Lowell, MA gets pretty cold in the winter time, however i have prepared officially though. I have made sure to outfit my entire home with radiant flooring. It made sense; When I moved to Lowell I purchased a new home with outdated flooring, they had hideous beige carpets in there that just had to go. I wanted to have all stone floors that were easy to wash up when my animal vomited or had an accident. I also like the look of stone a lot better, however did you know stone is a better conductor of heat than rug? Makes sense it would get warmer faster, also redoing your flooring is the only con with radiant flooring. Since I was doing it anyway, it was like fate was telling me I was meant to have radiant heated floors in MA. So I called an MA heating contractor to take care of the job. I did all the carpet removal as well as got it down to the bare studs. I then added stone board as well as had the heating contractor take over. They added electric heated mats over the stone board that I then sealed in with my new tile. I distraught I would need to add a bunch of throw carpets to make my home feel cozier in the winter. With radiant heating it works so well that it is totally unnecessary. It actually heats anything that touches it. So it is like having a heated couch, chair, as well as bed with this system. I also appreciate no hot as well as cold spots or other cons of forced air.