Infrared Heating for Homes
Most of our customers heat their homes with our products: a single cold bedroom, a new kitchen floor, a whole flat with no gas, or every room in a new house. There are two ways to do it, and many homes use both.
- Electric underfloor heating under the floor you walk on. Nothing on the walls, warm feet, even heat across the room.
- Infrared heating panels on the wall or ceiling. They warm you, the walls and the furniture directly, like the sun, and are quick to fit in a room that is already finished.
Both run on electricity, need no boiler, pipes or yearly service, and every room can have its own thermostat, so you only heat the rooms you use.
Customers' homes: ceiling panels in Horsham, and underfloor heating under a new wood-effect floor in Cobham.
Room by room
Which underfloor product suits a room depends on the floor covering, and in a bathroom on the safety rules too. This table is the quick answer; we are happy to check your plan.
| Room | Underfloor heating | Panels and heaters |
|---|---|---|
| Living room | Laminate, wood or click vinyl: underfloor heating kit. Carpet: film with overlay board. Tiles: cable mat. | A slim white panel on the ceiling, or a glass panel on the wall. |
| Bedroom | Same as the living room. Carpet is common in bedrooms, so see under carpet. | Ceiling panel towards the foot of the bed, not straight over your head. |
| Kitchen | Tiles: cable mat under the tiles. Laminate or vinyl plank: kit. Heat only the open floor, not under units. | A ceiling panel over the dining or seating area. |
| Bathroom or shower room | Tiles: cable mat. Laminate or vinyl: aluminium foil heating mat. Never carbon film in a room with a bath or shower. See underfloor heating in a bathroom. | Mirror heater that doesn't steam up, infrared towel heater, or a demister pad behind your own mirror. |
| Toilet, cloakroom and utility room | Not a bathroom in the wiring rules if there is no bath or shower. Tiles: cable mat. Laminate or vinyl: kit. | A small panel on the wall or ceiling. |
| Hallway and landing | Under laminate or wood: kit. | A ceiling panel keeps walls free. |
| Home office | As the living room. | A panel in front of the desk, or an under-desk heater (220 W) for your legs. |
| Garage, loft, conservatory, garden room | See garage heating, conservatory heating and garden room heating. | |
How much heat does a room need?
For panels we size by the room volume: about 25 W per m³ in a well insulated home, 30 W in an average one and 35 W in a poorly insulated one. A bedroom 4 m × 3.5 m with a 2.4 m ceiling is about 34 m³, so in an average home it needs about 1,000 W, for example one 850 W panel plus a small one, or two 600 W panels. Our heating calculator works it out for each room.
Underfloor heating covers the open floor area, and our kits come ready matched in sizes from 5 m² to 25 m². See costs per m² and running costs.
Controls
Each room or zone has its own thermostat with a timer, and Wi-Fi models let you switch the heating from your phone. Plug-in panels can use a plug-in Wi-Fi thermostat. See our thermostat guide.
Whole house, new build or renovation?
Many customers heat a whole home this way, especially flats with no gas and new, well insulated houses. See heating for new builds and renovations, replacing storage heaters and can I heat a whole house with infrared?
We supply the heating and help you plan it, room by room. Underfloor heating and wired panels must be connected by a qualified electrician; our installation partner Standard Electrical Services can quote.
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Questions? Call us on 01342 645021. We usually reply to quotes within 1 working day.