Floor heating is as close to the ideal comfort system as possible.
Warm floors deliver heat closest to the coldest part of the body, the feet. Room temperature remains at a constant, comfortable level throughout the room, and falls off near the ceiling, where heat loss is normally the greatest. In contrast, warm air heating tends to make the ceiling the warmest part of the room and the floor the coldest, resulting in the greatest possible enery losses and poorest comfort. Radiant floor heating removes the need for insulating floor coverings like carpet, eliminating a a major source of household dust. Radiant flooring removes the chill from floors finished with hardwood, tile, sheet goods, and concrete, and makes otherwise uncomfortable rooms into usable living space.