Hi. Will the plaster crack further down the line?

We have our IR on motion sensor’s in some rooms because not all rooms in our house are used on a daily bases. And as soon as we enter a room the IR is turned on and reflects on the body. These rooms are kept at 15 degrees Celsius. Bedrooms we never exceed 18 degrees. Celsius. That brings the cost down a lot.

Did you get any further data for the cost of running the system over the past couple of years?

Would you recommend this system over an air source pump with underfloor heating (retrofit ufh on slim insulated floor panels) Cheers

Caleffi have listened and now do versions with nuts and olives! Part numbers begin 108 rather than 107.

No need for expanding and contraction of the plaster? Surely this will lead to cracking issues later on?

Wow - nice to see what our competitors products need to install! Panels are so much easier and faster!

Wanted to install those but I have quite an issue with manufacturer requirement not to insulate them, that's quite a heat loss. Any idea how to solve that?

Hello can be good and for minus 15 degrees?

ive a heat pump but am considering installing them in my bedrooms and hall as the rads fail to heat up those areas to a sufficent temp in my opinion. thanks for the video.

do u travel to harrow, london??? i need a full megaflo service please

Hi .would a 800 watt panel fixed on the ceiling above the bed be able to heat directly underneath quickly? Not worried bout heating the room just the person directly underneath. The distance from the panel to the bed below would be 5.5 feet.

Hi, I watched some of this video because I wanted information on the installation and running costs of Infrared Heating. It was unhelpful to compare it to just gas, it would have been more helpful to compare it to other electric heating. My flat is electric only and we are trying to save money with IR heaters. It would have been useful to show an installation that wasn't as indepth as this (we're not attaching to permanent wiring) and to see what the difference is between that and an electric panel heater.

Running costs: 16:22

I would never use Infrared Panels as a total heating system for a house, (unless solar and battery storage was involved) we use our to enhance ASHP (because we have very poor insulation, working on that long term). Through our solar system in the autumn and later winter months on cold sunny days we use the panels to heat our main rooms, so we don't have to turn the ASHP on. Otherwise when the ASHP is switched on we use it to boost our heating in very cold days -5c/-10c. They do work very well, but they are meant for well insulated homes. If you want to find out yourself, I would recommend fitting one to your shed or garage and see for yourself. Even on a very cold day standing in front the panel will keep you warm, out side of the zone will be cold especially if your insulation is poor. We have one on the chimney breast in front of us as we watch TV, and we often have to turn it off as we get to hot. We are soon to fit one in our bedroom to preheat the bed. Any electrical heating system that runs on a 1:1 ratio is never going to be cheaper than Gas becuase the units charger are not the same. With an ASHP on the other hand, which can operate at a 1:4 ratio will be cheaper, assuming the property we are comparig are made of the same materials and insulation materials.

The reason for degradation in carbon mats and films is a chemical reaction over time between the carbon and the plastic in the material . Gets worse as it ages

This is really interesting - thank you. I am in a similar position - no option or want to connect to gas, and a real financial need to move away from the ancient oil fuelled boiler at my now property. All the reading i have done about Far IR suggests that the way you use it to heat your home is different - I wonder whether the occupant in your experiment has understood this - it seems to be radically different to GCH. I'm certainly not able to go through the effort you went to with the woven panels, but I have bought a few stand-alone units from Herschel. I look forward to monitoring my own usage over Winter, and to seeing how your occupants get by. Thanks again

Suspended panels are an easier option

Thanks for the video. I am interested in infra red heating but considering the panels which are surface mounted, do you have any experience of this type?

Interesting. Now that gas prices are going through the roof, how would your summary change? We have Solar PV and a useable 4kwh of battery storage in a bungalow ( we use OctopusEnergy Go for cheaper energy storage at night also). We have a gas Combi. Any case do you think in getting some IR panels in our circumstances?

Much more spaghetti than I expected. Will have to watch the others to see how it all worked out.

We built a block of flats. Gas in all bar one where we installed an infrared system. Same U values. The infrared system is twice as expensive to run as the others. You can’t add weather compensation and load compensation to a direct electric heating system. Electric heating is the most expensive form of heating, you can’t ever get away from it. If you had to install electric heating then at least the dimplex quantum would be cheaper to run, and cheaper to install. Great video, very honest and on point! Thank-you

This is a great video. Thanks. So I guess if somebody were to install PV with battery storage, this may also be a good option? Would be good to see what the heating requirement is Vs the PV generation to see how it compares and how reliant any user would be on mains electricity

Update so far: kW usages October 2021: 450kWh Average Daily Temperature 12.1 November 2021: 736kWh December 2021: 1004kWh January 2022: 913kWh February 2022: 635kWh March 2022: 538kWh

Hi there, I'm just about to do an install of this and I work for an architectural practice that have specced it a couple of times. Are you able to share the spreadsheets of your full year of data for me to share with my colleagues?

