Warm feet, maximum cabinet space.

Kitchen Plinth Heating

ThermaSkirt is an invisible radiant heating system that replaces standard radiators and cumbersome plinth heaters. By mounting directly as the 115mm or 150mm kickboard under your kitchen cabinets, it provides a BSRIA-certified uniform warmth profile across cold, hard floors while preserving 100% of your precious wall and storage space.

Stop Wasting Walls on Radiators

Designing a kitchen is an exercise in cramming appliances, islands, and cupboards into a fixed square footage. A standard Type 22 panel radiator demands an entire wall face, usually forcing you to delete a base unit or a tall larder cupboard from your dream design.

Plinth fan heaters are the common alternative, but they blast concentrated dusty air at your ankles, create an irritating droning noise, and consume electricity. ThermaSkirt works entirely differently. Because it is a 150mm tall extruded aluminium profile that acts as your actual kickboard, it connects directly to your central heating (gas boiler or heat pump at 35–45°C). It frees up the wall, completely eliminates the need for a radiator, and delivers silent, radiant heat.

Mop Directly to the Edge

Kitchen floors are subjected to spills, crumbs, and intense cleaning. Electric plinth heaters sit slightly recessed and accumulate dust inside their fans that is impossible to clean, turning them into fire hazards over time.

ThermaSkirt is fundamentally sealed to the floor using a flexible silicone lip at the base of the profile. This physically prevents water and dirt from washing underneath your kitchen cabinets. You can mop the hard tiles or LVT flooring directly against the heated aluminium kickboard without worrying about water ingress or rotting MDF plinths.

Boiler, Heat Pump, or Open Plan Combination

ThermaSkirt in the kitchen connects to the same central heating circuit as the rest of the house. It works with gas boilers, LPG, oil, or heat pumps at 35–45°C. In open-plan kitchen-diners, you can combine kitchen plinth profiles under the cabinets with standard skirting profiles along the walls, both running on a single continuous heating loop.

Because ThermaSkirt delivers the same warmth at lower flow temperatures than standard radiators, it keeps condensing boilers operating at peak efficiency and maximises heat pump CoP. Install on your boiler today and upgrade to a heat pump later - the emitters need no replacement.

Kitchen Installation Costs

A typical kitchen installation costs between £500 and £1,000. This replaces both the radiator and the plinth in one component, so you're effectively buying two items for the price of one premium product. For a detailed price breakdown, see our cost guide.

Professional fitting is recommended for kitchens due to pipework routing under units. Our network of 120+ registered installers can complete a kitchen in 1–2 days. Alternatively, confident DIYers handle their own installations using our YouTube guides. See our DIY or Professional guide for help deciding.