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SunTouch WarmWire Resolves the Cold Air Problem

At this time of year, many homeowners face a common problem with drafts, cold air, and cold spots in their homes. Many homeowners spend considerable time and effort trying to run heat audits on their home and trying to ensure that their homes are as insulated as possible to prevent drafts. Many homeowners assume that improperly insulated windows and doors cause the most cold spots in their homes as well. This is not always the case. In many cases, cold surfaces in the home increase cold spots and discomfort.

If you have a traditional heating system, such as a furnace, radiators, or baseboard heaters, you can run plenty of heat audits, and you can insulate your floors, doors, and windows carefully and still experience cold air in the home. This is because the problem really has to do with your heating system. Furnaces, radiators, and baseboard heaters all depend on heating up the air in order to warm your home. That is, these systems overheat, producing hot air in the area immediately around the heater. You've probably noticed this yourself -- if you stand close to a radiator, you are much warmer than if you are standing across the room from it. The problem with this method of heating, is that it heats very unevenly. The areas closest your air vents or radiators are warmest, while areas in remote parts of the room are much cooler. Not only that, but heating the air is ineffective, as hot air rises to the ceiling. While you live closest to the floor, the warmest year in your home with traditional heating tends to be nearest the ceiling -- not exactly a system designed to provide you with optimal comfort. Worse, traditional heating only tries to heat the air. This means that the surfaces of your room remain quite cool. The windows, furnishings, walls, and floor surfaces all remain cold, giving you an unpleasant shock whenever you brushed by an object in your home. In fact, these cool objects can make you feel cooler when you stand next to them.

SunTouch WarmWire floor heating in home improvement actually resolves the problem by providing you with radiant floor heat. Radiant heating does not work the same way as traditional heating systems. In fact, radiant floor heat works by emitting a low-level heat that then transfers itself to your walls, furnishings, and other areas. Radiant heat also works from the bottom up -- ensuring that the air in is warm at the floor level area where you live. This helps ensure that you always stay warm and cozy. Plus, by eliminating cold surfaces and objects in the room, radiant floor heat ensures that you don't encounter those cool areas which exist away from an air vent or radiator. Not only that, but an electric floor warming system warms your entire flooring area, ensuring that there are no remote corners of your room that remain cold and drafty. As long as your home is generally well insulated, radiant floor heating systems will take care of cold air, cold floors, cold spots, and drafts in your home.