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What do you think about infrared wallpaper?

Elizabeth Morgan

I recently read this interesting article: Farewell radiators? Testing out electric infrared wallpaper and wondered if anyone in the community had come across/tried it?

It seems like a good innovation, certainly space-saving and probably more efficient and green, but I can't help wondering how easy would it be to maintain? What happens if something goes wrong? Do you rip out the plaster to fit a new 'sheet' of wallpaper? It seems like it would only be suitable for new builds. Can you imagine how much upheaval it would cause to install it behind plaster in older homes? Although older homes are surely where the energy efficiencies need to be made. 

With rising temperatures, I wonder if future versions of it can be used to cool homes as well as heat them? Thinking

If costs came down, do you think you would have infrared wallpaper in your home?

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  • mapj1 said:
    Ideally to save on heating bills you want radiant heat, which generally involves something glowing red or near infra-red,  so that you heat the exposed skin but not the air - as installed in the late 60s early 70s, and ripped out in the 90s as too old fashioned. As seen in the TLC catalogue...

    Mrs P and I both have a radiant heater in our bathrooms. They are very handy when the CH is not on, especially when naked. The only snag is remembering to turn them off!

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  • mapj1 said:
    Ideally to save on heating bills you want radiant heat, which generally involves something glowing red or near infra-red,  so that you heat the exposed skin but not the air - as installed in the late 60s early 70s, and ripped out in the 90s as too old fashioned. As seen in the TLC catalogue...

    Mrs P and I both have a radiant heater in our bathrooms. They are very handy when the CH is not on, especially when naked. The only snag is remembering to turn them off!

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