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Radiant heating and cooling is super-efficient,
quiet, healthy, and saves money.
Imagine stepping out of the shower to a warm tile floor beneath your feet. Experience radiant heating, the ultimate comfort in heating (and cooling) while creating a healthier living environment.
Instead of noisy fans pumping heated air through your home, your radiant heating system heats the floor itself, which then radiates heat up into the room.
Solarponics began installing radiant heat and cooling in 1979. We are the most experienced radiant heat & cooling system installer on the Central Coast. Our experience also makes us the best value, enabling us to design and install systems that are more efficient, more durable, and more affordable.
Radiant Floor Heating: The Pros, the Cons, and Why It's Worth a Look
You take pride in your home. So when it comes to how you heat it, it's worth a real look at radiant floor heating — a system that warms your home from the ground up instead of blasting air through vents.
Like any upgrade, it has trade-offs. But for homeowners who value comfort and lower bills, the pros add up fast.
The Pros
Comfort you can feel. Radiant heat warms the floor directly, so warmth rises evenly through the room instead of pooling near the ceiling. No cold feet, no hot-and-cold swings — just steady, even warmth.
Lower energy bills. Radiant heat warms people and objects directly instead of heating air that drifts up and away. That efficiency shows up on your monthly bill.
No noise, no drafts. There's no blower cycling on and off, no vents, no draft every time the system kicks in. Just quiet warmth.
Cleaner air. No ductwork means no dust and allergens collecting and recirculating through your home.
Low maintenance. The tubing is tough, flexible, and corrosion-resistant, built to handle extreme temperatures for the long haul.
Nothing to design around. No vents or radiators means your floor plan, furniture, and clean lines stay exactly as you planned them.
The Cons
- Higher upfront cost, especially for retrofits.
- Best installed during new construction or a remodel, when the subfloor is already open.
- Heating only in traditional systems — though combined heating-and-cooling options are now widely available.
- Slower to heat up and cool down than forced air, though it holds temperature steadily once warm.
Why the Pros Win Out
Most of the drawbacks come down to timing and upfront cost — not day-to-day comfort. If you're already planning new construction or a remodel, that concern disappears. What's left is quiet comfort, lower bills, cleaner air, and a system you'll barely notice is there.
Getting Started Is Easy
You don't have to figure out sizing or design on your own. Solarponics has installed radiant heating and cooling systems on California's Central Coast since 1979 — the most experienced team in the region.
Service Area
We service, repair, and upgrade most all boiler-type radiant heating and cooling systems in the following areas: Southern Monterey County, King City, San Miguel, Paso Robles, Cambria, Cayucos, Los Osos, Atascadero, Templeton, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, Moro Bay, Oceano, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach, Nipomo, Guadalupe, Santa Maria, Orcutt, Vandenberg, Lompoc, Los Alamos, Buellton, Santa Ynez Valley, Solvang Los Olivos and everything in between.
Maintenance
A radiant heating and/or cooling system is virtually maintenance-free. The tubing we use offers toughness, flexibility and lasting durability. It is corrosion resistant and withstands temperatures from below freezing to above the boiling point. There are also no vents and ductwork to collect dust and clean.
“Radiant heating and cooling is a must to consider for any new construction project.” - Randy M., Atascadero, CA
Local Solar Company Advantage
Greater Savings
We have long-term relationships with distributors, which means better equipment, which means greater savings. We're owner/partners in Amicus, the nations largest solar co-op, giving us access to the best pricing. We have a dedicated service department, which means fast response time and better service.
Experienced
With 50 years in the solar business and over 5,200 solar installs, you can rest assured you're in good hands. From initial proposal, to design, permitting, we've got you covered, making the process fast and easy. Many of our employees have been with us over 10 years. That’s longer than most solar companies have been in business.
Trusted
We were born in San Luis Obispo and raised in Atascadero. You call a local number, not an 800 number, which means personal attention and fast service. We have great relationships with builders, inspectors, vendors, and manufacturers because we've earned their trust during our 45 years of doing the right thing.
Map of Solarponics customers from 2004 through 2024
Testimonials
"We did look into leasing and renting solar and had heard quite a few horror stories. So we then decided that buying the system outright from Solarponics was the best thing."
"The number one thing I can say about Solarponics is, from day one, every single person that I worked with, literally every single person...so nice, so efficient, so easy to work with. I can't say enough about each and every person."
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Solar Energy Incentives & Rebates
We identify and help you take advantage of any incentive and/or rebate that is available. Solarponics also occasionally has internal solar energy incentives and rebates. Your energy analyst will always present you with the best possible current incentive that you are eligible for to save you the most money.