Informative thank you. I'm looking at these systems as am currently on lpg and spending about £400 a month in the winter.

I’d love to see a 12 month review!

V informative videos Thank you. I'm curious wanting your knowledge (if possible) re the Radiant heating. I have a home I built (3200sq ft) Albeit in Vancouver Canada. I fitted with ESWA brand Radiant panels (basically a clear film laminated sheet encapsulating heating foils.. Mfg'd by ITT in Norway of all places .. Ceilings and floors were well insulated (back side of the heat panels to ensure heat went where intended ) and the panels were stapled to the joists before applying the drywall .. Each panel receiving a dedicated 220 v line ...dozens of panels & 12 zones installed. I assumed it was a decent quality product. Well It wasn't...as the things failed.. one by one over the years.... 60 hz causes them to hummm and this fatigue fails the connections in the elements. Currently None heat.. I'm well pleased. Replacing means stripping the Gypsum board from ceilings and Stuffing in something else. But what ? Curious about your mesh panels Seems an easy(ish) retrofit. A slap the meshes onto an existing surface solution. At least Reads as simple 🙂 Not understanding what all the power junctions etc are. Doesn't Mains power go directly to each panel with a line voltage Thermostat ? Mine do. Other issue is cracking.... Heat cycling of panels does ..Bad things.. to Mudded joints... perennially ! I assume there may be similar issues with a Mosquito net stuck on by Drywall mud ?? Or Not ?? Small aside: Heating costs are higher than the Sales types claimed Higher than a Gas furnace Notably so And I live in a Cheap electricity (abundant Hydro electric power) area. Frankly I wouldn't touch Radiant electric heat ever again.. But now I'm stuck with my naive choice.

Hmm ...I have a House of 3200sq ft With Radiant electric heat panels. Fitted when I built the house from bare dirt. Over the years the panels have failed.. one by one. Currently there are NO working panels. V nice ! Observed that the problem is with the 60 hz cycle of electricity as It causes the heating elements to hummmm at o 60hz.. . And this sooner or later fatigue breaks the elements. NO ONE ever talks about this wee factoid.. Do they ?? Not sure what to do now... as even stripping Every ceiling in the house and replacing the heatpanels ($$$$) will be a temporary 'Fix.' That said I may have to go to baseboard heaters Or Strip the house to studs to retrofit a Hydronic system.. Ohh. by the way Electric radiant heat is surprisingly expensive to operate. I was "sold" on the 'economy aspect As this was Cheaper heat than using a Forced Air Gas furnace system. Absolutely Wrong ! When All my panels were still working the heating costs were well above that of another (and Barely insulated) nearby House that I own... running a Gas furnace. And I live in a low Electricity costs region So much for the it's cheaper B.S.....Caveat Emptor people

finaly some good info.witch is the total installed power of infrared foils throughout the house?.i am using infrared pannels installed on ceiling (are more effective than on the wall)and they heat up faster because they are not covered.it is a very pleasant warmth and humidity is within normal parameters

Interesting. I’ve just installed infrared panels in a cottage which has electric underfloor heating also. (I replaced some horrible electric rads I inherited with the property). My electricity bill is now £300-400 a month. I have had canisters for water heating so my electricity use is mainly the heating. 1300kWh in December and looks like it’ll be similar again in January (24p per kWh!) Next I need to investigate solar panels given that electricity prices are only going one way. How many panels does your customer have to support their system which is covering their costs in full at ~750kWh per month? I can get a maximum of 11x415w panels to give me a 4.5kw system - do you think it’s worth it in the long run to reduce my costs, using nearly double what your customer does? Was that the objective with this install you completed?

Really intresting - how would actual infrared wall/ceiling panels (far reaching) rather than a ceiling mats compare to gas central heating ?

I ordered my Astectherm mats for two rooms & they arrived within a week. You need solar PV & batteries to make IR mats worth it. Great video btw.

Interesting. Have had a couple of panels installed and impressed so far and looking to put in to other rooms. Not come across the mats and having them plastered in. How are they performing?

I have an infrared heating panel that turns on but no heat? Any ideas how to fix?

Can you provide contact address I would like advice please

thx for doing this, i have been searching for something like this, can you tell me if the insulation has been redon as part of the retrofit