Many customers choose electric floor heat for the comfort. After all, electric floor heating systems create toasty warm floors, eliminate hot spots, reduce drafts, and can even lead to energy savings over traditional heating systems. However, there is another reason to consider an electric floor warming system for your home: electric radiant floor heat may be a safer form of heat when compared to many traditional heating systems. There are many reasons why floor heat may be a safer option:
1) A heated floor may reduce injuries to children. Children and traditional heating systems do not mix. Children must be kept away from furnaces and radiators at all times but since baseboards and vents are located in rooms, it is much harder to supervise children around these items. Children may burn themselves on vents or baseboards or place fingers or toys inside vents and baseboards, creating a fire hazard as well as the possibility of injury. With in floor heating, these hazards do not exist. Since radiant floor heat uses heated cables, which are installed under flooring, there are no vents, baseboard heaters, radiators, or other dangerous apparatuses for children to play with. Children can safely and easily play on floors warmed with radiant floor heat systems. In fact, playing on heated floors is much more comfortable for children.
2) Heated floors may reduce burn injuries. Traditional heating systems have elements that get intensely hot. Furnaces, pipes, vents, baseboard heaters, and radiators can all get hot enough to cause burn injuries if touched. Brushing by these things accidentally can cause serious injury or at least annoying blisters. With electric floor heating systems, this danger is virtually eliminated. Radiant floor heating systems use radiant heat cable installed under the floors, so nothing gets hot enough to cause burns. In fact, radiant heat never gets as heated up as a traditional heating system, since radiant floor heating systems are considered to be “low heat” heating systems. With no high temperatures, there is no risk of burns.
3) Heated floors can reduce bumps and bruises. Most heating systems take up a lot of space. You need space for furnaces as well as pipes and vents. If you have electric heating, you may have bulky baseboard heaters or radiators. Unfortunately, these items can take up a lot of room in your home. You may bump up against these items or you may find yourself bumping into furniture because you have less room. Radiant heat helps prevent this problem. With radiant floor heating systems, there are no radiators, vents, or baseboards heaters to bump into. Plus, since radiant heating is installed under your floors, you’ll enjoy more room. There are no vents or radiators you need to arrange your furniture around; with radiant heat, you can use your entire floor space. This way, you can arrange your furniture for maximum comfort and safety.