Electric Heating Systems

So winter is well and truly here and we're all starting to think about keeping warm. With budget cuts and rising taxes embattling the UK householder on all sides, and one major British energy supplier already threatening to raise its average supply costs by nearly 10%, the cost and efficiency of heating in Britain's homes is a real concern. Fortunately, help is at hand in the shape of heated skirting boards: an entirely new heating product that the trade is now using instead of radiators. The heated skirting board is fitted to all new extensions and home builds - but it can also be retro fitted, allowing customers to minimise their energy bills and maximise their comfort no matter what kind of home they live in.

Heated skirting boards have been designed with three things in mind: comfort, efficiency and safety. The comfort level achieved in a home fitted with standard radiators can be hard to balance: the radiators either come on too hot, heat the house to boiling point (which of course wastes a ton of money on fuel bills) and take an age to cool to a decent temperature; or they never quite heat their space enough. The skirting boards, on the other hand, are extraordinarily sensitive: they'll heat a room in a very short space of time (typically around five minutes) and are so well controlled that they can achieve any temperature you desire. Used in conjunction with a compatible thermostat the heated skirting board can turn on and off as required, only coming on in order to return the ambient temperature of a room to a preset level. That means smaller heating bills right from the start - and that's before we've even considered their efficiency rating.

The skirting board heating have been tested to BSRIA (the Building Services Research and Information Association) standards. The results are impressive: using heated skirting boards is a more efficient way of heating a home than using radiators. That's because the heated skirting doesn't have any exposed grilles or fins - the metal components of radiators that get clogged with dust and other particles, preventing heat from circulating efficiently through the air. These particles can also be mildly hazardous to health - when heated, they eventually detach from radiator fins and rise into the air of a room, where they may be inhaled by its occupants.

The efficiency rating of heated skirting boards consolidates their supremacy over radiators in the heating bill costs department: their installation costs make them superior to under floor heating too. Heated skirting is cheaper to fit than UH, the "other" healthy heat option - meaning that, overall, the cost benefits of installing it could well be the early Christmas present we've all been looking for this year.

"Healthy heat" is any kind of in-home heating that poses provably minimal health risks. Under floor heating and skirting board heating are the two best performing solutions in this category. It goes without saying, then, that the new heated skirting product wins the prize on every level. Not only that, but it looks great too - the skirting is available in as many profiles and finishes as you'd expect from "normal" skirting, including genuine wood.

So - what's not to like? With the building trade giving it an unqualified thumbs up, heated skirting looks like the number one choice to warm your wallet this winter. Free up wall space by removing bulky radiators; make your heating safer and more efficient; and stop burning holes in your own pocket by raising the temperature of your heating bills unnecessarily. Perhaps it isn't going to be such a bad winter after all.