The Comfort of a Warm Floor

A part of my time growing up was spent in upstate New York. Truthfully speaking, it was a wonderful place to spend a portion of my childhood. Growing up in Southern California, I had never experienced a true change of seasons. My eyes were full of wonder in spying my first fall with the changing colors of the leaves. The spring thaw was also something that had been out of my frame of reference. But nothing compared to the shock of that first winter. I had been in cold for brief periods and taken day trips to play in the snow. But that was nothing compared to living in it. That type of cold was brutal for the first time. And I’ll never forget the pure surprise of a truly cold floor on bare feet. Apparently, floor heating wasn’t common back in those days.

In seeing what modern technology can produce in terms of creature comforts, modern houses are a marvel of ingenuity when it comes to climate control and other devices. And as much of a shock as that first winter floor on bare soles had been, I was almost as shocked the first time I felt Electric Radiant Heating below my feet. I had been prepared to enter a cold tiled bathroom and was instead met with a warm floor, pleasant and comforting to the touch. Unfortunately, the cold porcelain of the bathtub had been left out of the heating plan. Nonetheless, the tub itself had been affected by the radiant heat from the floor. So yes, the temperature change had been a bit jarring. However, it could have been so much worse.

In doing my research since that initial experience, I have been surprised to discover that quite a few folks use floor heating as their main source of climate control in colder months. Apparently, it can also save quite a few dollars in heating bills as well. While the very idea of floor heating may sound challenging to install, it turns out the process isn’t really as difficult as it might seem. Anyone with rudimentary experience laying tile or working with flooring could probably tackle the job themselves. And if one were to get it installed rather than do it themselves, the cost would eventually be overshadowed by the savings to heating bills and the like.

Granted, the idea of heating a floor had never crossed my mind until I experienced it for myself. And even though I’m living in warmer climates these days, I’m still considering having my bathroom done. Leaving a shower to a heated floor sounds blissful to me. Imagine what that would be like for you.

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