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Has anyone used this stuff? It looks like heating pipes installed in a skirting board.
We are moving house soon and need to install central heating however the ground floor is concrete flooring and both the wife and I hate exposed pipes running round the walls so we would want all the pipework buried in the screed.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience of this? I assume it costs more that copper pipes and radiators but would that extra cost of materials be saved by not having to dig up the flooring?
Does it give out enough heat?
We are moving house soon and need to install central heating however the ground floor is concrete flooring and both the wife and I hate exposed pipes running round the walls so we would want all the pipework buried in the screed.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience of this? I assume it costs more that copper pipes and radiators but would that extra cost of materials be saved by not having to dig up the flooring?
Does it give out enough heat?
There was a guy on Dragons Den looking for an investment in his company that made this. Apparently his was a better more efficient system that the current ones, something about better conduction and materials used. His company is Discrete Heat http://www.discreteheat.co.uk/ - looks like his is the ThermaSkirt ® branded system you mention. I liked the sound of it myself.
I've used a similar, but much more aesthetic product - discreat heat - it was for the first floor of a 2,500sq ft barn conversion (say around 1,000sq ft), cost around £6k for all lengths cut to size, thermostats etc.
Very good system and works like u/f heating, basically at low temperature....thumbs up from me!
Very good system and works like u/f heating, basically at low temperature....thumbs up from me!
FourWheelDrift said:
There was a guy on Dragons Den looking for an investment in his company that made this. Apparently his was a better more efficient system that the current ones, something about better conduction and materials used. His company is Discrete Heat http://www.discreteheat.co.uk/ - looks like his is the ThermaSkirt ® branded system you mention. I liked the sound of it myself.
Ooh! I'm planning to redo my lounge soon and the radiators are always in the way. What's the professional plumber's view of such systems? There has to be a snag somewhere...Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff