The largest mistake of my life was not getting heated flooring for my house.
I had everything in the venue too. The apartment had an outdated boiler system in the basement. All I needed to do was hook pipes to the boiler & then have that piping go throughout the floors. I was redoing the floors at the time too… Every room however the bathrooms were being redone. I looked at the cost & decided not to. I owned a boiler & it already provided adequate heat, what was the point of radiant heated floors? Well, I changed from carpet to tile & felt how cold it got in the winter. The boiler is great, however the heat rises naturally. My feet are cold. I had to buy a bunch of part rugs & wear socks in the house. I also redid the bathroom floors & got heated flooring for those spaces to try it out. I love it. The bathrooms are so comfortable in the winter. It is nice having the heat at your feet, but you naturally feel warmer. It is a quieter, cleaner, & more efficient way to heat. The rest of my apartment is just not as great now. I want to rip up the tile & start again! Sadly I can’t justify that. There is no way to do heated flooring without removing the floors either. So I am stuck until my floors wear out. The upgrade crew did a great task. I bet I am stuck with these floors for 15-20 years. That is a long time to not have heated flooring.
