I use heated flooring in my household to get through the Minneapolis winters, the temperatures in the peak of the season can get down to 6 degrees! Yeah, a single digit.
You can’t really get by without some hardcore heating, i use a gas fireplace in the home office for super freezing nights. The rest of the time I get by with radiant flooring, but radiant flooring is the ideal system. The only cons are you need to rip up existing floorboards, add height plus weight to the house, plus it is luxurious! However, once it is done, you have amazing results. The furnace is protected under the floors plus requires no maintenance or repairs. You also have electric based heat rather than forced air. That means no tepid or freezing spots, then no forced air rising to the ceiling. No dirty indoor air quality that you are breathing in all winter long. Anything that touches the heated flooring becomes moderate as a result. It is quiet, clean, plus great at what it does! Since the heat stays at your feet, most homeowners note that they can lower the control unit a few degrees plus save some money. How great is that? I cherish that I don’t have to lose square footage to a system anymore. All of it is nicely tucked away plus out of sight, because let us divulge it, boilers are not the most charming devices on the market right? Radiant flooring is ideal for the freezing Minnesotra winters that just don’t seem to let up for months on end.