Radiant Heat / Snowmelt
Keep Your Snow Where You Want It!
What is Radiant Heating?
Radiant heat is a superior way to heat The home. Radiant heat is using hot water under the floor or in the ceiling or along the wall to heat your home by heating The objects And surface areas in your home. Making them warm and comfortable to the touch. our bodies lose their necessary heat to cold objects And services making us feel cold. If the objects and surfaces are warm, they transfer heat to us. very little heat is lost or gained through the air. The air temperature in your house can be warm and the objects including our bodies can remain cold.
Main Benefits of Radiant Heating
The Human Body is most comfortable with warm feet and a cooler head. Forced Air systems heat the highest part of the room which leaves the floor cold.
- No Shoveling Snow
- No Cold Clammy Floors
- Silent Heating
- Lasting Heat
Superior Comfort
Consistent, steady heat all winter long remaining near the floor where you are. It is a very desirable cool head, warm feet environment.Warm tile floors in kitchens and bathrooms.
Enjoyable
Beautiful wood and marble floors are even more enjoyable because they are now warm.
Efficiency
With no wasted heat, thermostats are kept at a lower setting translating into lower energy bills.
Comfort Placement
Direct the warm water in your system to the rooms that need the heat. This ability to zone your home places heat where you want it when you want it.
Decorating Freedom
Because the system is encased in the floor, furnishings can be place wherever you desire without concern for impairing heat distribution or hiding unsightly heating appliances. In addition, Uponor radiant floor heating systems can be installed under any type of flooring, including wood, tile, concrete and carpet.
Clean and Draft-Free
There are no noisy fans to blow dust and allergens around your home. Because the floors are warm, they dry quicker after mopping.
It's an Investment
Installing radiant floor heating in your home immediately increases the value of your home. Installing Uponor tubing in slab or basement applications allows you to turn cold, damp areas into warm cozy living space – taking full advantage of all the available square footage in your home.
Superior Comfort & Efficiency
With proper design and insulation, the benefits of a Uponor radiant floor heating system are many. It’s easy to see why more and more people are choosing superior comfort and efficiency for their homes and families.
Why is a radiant floor so comfortable?
The human body has its own hydronic heating system. Heat is distributed to the body through blood pumped from the heart. The first priority of the body’s heating system is to maintain central body core temperature. From there, blood is sent to the extremities. Since the feet are the farthest from the central body core, they are the last to get heat and the first to recognize the discomfort of a cold environment. Where the body’s hydronic heat system fails, radiant floor excels. Radiant floor applies direct conductive heat to the feet (most of us have our feet on the floor), and to objects in the room that in turn re-radiate heat. Because radiant floor directly addresses the heat loss of the human body through conduction, people are typically comfortable at a lower thermostat setting –– around 65 ° F. This is another reason why radiant floor is so energy efficient.
Forced Air vs. Radiant Floor
The common forced air systems heat air, not objects, and warm air is often lost through the walls and ceiling. Radiant floor heating heats the objects in the room so heat is not wasted. Hot air heating systems do not distribute heat where the body needs it most, leaving structures with drafts and high heat loss.