Skirting board radiators

xpi

We are thinking to install skirting board radiators but we only found online very old reviews and posts.

Is there anyone that installed it recently?
Are you happy about this solution?
Any experience of wooden floor with skirting board radiators? (Engineering wood allows max 27 degrees temperature, however radiators will be 60 degrees)

Thank you

tacpot12

I don't have any direct experience of these radiators, but I don't think you will have any trouble with the engineered flooring; the skirting radiators will have a minimum gap specified in the installation instructions between the floor and the radiator to allow air to rise up through the radiator. This gap, and the fact that hot air rises, should keep the temperature of the flooring beneath the radiators to below 27 degrees.

The best way to prove this will be with a simple thermometer held under a comparable system, if you can find one to test.

Furts

Skirting board radiators are a dubious idea. It depends how well insulated your room is and in particular the heat losses at skirting level which can be considerable. But also the heat output is low, meaning you need to size up the room to work out your wall length and maximum heating output. Couple this with your concerns about temperature adjacent to your flooring and I suggest it is a non starter.

EssexExile

Whenever I look at skirting radiators it seems I need a lot more wall than I have to fit them in! Of course if I had more wall the room would be bigger so I'd need more skirting radiator....

rob7475

When we bought our house, it had skirting heaters in the living room and one of the bedrooms. They were quote old and very heavy when I removed them!

Anyway, they used to get really hot but struggled to head the room as they didn't convect the heat around the room. The fact that you usually have furniture in front of the skirting boards won't help either.

I'm guessing your thinking about this because you don't have an ideal place for a normal radiator? What i did in our living room was install a vertical 'designer' radiator in one corner. It's only 450mm wide and 1800mm high but puts out 9000 BTU which is plenty to heat the north facing room nicely. If going down the designer radiator route, be sure to check outputs as many are very low and no use as a primary heat source.

LandyAndy

rob7475 wrote: »

I'm guessing your thinking about this because you don't have an ideal place for a normal radiator? What i did in our living room was install a vertical 'designer' radiator in one corner. It's only 450mm wide and 1800mm high but puts out 9000 BTU which is plenty to heat the north facing room nicely. If going down the designer radiator route, be sure to check outputs as many are very low and no use as a primary heat source.

This is what I did in my office. It works really well. It cost about £120 but was the best solution.

scd3scd4

LandyAndy wrote: »

This is what I did in my office. It works really well. It cost about £120 but was the best solution.

We did similar in our kitchen. Looks like a open fan but is long and thin going vertical. Makes a nice focal point.