| Winters are times for hot coffee and warm beds. | | | | choices owing to their fast installation that also |
| Waking up to a cold room and cold feet is | | | | involve low costs. These are very commonly |
| definitely not anyone's wake up wish. The luxury | | | | installed in bathrooms to keep the tiles warm, |
| to walk around the house on a cold winter | | | | kitchens and other areas like children's playroom. |
| morning without feeling the chilly floor can be a | | | | Every room can have its own thermostat control |
| reality. No rocket science physics involved, | | | | and programming. Having electric heating systems |
| underfloor heating is the answer to cold floors. | | | | in the house, therefore, keeps the energy costs |
| What is Underfloor Heating? | | | | under control. |
| A commonly used and effective way to control | | | | Advantages of Floor Heating Systems:-o |
| the indoor climate of a house or building, this is a | | | | Comfort- The regular heating systems based on |
| form of indoor heating that relies on principles of | | | | convection of hot air throw forced air, and heat |
| heat conduction and radiation for transmitting heat | | | | travels up towards the ceiling. This does not |
| across the floor. First to ring in this technology | | | | serve the main purpose of warming the floor. |
| were the Romans, mostly the royalty, and their | | | | Both warm water and electric heating systems |
| system used hot air or steam to flow through | | | | work to warm the floor and lower parts of the |
| ducts all across a floor built on raised bricks. Floor | | | | body. Heating is more gentle and soothing.o |
| heating was practiced in the Mediterranean and | | | | Practicality- Also, these systems are fixed |
| Korean regions too, though the techniques were | | | | beneath the flooring. The aesthetics of the room |
| much primitive then. | | | | are not disturbed with electrical wirings and |
| Forms of Modern Underfloor Heating:- | | | | equipment strewn around the walls and floor.o |
| Floor heating systems of today are broadly of | | | | Energy efficiency- Compared to forced-air heating |
| two types- those based on hot water and those | | | | systems, both hot water and electrical underfloor |
| that use electricity for generating heat.o Hot | | | | heating systems work well on lower |
| Water System- A system of pipes or tubes laid | | | | temperatures. Only the floor needs to be |
| all across under a floor conducts warm water | | | | warmed, and there is little diffusion of heat to |
| through them. There are various ways to | | | | other areas of the room. This cuts the cost of |
| generate the hot water. Gas, water boilers, solar | | | | electricity dramatically. |
| heat are some technologies employed for the | | | | Floors of areas like the bathroom and kitchen turn |
| same. Though there are concerns over surface | | | | extremely cold during winters. The most basic of |
| temperature maintenance to avoid dew when | | | | daily chores are carried out here, and it is |
| installing hot water heating systems, in the long | | | | important to make the use of these rooms |
| run, these prove to be quite economical choices.o | | | | comfortable. Installing heating systems is the |
| Electric Underfloor Heating- these are popular | | | | most practical thing to do. |