SOLAR ELECTRIC: Cash, Financing, or PPA's available.
Introducing Power Purchase Agreements. Get a solar + storage system with NO MONEY out of pocket, and start saving today. Power Purchase Agreements are better than leases, save you more, are fully warranted, and you can buy the system outright after five years.
Call or click today for your free solar quote.
(805) 466-5595
UP TO $2,400 EV CHARGER INSTALL REBATE
Central Coast Community Energy (3C Energy) customers are eligible for up to a $2,400 rebate on a Level 2 EV charger installation. Final out of pocket costs are about $250 for the homeowner. Valid thru 09-30-2022 GET A QUOTE.
COMMERCIAL REBATES ARE GREATER. email ashley@solarponics.comfor commercial sales.
UP TO $2,200 ON A HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER
$2,200 REBATE WHEN REPLACING A NATURAL GAS OR PROPANE WATER HEATER. GET A FREE QUOTE.†
A heat pump water heater with a solar PV system is a great energy saving, money saving combination. Great for a homeowner who is currently on natural gas, propane, or has an 
Get up to a $2,200 rebate when replacing an existing natural gas or propane water heater. CLICK HERE for a free quote.
- Reduce your water-heating bill by up to 80%.
- Prevent up to 4,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.
- Cut propane costs by up to $1,000/year for a family of four.
- When installed with a solar electric system, your water heating energy costs are zero.
- Same footprint as a traditional water heater.
- Lasts twice as long as traditional tank heaters.
Rebates are not guaranteed and may be paused or eliminated at any time.
$2,500 SOLAR THERMAL WATER HEATING SYSTEM REBATE
Receive a $2,500 to $5,000 rebate on ENERGY STAR® Certified Solar Thermal Systems with a gas water heater backup. In addition, a brand new installation of an ENERGY STAR® Certified Water Heater in conjunction with the Solar installation is required. Limit one per household.
CLICK HERE for a free quote.
Valid thru 12-2025
Up to $4,000 Rebate for Battery Storage
All new applications are being accepted.
Tesla Powerwall 3
Homeowners are eligible for up to $6,750 rebate toward qualifying battery storage and backup.
Must have solar, or install solar at time of battery installationthe to be eligible for rebate.
Rebate is administered through 3C Energy.
Click here for details. https://3cenergy.org/rebates/residential-battery-rebate-program/
EMPLOYER PARTNERS DISCOUNT PROGRAM - VALID THRU 12-31-25
Solarponics offers discount group pricing to select businesses and their employees.
Call Solarponics and ask if your business is listed on our Employer Partners Discount Program. In many cases, if one or more employee(s) who work at a Partner company install solar, all employee receives a discount of about $800 average per system install (depending on system size). This discount is in addition to any state and federal rebate or tax incentive.
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Cannot be combined with any other offer or discount. Your solar energy analyst will present you with the discount, incentive or rebate that will save you the most money, maximizing your investment. Expires 12-31-2025.
FREE SOLAR POOL HEATING PANEL WITH INSTALL - EXPIRED
Receive one FREE Panel with purchase of your Heliocol Solar Pool Heating System. The best just got better. Heliocol panels allow you to start your summer early and end your summer late. The Summer Savings offer is good for a limited time only, however, the extended swim season is available anytime.
System must be at least 300 square feet. Only available on Heliocol systems purchased between July 1 – August 31, 2018 and installed by September 30, 2018. Your Solarponics energy analyst will fill out and submit all necessary paperwork for your summer incentive FREE Heliocol panel.
Call your Solarponics energy analyst for a free quote. (805) 466-5595, or email samantha@solarponics.com.
Plant-A-Tree Effort - 100,000 lb CO2 sequesteded since 2022
For every system we install, Solarponics is planting a tree on our customers' behalf. Previously we worked thru Arbor Day Foundation for this effort. Currently we work with One Tree Planted.org. Our original goal was to plant 1,000 trees. When we say "plant", we mean we donate the funds to cover the cost to plant one tree. One Tree Planted does the actual planting. We reached our 1,000 tree goal on Nov 18, 2022. Our new goal is to plant 10,000 trees by the end of 2030.
Solarponics is committed to addressing environmental issues facing us through the installation of sustainable energy products, including solar PV, wind energy, water heating, and energy storage. Our vision? For every building and residence on the Central Coast to have a net-zero energy resource and consumption footprint.
One Tree Planted is committed to addressing issues such as climate, wildlife habitat, CO2 sequestration… through trees. One Tree Planted has planted over 135.5 million trees with 378 partners across 82 countries in North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific.
DID YOU KNOW
An average 9kW solar energy system saves the average homeowner upwards of $65,000 over the life of the system.
