Radiant floor heating systems are comfortable and innovative way to keep your home warm and cosy during the cold month of the year. While large majority of people prefers to walk on the heated floor, whereas some people might be concerned about safety of this kind of flooring. The person having small kids or pets is in particular way worry about their safety. There is nothing more important than the safety of your family but from expert point of view this systems are completely safe, especially if installed by professional installer.
Built in safety features:
All modern heated floor systems have many Brilliant features that ensure your safety. Lot of safety features were integrated to prevent the risk of an electric shock or Catching Fire to your floor.
Controlled temperature:
Most of the underfloor heating systems do not ever reach to the extremely high temperature. In most of the heating systems the maximum temperature is not more than 40 degree centigrade, which is little bit higher than our body temperature so there is no risk of catching fire.
Electric shocks proof:
It is also scary that if sometimes, the floor would be in turn gives electric shocks. But there is no need to worry because the cable that Run under the flooring is protected by a PVC or fluoropolymer of the jacket that protect it against the electrical resistance.
Circuit breaker:
There is no scope of circuit breaker or electric shock because the system has the built-in feature of GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) circuit breaker that will cut off the power the moment a breach is detected.
Avoid mould and dust mites
Under floor heated systems reduce the humidity which prevents the growth of mites and mould. These systems also give the better indoor climate to allergy sufferers with less polluted air.
As a final note we can conclude that all under floor heating are designed and tested to be very safe. These heated floor system should be installed by the certified electrician to ensure its safety. To keep your system working the electric connections should be checked periodically.