Beyond the Floor: Underfloor Heating for Walls

Underfloor heating is one of those phrases that tell you everything you need to know. It is heating installed under the floor.

But this does not tell the whole story.

What is it about underfloor heating — other than the name — that restricts us to using an underfloor space? What is stopping us from installing this type of heating somewhere else within a property?

The answer to both questions is nothing at all!

In fact, installing heaters within wall ceiling spaces can be seriously beneficial. Read on to learn more.

The Benefits of Heating Your Wall Spaces

There are a great many advantages to be gained from heating your wall spaces. These advantages run the full gamut, from the economical to the environmental, right through to practical, common-sense benefits. Take a look at some of the most important:

• Take advantage of radiant exchange between the body and the wall

There is already a great deal of thermal exchange between the body of the property occupant and the property wall — more so than between the occupant and the floor. Heating wall spaces thus shortens the time needed to build up the appropriate amount of heat in the room, reducing costs and protecting the environment.

• Gain additional heating capability in high-rise buildings

For many occupants of high-rise buildings, underfloor heating simply is not an option because of weight restrictions between levels. This makes wall-based heating the perfect option for those who want to gain a little bit of extra heating capability in a flat.

• Optimise eco-conscious heating

Storage heaters are low-cost and can be tweaked to provide high efficiency. When coupled with renewable methods of energy production, the results are hugely beneficial to our environment.

• Make the best use of space as you activate thermal mass

In many properties, walls represent wasted space. This space could be utilised by filling it with unobtrusive yet highly effective heating equipment, thus optimising use of space while helping your heating system activate thermal mass.

Underfloor heating on walls is currently the subject of much research and experimentation, as we strive to understand how we can craft a smarter, more effective, and more forward-thinking version of the storage heater, and mount it within the wall of a modern, sleek interior.

Our vision is to create a predictive simulation of how this solution would work within a property and to exchange this info with energy providers in order to optimise quotes and price matching.

Perhaps the time has come to finally free underfloor heating from the underfloor space. This could be a very exciting development indeed for the future of residential energy.