Skirting heating

[aVdub]

Long story short.

We have decided to remove the late Victorian lath & plaster wall in the bedroom (North facing and cold) and replace with metal stud work and insulation & plasterboard.

During the searching for bits and pieces a video by Roger (Skill Builder) popped up (cookies) that runs all the rooms heating via skirting and it got our attention, as these things do and tbh I considered it one that would be worth sharing here for those doing building work, or looking for other options for their rooms.

I do not own that company, work for them or receive a commision by posting this.

It is even possible for the confident home DIY'er to install, which makes this system quite attractive.

 

[dlockers]

Unclear what problem it is solving. If you are doing such a major reno then underfloor is presumably a better answer.

Also it says 560btu per sqm at 75 degrees - I have a single column radiator that does 6500 btu. It keeps the house at 18 @ 55 degrees with minimal effort.

Great video (I watched it yesterday) but I think you'd need a specific reason for it to be a good idea.

 

[aVdub]

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[GeX]

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Huh?

FWIW, a flow temperature of 75°C isn’t good. Boiler is out of condensing range and will be running less efficiently than it can.

I’d also not want modern looking skirting in a period house, our Edwardian house has the original slightly fancy skirting boards

 

[aVdub]

Huh?

FWIW, a flow temperature of 75°C isn’t good. Boiler is out of condensing range and will be running less efficiently than it can.

I’d also not want modern looking skirting in a period house, our Edwardian house has the original slightly fancy skirting boards

Yeah it'll be the same for us, with Victorian skirting and the like, but as said, it caught our attention and thought it'll be half decent to post here for those that have new builds or are considering a different way to heat their rooms.

 

[GeX]

I think it’s a nice idea for an empty room but not really practical without additional heating.
I’m looking round my lounge and most of the skirting is behind furniture or huge thick curtains.
The radiator is behind one of the sofas and is sized to heat the room on flow temps of 30°C iirc. It just means that one sofa is a few inches further away from the wall.. which is fine

 

[dlockers]

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I think it’s a nice idea for an empty room but not really practical without additional heating.
I’m looking round my lounge and most of the skirting is behind furniture or huge thick curtains.
The radiator is behind one of the sofas and is sized to heat the room on flow temps of 30°C iirc. It just means that one sofa is a few inches further away from the wall.. which is fine

Yeah that's what I pondered too..altho skirting at the back of my PC desk being nice and warm would be a treat for my feet

 

[Buffman]

Waste of time/effort/money. Needs a high temp (which will significantly impact boiler efficiency) to get any heat out of them and will still be worse than normal radiators.

I would not expend effort on installing them.