Skirting board heating - anyone got it?

[garycat]

I'm thinking of putting this in my new house but am a bit skeptical of the amount of heat it can put out.

http://www.thermaskirt.com/default.aspx?L=&A=

Any experiences?

[Chainguy]

Looked at it ages ago when my new house was built, but didn't fancy it. Neither did a plumber friend.

Can't help thinking if it is anywhere near as good as the site makes it out to be, it'd be a shed load more popular than it is.

[Rob.]

Did`nt this idea feature on Dragons Den and receive no backing?

[Baffled Spoon]

My parents living room had this installed when they bought their house. It's a bit bulkier than the system on the website but still less noticable than a normal radiator and provides pleanty of heat. The radiator only goes along the back wall and one side wall and this does a large room without any problems.

[Chainguy]

Baffled Spoon said:

My parents living room had this installed when they bought their house. It's a bit bulkier than the system on the website but still less noticable than a normal radiator and provides pleanty of heat. The radiator only goes along the back wall and one side wall and this does a large room without any problems.

IF you still need at least one radiator, why bother with it?

[MitchT]

Rob. said:

Did`nt this idea feature on Dragons Den and receive no backing?

Yes, I remember it.

[Deva Link]

Chainguy said:

Baffled Spoon said:

My parents living room had this installed when they bought their house. It's a bit bulkier than the system on the website but still less noticable than a normal radiator and provides pleanty of heat. The radiator only goes along the back wall and one side wall and this does a large room without any problems.

IF you still need at least one radiator, why bother with it?

I assume he means the skirting board radiator. Some friends of ours have what sounds like the same thing (it is a little bulky) in their house and it works fine.

[maser_spyder]

I have skirting heating in a couple of investment apartments I own. No problems from a maintenance point of view, and having only popped in and out to see the tenants I can't say what it's like to live with.

If it's a small flat, it's probably fine, but for a house, you should probably be looking at proper hot water underfloor or good old fashioned radiators.

[AlexKP]

garycat said:

I'm thinking of putting this in my new house but am a bit skeptical of the amount of heat it can put out.

http://www.thermaskirt.com/default.aspx?L=&A=

Any experiences?

I have a skirting radiator system in my sitting room, dining room and libary. It is extremely efficient and pumps out lots of heat very quickly - however it is not the same system as the one you linked to. The system in my house is probably over 30yrs old, so the idea is not new.

What I have is similar to this: