Radiant floor heat can add a level of comfort to your bathroom you can’t really appreciate until you experience it for yourself.
—
Remodeling a bathroom can be one of the most enjoyable improvements in your home. From custom showers to heated towel racks, the choices are wide and varied. However, the most common regret that I hear from clients and people in general – “we should have installed radiant heat”.
◊♦◊
The choices available today make radiant heat more cost effective than ever. You can choose the traditional fluid-filled tubes, or electric heat tape style. They both offer the amazing comfort of stepping out of the shower, or tub, onto a warm floor. In the dead of winter it feels absolutely amazing.
Electric heat tape styles also make it fairly simple to heat the shower floor. No more cold feet when you step into the shower. Other choices exist and are coming onto the market, but the best flooring choice for radiant heat in a bathroom is still, and probably always will be, tile.
◊♦◊
So, if you are considering a bathroom remodel, or a new house, don’t skip the radiant heat floor. You will regret it when winter arrives! And your pets will thank you!
◊♦◊
What do you want to know about DIY?
Do you have specific projects you would like to tackle? Not sure how to get started? Convinced that you won’t be able to get answers to your questions at the hardware store? Great! Tom wants to know.
Leave a comment or send an email to tomgx2@gmail.com.
Check back to see if your question gets answered here at the Good Men Project DIY on Tuesday and Saturday.
Photo/Flickr:
.
I experienced floor heating for my first time while at a fairly nice resort in Hawaii. Before giving it a shot I have to admit that I didn’t know what I was missing. Now, my wife and I are saving up so that we can get it installed in our own home.
Do you have specific projects you would like to tackle? – See more at: https://staging.goodmenproject.com/featured-content/radiant-floor-heat-rocks-tgil/#sthash.qgKykBvd.dpuf
tom well as you asked (and i will still probably getting a professional to do it), i am thinking of extending two of my loft accesses (without cutting the joists) from 40x 40cm to 40x 70cm.
the house is late victorian, the ceiling seems to be a wooden slates and plaster over them (Lath and plasterlike). i just hope the plaster isnt an asbestos mix lol