Nothing on the walls. Every room on its own smart thermostat. Slim white PowerBoard panels on the ceiling warm people and everything in the room directly, instead of heating the air first. Supplied and installed across the UK.
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Warm customers and staff with no radiators, no ductwork and no plant room.
Heating for whole buildings and whole portfolios, designed before anything is ordered.
Panels, thermostats and wiring kits from UK stock, at trade prices.
The integrated 250 watt panel
No. That's the point.
Our integrated 250 watt panel goes into the ceiling with the plasterboard and is skimmed over like the rest of it. Once it is painted, there is nothing to see. No panels on the wall. No radiators on the skirting. Just a warm, comfortable room.
One real job
These three photos are one real job, a loft room at Llanharan, not a composite. First the panels are screwed to the rafters, like plasterboard. Then the ceiling is boarded around them, with the downlight holes cut ready for the plasterer. Then it is skimmed and painted, and the panels have gone.
Bigger jobs too
An HMO in Ireland, with our 250 watt panels boarded into the ceiling, ready for the skim. Once the plasterer has been, you would never know they were there.
Board, skim, paint
Boarded.
The panel goes up with the plasterboard, taped in like any other sheet.
Three photos of the same bathroom ceiling, one real job.
The PowerBoard range
There are three ways to put radiant heat into a room: into the ceiling, onto it, or into the floor. Your free remote survey picks the right one for each room. Every panel carries a 10 year warranty.
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Choose this if
The ceiling's coming down, or it's a new build or extension
Into the ceiling
Boarded in and skimmed over, so it disappears. As far as we know, it is the only heating panel on the UK market that is boarded in and skimmed over like plasterboard.
BEAB approved
It's a finished room and you don't want the mess
Onto the ceiling
Fixed to the ceiling face with no ceiling works. For finished rooms and larger spaces, and the 750 also drops into a standard 600 × 600mm suspended grid.
CE and UKCA marked
New tiles or a new floor are going down anyway
Into the floor
Best under tile and stone, which pass the heat straight through, and it also goes under engineered wood and suitable laminate. For living rooms and bathrooms, with a waterproofing layer in a bathroom.
UKCA marked
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Running costs, like for like
Here is what a typical home costs to run, on our stated basis. Gas, oil and heat pumps cost less for each unit of heat, so the table below compares every system like for like: per unit of heat, and what it costs to own.
A typical 3-bedroom home
£47–£105 a month
£562–£1,263 a year, averaged over 12 months
Based on about 5 hours' heating a day, every room on its own smart thermostat and panels switching off once a room is warm, at 27p a kWh. Winter months cost more than summer.
With a battery and solar PV
£5–£63 a month
£57–£758 a year
The same home with a 4kW solar PV system and battery storage.
No boiler, no tank, no annual service, no fuel delivery.
Off the gas grid? Oil costs about 10p for each unit of heat and LPG usually more, so the gap to electric is smaller than it is against gas, and there is no tank, no deliveries and no boiler service.
Add a battery, then solar. A battery, even without solar on the roof, lets you heat on cheaper overnight electricity. Add solar and your heating can use what you generate. Heating your home not just like the sun, but with the sun. Battery and solar
Our stated basis: a UK 3-bedroom home at 27p a kWh, a rate we keep fixed.
How these figures are calculated: All PowerBoard yearly figures above come from the same formula used by the calculator below - UK 3-bedroom home at 27p/kWh. We keep this rate fixed, set just above Ofgem's price cap when we chose it (26.32p, October 2026). Our cautious worst case, with every room heated for the full 5 hours and panels drawing power most of that time, is £1,021–£2,296 a year. It is not how people use it, but we show it so nothing is hidden. "Typical use" applies a 55% real-world utilisation factor to reflect how PowerBoard is actually used: only the rooms in active use are heated and panels cycle once at temperature. The "with solar" figure assumes a 4kW solar PV system with battery storage. Per-unit costs: gas at 7.3p and oil at 8.5p a kWh through an 85% efficient boiler, a heat pump at 27p making about 2.8 units of heat per unit used. Run the calculator with your own home's details for a personalised figure.
Pick a room, its size and how well it is insulated, and see how many panels it needs, where they go, and what it would cost to heat.
PowerBoard runs on electricity, so it can run on the electricity you make. Keep your solar in a battery instead of sending it back to the grid, then heat your rooms from it.
On our stated basis, the same 3-bedroom home with a battery and a 4kW solar PV system comes to £5–£63 a month.
Straight about winter
Solar panels make far less in December than in June, so in the cold months the battery does the heavy lifting, topped up overnight. We design your heating around the battery, not the sunny days.
Tell us what battery and solar you have, and we'll design around them.
We can design a battery, and solar if your roof suits it, alongside your heating: sized together, in one plan and one quote. Battery first, because in winter it does the heavy lifting.
Thermal camera
Switch it on and the panels warm people and everything in the room directly, instead of heating the air first. This is live thermal imaging of a PowerBoard ceiling: silent, even heat across the panels.
Commissioned and proven
A real PoweRad commercial fit-out in South Wales. The panels are going up on the joists, and the thermal camera is on them during commissioning: you can see the heat coming off the ceiling on the screen.
Inside the panel
Our integrated panel is 12.5mm thin and plasters over like a sheet of board, so the heating disappears into the ceiling. Inside, an earthed steel layer sits between the room and the heating element, which is why a stray screw trips the circuit instead of finding the element.
