UFH or Skirting board heating

[Selectsands]

Evening all, I’m looking to do a make over to our future home, I was thinking of UFH downstairs and rads upstairs. Then stumbled across skirting board heating, I realise it’s not a new thing in the world, but is to me, I’ve never fitted it or had experience with it. I wondered if you gents or ladies had installed it and any good results?
The boiler will be system and I’ll have an unvented for hot water, just in case this is relevant to your answers. Cheers

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Ufh I would go with

 

[Selectsands]

Ufh I would go with

And rads upstairs?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

And rads upstairs?

Correct or ufh

 

[Jerry]

I doubt many people on here have experience with skirting heating.

 

[Selectsands]

Correct or ufh

Yeah I was thinking the same, UFH upstairs though looks like a serious job, unless I mind the low profile retro kits and a small raise in floor height, I think that’s what got me thinking about these skirting boards heating

 

[bacon_sandwich]

I doubt many people on here have experience with skirting heating.

Had never even heard of it before, appears to defy laws of physics... lol

 

[Chalked]

I’ve fitted it.
Looks rubbish, awful ,to fit. But works ok

 

[Selectsands]

Had never even heard of it before, appears to defy laws of physics... lol

I hear you, I’ve done some reading up and the sale pitch looks believable and yet I’m still a sceptic... it just looked too good to be trouble and generally when that happens , it is!
Any favs on UFH , I’ve checked out nuheat and warmup..

 

[Selectsands]

I’ve fitted it.
Looks rubbish, awful ,to fit. But works ok

Was that the pushfit together type , thermaskirt I think or there’s another method with metal fins and pipe with you cut down and solder?

 

[Chalked]

Was that the pushfit together type , thermaskirt I think or there’s another method with metal fins and pipe with you cut down and solder?

The aluminium type, that has push fit corners

 

[Gasmk1]

thermaskirt not bad to fit but doesnt look as good as the site makes out

 

[Selectsands]

Thought I would entertain the idea enough to get a quote, the chap said it was on a par with UFH, it came back £6400 plus VAT (rads only not even connecting up pipework) ... once I’d finished laughing it was a No from me!!

 

[Last Plumber]

I fitted it in a large detached house. I had massive doubts about it and even warned the customer that it would only provide background heat. It was a bit fiddly to install and I swore a bit but it looked just like a skirting board when finished. The customer likes it and says that it works well and keeps the room nice and warm.

This is the stuff.
I am not 100% sure I believe it but there you go.



I have installed quite a few of the other more commercially seen type over the years - the ones with the fins inside a metal box - and they do work well but are ugly.

This type of thing.