Underfloor Heating
Professional & licensed installationThe Bath Style team can help you find the best floor heating option for your bathroom.
Relax and enjoy the cozy atmosphere in your new bathroom
Installing floor heating will add luxury when you want to pamper yourself and take the chill off tiles on a cold morning.
Heated bathroom flooring does not only bring comfort to your family, but a floor heating system is also widely considered a key selling point, adding value to your home.
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It's comfort you can really feel!
Stepping on a heated floor makes all the difference. Radiant floor heating takes the chill away from your floors and brings warmth and comfort into your home.
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How do heated floors work?
Sound Control
Reduces impact sound transmission through floor-ceiling assemblies, making it ideal for multi-story construction.
Thermal Break
Reduces heat loss to the substrate for up to 70% faster heat-up times over concrete.
Floor Warming
Allows for easy integration of heating cables to create a warm tiled floor where desired.
In Canada, electric floor heating has become a popular trend for both new constructions and renovation projects. Nevertheless, there’s still a learning curve among many homeowners.
Heat works by directly heating the people and objects in a room.
Traditional heating systems heat the air, which then warms up the people in the room. Radiant heating systems work by directly warming the people and objects in a room.
How warm do heated floors get? The floor temperature can be set as high as 104° F but users will typically set it to a more comfortable range of between 80° F and 85° F and control it from a thermostat from there.
This type of heating often feels like the warmth of the sun, because radiant heat warms via heat radiation. This allows people to feel warm even when the ambient (air) temperature in the room is actually cooler. It’s the same concept as standing in direct sunlight vs. standing in the shade.
Electric Floor Heating vs. Hydronic?
What is the best floor heating system? The two main types of radiant heat are electric and hydronic. Both function the same way — they create warmth under the flooring and radiate it upward into the room above — but the way they do it is different.
Electric Floor Heating
Electric radiant heat uses loops of resistance wire cable and mesh mats to transfer heat under floors.
These systems, often installed in a single room such as a bathroom, are controlled with dual sensing thermostats that combine input from a floor sensor with a room thermostat.
When the heat dips below or rises above a predetermined temperature, the heat flow is cycled on and off. A few of these systems can control voltage in relation to room temperature, and some systems include self-regulating elements to further control heat output.
Electric Floor Heating
Electric radiant heat uses loops of resistance wire cable and mesh mats to transfer heat under floors.
These systems, often installed in a single room such as a bathroom, are controlled with dual sensing thermostats that combine input from a floor sensor with a room thermostat.
When the heat dips below or rises above a predetermined temperature, the heat flow is cycled on and off. A few of these systems can control voltage in relation to room temperature, and some systems include self-regulating elements to further control heat output.
Hydronic
Hydronic floor heating systems use hot water pumped through plastic tubing laid out in a serpentine pattern to heat the floor.
They’re ideal for whole-house heating, but professionals suggest installing them during the home’s construction because they can be difficult to retrofit if the home isn’t already outfitted with the proper equipment.
The upfront cost of a hydronic floor-heating system is typically higher because it requires a boiler, a pump and gas lines.
However, the cost of operation is generally lower when the square footage is greater (i.e. when heating multiple rooms or an entire house). Hydronic systems also take a greater amount of time to heat up, requiring most homeowners to leave them on around the clock, resulting in more energy usage.
Hydronic
Hydronic floor heating systems use hot water pumped through plastic tubing laid out in a serpentine pattern to heat the floor.
They’re ideal for whole-house heating, but professionals suggest installing them during the home’s construction because they can be difficult to retrofit if the home isn’t already outfitted with the proper equipment.
The upfront cost of a hydronic floor-heating system is typically higher because it requires a boiler, a pump and gas lines.
However, the cost of operation is generally lower when the square footage is greater (i.e. when heating multiple rooms or an entire house). Hydronic systems also take a greater amount of time to heat up, requiring most homeowners to leave them on around the clock, resulting in more energy usage.
Can Radiant Floor Heating Benefit your Home?
Yes, definitely.
Heated bathroom flooring does not only bring comfort to your family, but having a floor heating system is also widely considered a key selling point, adding value to your home.
Have you ever walked into a room in your house that was noticeably colder? Or have you ever stepped out of the shower or tub and felt a chill? Most homes have these “cold spots” due to tile flooring, which is inherently cold, or other factors like a cement slab, unheated crawl space and unheated garage.
If you’re wondering, “Can radiant floor heating heat an entire house?” The answer is that while nearly all homes can benefit from radiant floor heating, floor heating won’t always be enough to serve as the only heat source.
Some of the most common rooms to heat are bathrooms, kitchens, basements and bedrooms located over a garage or unheated space.
What are the Benefits of Radiant Heating Floor?
Energy efficient: Electric floor-heating systems are at least 25 percent more efficient than forced-air systems. That’s because they do not provide an escape route for the heat they produce. Therefore, virtually all of the heat that’s produced is retained. In contrast, forced-air systems use ductwork that is susceptible to leakage.
Durable and Reliable: In-floor radiant heat systems are durable and reliable, capable of outlasting your home furnace. With proper care and maintenance, a floor heating system can last up to 35 years.
Uniform heating: Radiant floor heating systems heat the entire floor, which leads to an evenly heated room and for an even ambient temperature around a person’s body. This means that you will feel more comfortable at a lower ambient temperature level because you won’t experience cold drafts.
No noise: Radiant floor heating systems are known for being quiet. Unlike forced-air systems, there isn’t a loud furnace that kicks on. Therefore, you won’t hear anything while they’re on.
Non-allergenic: Because floor-heating systems directly warm the people and objects in a room via radiant heat, they do not disturb any existing dust and allergens. This is a major downfall for forced-air systems, which blow around dust and other particles while they distribute heat.
Comfort: Being a low-temperature system, it spreads a pleasant heat that leads to an optimum wellbeing feeling. It minimizes the temperature gradient between the environment and the people, getting rid of the feeling of temperature changes that our body experiments close to a heat or cold source. Besides that, it provides the pleasant feeling of stepping a tempered floor, getting rid forever of the tile coldness.
Add a luxurious and warm feel to your home!
Underfloor Heating
When it comes to your bathroom or kitchen, heated floors give you the luxurious comfort of warm floors, and the benefit of an invisible, inaudible and maintenance-free heating system.
But installing heated floors can be difficult. It requires professional preparation and a licensed electrician to perform the installation.
The Bath Style team can help you find the best floor heating option for your bathroom.
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Upon submitting this form, our project coordinator will call you to discuss your project goals. No obligation, no commitment.