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SunTouch WarmWire Offers Green Flooring

Many customers today are rightfully concerned about the quality and the safety of their flooring options. Research has shown, for example, that carpeting contains thousands of harmful chemicals, some of them cancer-causing. Many tiles that date back to the late 1800s through the 1970s may contain asbestos as well as other harmful toxins. Many customers are opting to replace these dangerous flooring options with greener options, which are not only possibly more healthful but also kinder to the environment. For example, customers are opting for linoleum, reclaimed wood, cork, bamboo, glass, and other environmentally sound flooring options. If you're considering trading in your old, possibly dangerous flooring and you want a healthier choice, SunTouch WarmWire can help.

If you want to get rid of possibly dangerous flooring in your home and replace it with something safer, why not replace your heating system as well? Many people opt for less safe flooring options in the first place because of their heating system. For example, you may choose carpeting if your heating system does not effectively heat your floors and leaves you with cold floors. Plus, heating systems can often contribute to poor indoor air quality as much a bad flooring can. Radiant floor heat allows you to get rid of both problems. With floor heating, you can easily install an environmentally sound flooring choice without having to worry about cold floors, cold feet, drafts around the ankles, and other common problems. You can enjoy warm floors as well as environmentally sound flooring options.

Another advantage of choosing radiant floor heat is that it allows you to get rid of some of the dangers of your heating system. If you have a radiator or baseboard heaters, the dust and other fibers that settle on your heaters start to burn when the system is turned on. This means that you breathe in the toxins caused by the burning material. If you have a furnace, your furnace ducts may contain mold, bacteria, and other possibly dangerous allergens. Switching to in floor heat is a better alternative, since these heating systems are installed underneath your flooring, where they cannot harbor any dangerous materials. By allowing you to switch to a more healthful flooring system and by allowing you to exchange a possibly dangerous heating system for a safer one, you can protect the welfare and health of your entire family.