have a certified electrician hook up the controls to a programmable thermostat.

If you’re looking for a cost effective, eco-friendly way to heat your home, then check out the many options for radiant heating systems. For more information, contact the staff at Suntouch.

If you’ve been listening to the news at all over the last year I’m sure you’ve heard all the talk about alternative fuels, etc. Due to concerns about global warming, more and more people are looking for ways to go “green.” With that come some opportunities for other alternatives as well, including alternative heating systems such as those offered by Suntouch.
There are a number of alternative heating systems out there that can help you in your quest to conserve energy and reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere. One of these heating systems is Suntouch radiant floor heating.
Radiant heaters, as opposed to warm air systems (such as a forced air unit heaters), deliver the source of heat to the floor level, not the ceiling. Using radiant energy is on of the oldest forms of heating. This type of heat is excellent at providing comfort and is the basis for all heating systems. Radiant energy is totally pure radiation and is absorbed by an object without physical contact with the heat source or by heating the surrounding air, as is the case with convective, forced air systems. Because radiant heating systems work more efficiently, you end up using less energy, while maintaining a more comfortable living space.

All winter long, you’ve probably been stunned by increasingly expensive energy bills. New technology in radiant heating can help you cut electricity costs. Now Suntouch heating systems offer you a choice of a thermostat that is controlled by a floor sensor. This allows you to measure floor temperature and control the actual temperature in a specific room.

Suntouch radiant heating 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. When a radiant heating 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. They are available in 110 or 220 voltage. Low-voltage systems use the same voltages and consume the same amount of power as line-voltage products. The main difference is the use of a step-down transformer which reduces the voltage supplied to the heating materials. Due to their safe low-voltage current (8-30v) products can be nailed and stapled down to secure the product to the floor and are therefore useful for installation under hardwood and carpet.

To find out about how radiant floor heating works and how it can dramatically change your home’s comfort levels, simply contact Suntouch.

With the current housing market being so unpredictable, an increasing number of homeowners are opting to stay put in their homes, rather than buy a new home. They find that one way to make their current home a better fit for them is to remodel the kitchen or bathroom, or upgrade the home’s heating systems. While there isn’t a single heating system out there that is an ideal fit for every project, there is an ideal system for every project. Suntouch can provide you with the right floor warming systems for your home, as well as consult with you on which systems would be the best fit for your project.

It’s stood the test of time. Not a lot of people realize that home heating systems that run underneath the floors are not exactly new inventions, but the truth is that this form of heating was first used by the Romans. Naturally, there have been some major improvements since the Romans first came up with the idea.

Hydronic under floor heating systems are some of the most popular forms of radiant floor warming systems that Suntouch can provide. These hydronic systems are ideal for remodeling and most new construction projects.

If you feel like nothing is worse than crawling out of bed on a cold winter morning and stepping onto the cold bathroom tile, you aren’t alone! What a great way to get your day off to a rotten start, eh? However, this doesn’t have to be a problem this winter thanks to the floor warming mats you can install in bathrooms. If you’ve experienced the comfort of heated floors, you know exactly I’m talking about. If you haven’t, then you owe it to yourself to read on.

Maybe this will help understand better…a good analogy for floor warming mats to forced air is a car that has heated seats verses a forced air heater/furnace. The forced air in a car can dry you out and can become uncomfortable and is difficult to dial in because of the heat loss due to its air delivery. A heated seat will provide you with quick results and will remain warm long after it is reduced or turned completely off. The heated seat actually warms your body and the car seat, not the air. Forced air will over time will inefficiently heat objects but with the negative side effects of dry air, dust and pollen.

Here’s the deal:  evenly distributed radiant heat via floor warming mats installed in your floors will allow you to turn down your thermostat two to four degrees. This 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 radiant floor 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. Delivering heat by air also makes it easy to escape and increase your overall heat loss.

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.

Do you ever wonder how can you comfortably heat your home while also enjoying a reduction in energy usage? Through radiant floor heating by Suntouch, of course! Delivering heat by forced air makes allows heat to escape and increase your overall heat loss. However, heating through radiant heat is more efficient, which allows homeowners to turn down the thermostat two to four degrees.

Naturally, turning down a thermostat can reduce energy costs by 10-40%. This setback to your thermostat can happen because a radiant floor 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.

Many in the kitchen and bath industry expect floor heating systems to continue to play a big role among homeowners who crave comfort features, while reducing energy costs – Which is something Suntouch can help you with.

Believe it or not, the installation of Suntouch radiant floor heating 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.

Stop by a newsstand and open up almost any home decorating magazine and you’re likely to see photo after photo of gorgeous hardwood, marble, and tiled floors. The floors look so beautiful in the photos that you may even find yourself thinking how nice those floors would look in your home. That is until you remember about how cold it can be to walk on such floors in the wintertime. But did you know that this is precisely why so many homeowners are choosing Suntouch radiant heating systems to warm up their floors.

Contrary to what some might think, the installation of Suntouch radiant heating is not new. Quite contrary, heated floors have been installed under bathroom and kitchen tile for the past 10 years in the U.S. And, these heating products continue to gain popularity. Many in the kitchen and bath industry expect radiant floor heating products, such as those offered by Suntouch, to continue to play a big role among homeowners who crave comfort features.

The minute energy bills begin arriving after installing the floor heating mats by Suntouch, you’ll see that, in addition to providing warmth, these new floor heating mats are energy efficient. This is because the floor heating is located under the carpet or floating wood and over the foam pad, it provides additional insulation from the cold sub-floor, which reduces heat loss, and maximizes efficiency and comfort.