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DIY & Home Improvement

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts) Fri Jul 12, 2013, 07:47 PM Jul 2013

Other than ceramic, what type of floors can be heated? [View all]

Ceramic seems a little too unforgiving. I want to reduce the need for heat (I have oil) and thought that beefing up my insulation and installing heated flooring (it needs to be refinished or replaced anyway) and I am looking for options.

I have pets, and my elderly father lives with me and *refuses* to use a cane even though he needs one.(the other reason I am a bit leery or ceramic...what if he falls?)

What do you think?

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Other than ceramic, what type of floors can be heated? [View all] LaydeeBug Jul 2013 OP

Hardwood and laminate, apparently. Adsos Letter Jul 2013 #1

I lived in a house where that stuff was under the carpet even. Robb Jul 2013 #2

Really? I think that might be awesome during a cold winter. LaydeeBug Jul 2013 #3