Durango Floor Heating Systems

Finding the Best Radiant Floor Heating System for Your Home

Radiant heat is becoming more and more popular among new home construction projects around the country. Homeowners are learning how heated floors are not only the most efficient home heating systems, but they add luxurious comfort and convenience. Radiant heated floor during installation and after Radiant floor heating systems are also very versatile, and can be used under just about any type of floor surface.

Heated floor systems are not difficult to install. While it is ideal to install radiant heat during new construction, Warmzone offers floor heating systems that can be used to heat existing floors.

If you have access to the floor joists, you can install either the RetroHeat film heating element or the low-voltage FloorHeat system. Both systems feature thin, flexible heating elements that can be stapled up between the joists.

The RetroHeat floor heating element features paper-thin “film” heat. It can be cut on site and then stapled up between the floor joists. Batt insulation is then applied over the heating element to direct all the warmth up to the floor. This is an affordable heating solution that is particularly well suited for heating laminate floors.

The low-voltage FloorHeat STEP system is installed the same way. The heating element is a thin, flexible polymer panel that is also self-regulating. The durable heating panel is so rugged that it also serves as one of the most popular roof heating systems. The heating element is installed directly under the roof shingles.

In-Slab floor heating cable The most popular floor heating system is the trusted ComfortTile system. This consists of thin heat resistance cable that is available on spools or in mats for easy roll-out installation. The cable is pre-spaced and affixed to a flexible mat with an adhesive backing. The mat is rolled out over the subfloor and secured. Thinset is applied over the mat and then the flooring is installed. While ComfortTile is especially well-suited to heat tile and marble floors, it is also commonly used to warm laminate and even carpeted floors. For decades ComfortTile floor heating systems have been warming homes throughout Northern America. The cable carries a 25-year manufacturer warranty.

In-Slab heat cable features a larger, more rugged cable. It is designed for installation in concrete slabs. This is a common, affordable solution for heating basement floors. Just about any type of flooring can be installed over the concrete slab, making it a popular floor heating system.

Prodeso floor heating membrane and cable There are other floor heating components used in conjunction with ComfortTile heat cable. One popular choice is the Prodeso® floor heating membrane. This flexible membrane serves as an uncoupling, waterproofing system for heating floors without expansion joints in the screed. It is laid out over the subfloor and ComfortTile is then routed through the pre-configured channels, ensuring the correct spacing and making installation of the heat cable easy. This system only has a floor buildup of less than ¼ inch.

The HeatShield system consists of lightweight floor heating insulation panels. The ½-inch thick polystyrene insulation panel is covered with thin, specially profiled aluminum, making the system very effective and energy efficient. The panels also have preconfigured channels for the heat cable to be installed. The HeatShield system results in considerably more floor buildup than other Warmzone floor heating systems. Each panel snaps together, providing and excellent, easy-to-install solution for heating laminate floors and more.

Electric floor heating systems feature precise control. Each room (or zone) can be operated separately by its own thermostat. And Warmzone offers a variety of the most advanced programmable and non-programmable thermostats in the industry.

Warmzone offers one of the largest selections of the most trusted radiant floor heating systems in the industry. To learn more about radiant floor heat, call and talk with a floor heating expert today at 888.488.9276.