I live in the Southeast, and the vast majority of my time is spent inside air conditioning.
We don’t worry too much about Heating in this neck of the woods very often. I would estimate that we use air conditioning about 9 months of the year and we use our heating about one and a half months a year. The other one and a half months we try to open the windows and enjoy a little bit cooler weather that comes from Mother Nature. In spite of this, I started looking into heated flooring. I went on vacation to a beach cottage, and I discovered that they have heated floors in that Cottage. I like to go to the beach in the winter, when it is not so crowded, and just walk and enjoy Mother Nature. That is how I became familiar with heated flooring systems. There was a little note by the thermostat from the owners that explained the heated floors. This particular trip, I found myself at the beach with very cold temperatures. I had to turn on the heater, which was the first time I had ever done so on one of my beach getaways. Anyway, I expected to just go to the thermostat and flip the switch from cooling to heating. That is how most central heating and cooling systems work, and in fact that is the only thing I have ever used. Like I said, there was a little note on the thermostat saying something about if I needed to use the heater, I should consider engaging the heated flooring system for more efficient and more comfortable Heating. I had no idea what a heated floor was, and I went digging through the kitchen drawer looking for directions on how to use the heated floors.Ever since then I have been in love with heated flooring, and I will soon be talking to my HVAC professional about them.