Healthy and Wellbeing Benefits
Low Temperature Heat
Radiant floor heating systems are cleaner, healthier and more responsive than traditional heating appliances so is the perfect family-friendly option. Unlike air conditioners, wall-mounted panels or heat lamps that concentrate super-hot heat in one place, floor heating systems deliver gentle low temperatures evenly and throughout the entire room for a superior and all natural effect.
Correct Temperature Profile
Radiant floor heating takes full advantage of the dynamics of heat to deliver warmer temperatures to the cooler lower part of the body and breathe-easy temperatures at eye-level. Convective HVAC options – such as heat pumps, for example – instead heat air to extreme temperatures, blow it about the room and allow it to accumulate rather wastefully at ceiling level. Livella delivers the right amount of heat, to the right places at the right time.
Comforting News for Allergy and Asthma Sufferers
Floor heating systems use radiant energy to warm people, objects and surfaces quite literally at the speed of light. Bypassing air and the reliance on convective currents, no heat is lost – that is, energy – when opening doors or windows. As a result, warm floors deliver continuous comfort while greatly enhancing air quality. Families with allergy, hay fever or asthma suffers will appreciate the difference, finally being able to relax without unnecessarily disturbing airborne irritants or drying out the air (a common cause of eye and nose irritation typical of air conditioning systems.)
Totally Invisible and Unobtrusive
Floor heating cables are discretely installed underneath a variety of floor coverings – porcelain tiles, natural stone, timber laminates, etc. – so are safely out of reach from prying fingers. In fact, apart from an attractive wall mounted thermostat, you wouldn’t even know it is there. This makes floor heating an amazing space saver. Plus, there are no decorative eyesores to date or cords to trip over. Simply set the thermostat once and enjoy – it’s that easy!
Parental Lock Keeps Settings Safe
Livella’s fully optioned programmable thermostat – standard with every heating system – features a clever parental lock function. Once set, the thermostat will continue to operate as expected without the interruption of an accidental setting change.
A Heated Floor Dries Quickly
Radiant heat from a warm floor assists in the evaporation of water from slippery surfaces making it a must-have safety precaution in bathrooms, laundries, wet rooms and around pools. Floor heating systems have been routinely used in aged care facilities, public amenities and child care facilities to not only improve hygiene but to also reduce the change of an accidental fall.
Carpet Heating Kills Dust Mites
Cursory studies by European researches have found that in floor heating systems, when installed under carpets, deliver warmth at sufficient intensity to dry out and kill dust mites, a common childhood allergy. Significantly, being radiant heat, these mite-fighting benefits were recorded in upholstered furniture too, making a genuine case for the installation of a carpet heating in bedrooms by concerned parents.
A Livella under carpet heating system, unlike floating heating pads, covered the entire floor – even under sofas, entertainment units and bookshelves – to take full advantage of this phenomenon (by giving no mite a place to hide.)
