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What is Radiant Heat?
Radiant heat warms the closest and coldest object, which in turn radiates heat evenly throughout that space. Radiant heat will heat the floors, tables, people and more.
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What Does Radiant Heat Feel Like?
Have you ever strolled along the beach on a sunny day and felt the warm sand underneath your feet?
Have you felt the warmth from a mug of your favorite hot beverage during the chill of fall and winter that made the chill dissappear from your hands? If so, then you've felt radiant heat.
Objects maintain the radiant heat until the heat sources in gone, after which the heat slowly escapes to whatever is colder and closer.
How Electric Radiant Heat Works
When the radiant heat system is turned on, electricity is forced through the conductive heating material. For high voltage radiant heat systems, like our ComfortTile system,
line voltage (110V) of electricity is forced through the heating cable. For low-voltage
systems such as FloorHeat, the line voltage is converted to low voltage (8-30V) of electricity
in the control unit (which contains a step-down transformer)  and this low
current is then forced through the heating element.
The heated material then heats the flooring until it reaches the right temperature set by the floor
thermostat.
The radiant heat then passes through the floor and continues to heat other objects in the room (tables, chairs, people). The heat will continue
to heat the room and its objects up to the ceiling. Radiant heat will give you the most consistent room temperature from floor to ceiling compared
to any other heating system.
To view an image demonstrating the effectiveness of radiant heat warming a room compared to a forced air or gas heating system, click on
Radiant Heat vs. Forced Air at the top
of this page.
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