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Skirting board heating system
Onmyway2market
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Does anyone have skirting board heating like the one sold by ThermaSkirt? If so, does it work well? Do you use it with a heat pump?
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Don't know about that one but my mother had a warm air system in her flat. The warm air came out of vents in the wall just above the skirtings - think it was called Dimplex. It certainly kept her large flat very warm.0
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It's a thin, long flat-panel radiator - hot water or electric.
It'll give out the heat that it quotes for a specific length...
Don't underspecify. It's easier to turn a too-big rad down than to increase heat from one too small.
Comparing to a normal double-panel rad...
https://www.screwfix.com/p/kudox-premium-type-22-double-panel-double-convector-radiator-600-x-1000mm-white-6007btu/65888
That's not a huge rad - 1000x600 = 1760w.
To get that heat output from the skirting boards, you'd need at least 10 linear meters - which'd cost about 10x the panel rad.
https://www.discreteheat.com/technical-data.aspx
https://www.discreteheat.com/room-kits.aspx
...and be more ballache to fit, with corners etc.
If t'were me, and I simply didn't like boring flat steel panel rads, you could get some nice designer cast iron ones for that money...2
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