Your Next Daydream

It’s fairly typical to sit and daydream about what your space could be, right? If you could repaint this, or afford the fancy copper vanity with matching tile work in the bathroom, things would feel perfect at home. Most winters, we find people daydreaming of warm days on sunny beaches, so we like to suggest to all our Minnesota inhabitants; radiant flooring should be your next daydream. It’s not the same as dipping your toes in the sand, but it does sweeten the brutal weather we experience for six months out of the year ever so slightly. 

Radiant heating is great for any room in the house that needs to be evenly heated. One of the best perks of in floor heating is one won’t experience cold spots like with a traditional ventilated heating method. While Minnesota weather doesn’t allow anyone to rely solely on radiant heating, it does supplement the heating vents, and actually requires less work out of the furnace to stay warm. Since heat would rise up from the floors, the room will feel warmer but be able to be kept at a cooler temperature. 

Like with most things, there are pros and cons. The list of pros for radiant heating seems, at least in our minds at Tony’s, to greatly outweigh the cons. The three biggest cons to radiant flooring are really to be expected:

• Remodeling is a must. The big con to radiant heated flooring is that whatever flooring is currently in place, must be replaced. 
• It can be costly. As with most remodels, they can be costly. Removing the existing flooring, purchase of the radiant heating method, electrical work, and replacement of the flooring can add up. If you are interested or worried about the pricing to install radiant heating, give us a call at Tony’s for a quote!
• It raises the floor a small amount. Radiant heating requires a layer of equipment between the baseboards and flooring. It’s typical to account for about ½ an inch of space.

Otherwise, there are endless pros to radiant heated flooring. Radiant heated floors are quiet, require little to no maintenance, comfortable, and hypoallergenic. As this heating does not require air to be physically forced through vents, there won’t be any of the typical frustrations of a traditional heating method. One can expect a more peaceful space, with fewer allergens floating around. 

The best space in the home to have radiant heating these days, in our opinions, is the garage. Obviously the bathroom is pretty high up on the list too. No one likes stepping out of the shower and getting covered in goose pimples from the chilly tile on the floor, but a heated garage floor is a coveted garage floor. Installing radiant heating in the garage extends the space in the home, turning the garage from just a place to store a vehicle to a place for hobbies and to function during the coldest months of the year. At Tony’s, we can install radiant heated flooring anywhere in the home, even sidewalks! What room in your home is the setting of your next daydream? 

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