Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Kristin is a lead editor at Forbes Home and has nearly a decade of ...

Lexie is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Home and has over 6 years of professional experience as a writer and editor in the home improvement space. She's previously worked at sites such as HomeAdvisor ...

Homes built after 1950 or so are typically heated with either hot air blown through ducts or hot water pumped through baseboard heaters. Older homes often have cast-iron radiators, which produce heat ...

Imagine stepping out of your bed or from the shower onto a warm floor that continuously, invisibly and quietly generates comfortable heat for your home. That’s far from a dream — radiant floor heating ...

Boston – Radiant floor heat frequently isn’t the easy choice when retrofitting an older home. But when Bob and Judy Zeitlin bought a 160-year-old house on historic Beacon Hill here, they decided they ...

Consistent performance, easy installation and simple climate control—Electric radiant heat warms the home from the floor up. New England mornings can tempt some of the toughest to roll over, turn off ...

There’s nothing worse than rolling out of bed on an icy winter morning and feeling the chill of cold tile beneath your feet. Of course, the luxury of warm floorboards underfoot is not the only reason ...

The typical cost of radiant floor heating installation is $1,700 to $6,170 with a national average of $3,831. Cost factors for installing radiant heat flooring can include floor size, floor material, ...

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MA — We were asked to “rescue” a radiant floor heating system in a large Vineyard home—but this rescue came with a challenge—the new finished floor would be “floating” above the ...

While radiant heating has been around for a long time and is common in Europe, there are still many misconceptions swirling around these systems on this side of the pond. Some customers consider it a ...