How Radiant Heat Warms Your Home From the Ground Up

3D rendering of hydronic in-floor heating systems.

Picture this: you wake up on a cold winter day, but instead of throwing on socks or house shoes, you walk around in your bare feet. No, it’s not a dream. It’s radiant heat. River City Heating & Air Conditioning is proud to install this cozy, energy-efficient heating system for homeowners across the Winona area. Discover how radiant heating works, as well as how it can benefit you, below. Then call our Bryant® techs for installation at 507-454-7689.

What Is Radiant Heat?

Also known as in-floor or hydronic heating, this home comfort solution literally warms your home from the ground up. Your boiler sends hot water through tubes that are installed under your floors. The heat rises through the ground to provide nice, even warmth throughout your entire house. A radiant heat system is highly convenient, warm to the touch, and incredibly efficient (more on that below).

Here's Why You’ll Want a Radiant Heat System

  • High Energy Efficiency

    Radiant systems use water, an efficient conductor that uses less energy to heat your home than the air generated by a furnace. And because hydronic heat doesn’t require ductwork, you won’t have to worry about losing warmth or energy through cracks or leaks in your vents.

  • Better Indoor Air Quality

    A furnace is a great way to heat your home. But it’s also a forced-air system, meaning they heat air and send it through ducts to control temperature. That air can kick up pollutants like dust and dirt that might have settled in your vents. Because a radiant heating system uses water from a boiler, you bypass that problem altogether, making for better indoor air quality in your house.

  • Quiet, Even Heating

    As heat rises from that hot water under your floors, it does so evenly. That helps eliminate cold spots and makes any spot in the house as comfortable as the next. Plus, these systems work quietly. The only way you’ll know it’s running is how warm you’ll feel.

  • Heated Floors

    Have we mentioned how nice it can be to wake up in the middle of winter and feel the warmth under your feet?

Trust Your Radiant Heat Installation to River City

Count on our pros to help you determine if radiant heating makes sense for your home and budget. Better comfort starts at River City Heating. Call us today at 507-454-7689 or contact us online.

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