Our integrated 250 watt panel is BEAB approved. The surface panels are CE and UKCA marked. Every installation must be fitted by a qualified electrician to BS 7671.
How you get it
Send us your room sizes or plans. We work out every room's heat loss and the panels it needs, without a visit.
A drawn plan for every room, and one price that includes everything: panels, thermostats, installation and certification. No hidden costs.
Fitted by your own electrician, or one from our installer network, usually in 1–2 days, with every room on its own smart thermostat.
Got your own electrician?
Order a room kit and they fit it. No electrician? We will put you in touch with one from our installer network.
Free UK delivery on every room kit
In stock, ships within 48 hours of payment.
Proof
From stone cottages to commercial fit-outs. When we arrange the installation, it is done by NICEIC or NAPIT registered electricians, and every panel is backed by a 10-year warranty.
Based in Cross Hands. The exclusive UK distributor of PowerBoard, surveying and supplying across the UK.
Certified and accredited
Installations we arrange are carried out by NICEIC or NAPIT registered electricians.
What if it's not for me?
Switching from gas, oil, or LPG is a considered decision. We've removed every reason to hesitate.
Not ready to fully commit? Run PowerBoard alongside your existing gas or oil boiler. Heat the rooms you choose first, keep your radiators as a backup, and add more panels when you're ready.
No pressure · Switch at your own pace
Not ready to commit to your whole home? Begin with a single panel in your bedroom or living room. Live with the warmth for a season, then expand room by room when you're satisfied.
One panel to start · Expand room by room
Not sure how many panels you need? Our free remote survey works out every room's heat loss from your room sizes or plans and produces a tailored panel plan, so you only pay for exactly what your property requires.
Normally £150 · Free for you
10 years
Manufacturer's warranty, full parts and performance
2 years
Installation warranty when we arrange the fitting, done by NICEIC or NAPIT registered installers
No hidden costs
Panels, thermostats, installation and certification, all in the price we quote
1 working day
Dedicated aftercare, with guaranteed human follow-up within one working day
Free remote survey
Your panel plan
Bedroom, 4.0 × 3.5 m · 2 × 750 watt panels
Our free remote survey works out every room's heat loss and gives you a tailored panel plan, so you only pay for what your property needs. No visit, no obligation.
10-year warranty · Start with one room · Keep your existing heating while you try it
Real questions, direct answers
Every answer opens with the direct response, so you get what you need immediately, with full detail below.
Yes, when it is sized properly, and that is what the free remote survey is for. We work out every room's heat loss for a cold winter's day, minus 3°C outside, and size the panels to hold 21°C in living rooms, 18°C in bedrooms and the kitchen, and 22°C in bathrooms. We take nothing off for the radiant effect, so the design does not lean on it to get there. Every room then runs on its own thermostat.
Yes, per unit. We use 27p a kWh for electricity against 7.3p for gas, so infrared does not win on the unit price. It narrows the gap in other ways: every room is controlled on its own thermostat and schedule, the panels switch off once a room is warm, and there is no boiler to service. On our stated basis a typical 3-bedroom home costs £47–£105 a month, averaged over 12 months, or £5–£63 a month with a battery and solar PV. Your free remote survey works out the figures for your own home.
Very little. There are no pipes, radiators or boiler to fit. Surface panels fix to your existing ceiling and are wired to a thermostat and their own circuit by a qualified electrician, usually in a few hours for a room. The integrated 250 panel goes in while the ceiling is already open, during a refit, extension or new build: it screws to the joists like a sheet of plasterboard and is skimmed over with the rest of the ceiling.
Yes. You can start with one room or one floor and keep your gas or oil boiler and radiators running as a backup. PowerBoard runs on its own circuit and thermostats, separate from your central heating, so you can add rooms when you are ready and switch over fully only when you are happy.
We do. Every PowerBoard panel carries a 10 year manufacturer's warranty, full parts and performance. When we arrange your installation, the electrical work carries a 2 year installation warranty and is done by NICEIC or NAPIT registered installers. The panels have no moving parts and nothing to service, and our aftercare comes with guaranteed human follow-up within one working day.
Yes. Oil and LPG cost more per unit than mains gas (we use 8.5p a kWh for heating oil against 7.3p for gas), so the running-cost gap infrared has to close is smaller than it is against gas. Oil and LPG also need a fuel tank, regular deliveries and a boiler service, and their prices follow volatile commodity markets. Infrared ceiling heating needs only a mains electricity supply: no tank and no delivery schedule. Our free remote survey covers all property types including those currently on oil or LPG.
In most cases, yes, and your free remote survey checks yours before you spend anything. In a finished room, our surface panels fix to the existing ceiling with no mess. When a ceiling is coming down anyway, the integrated 250 panel goes in with the plasterboard. Draughty homes are hard for any heating, but radiant heat suits them: like a fire, it warms you and the surfaces round you, not just the air that leaks away. UK government tests in a draughty Victorian house found people as comfortable under infrared panels as under gas radiators (DESNZ, 2025). We size every room for its heat loss, and ceilings above 3.5 m get their own design.
Running cost estimates based on a UK electricity tariff of 27p/kWh and a well-insulated 3-bedroom property with smart zone control. We keep this rate fixed, set just above Ofgem's price cap when we chose it (26.32p, October 2026). Individual results vary based on property size, insulation quality, usage patterns, and energy tariff.
See all 22 questions, including installation and the honest downsides · Compare infrared with gas, oil and heat pumps
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We are taking on approved installers across the UK. Trade pricing, training on the PowerBoard system and leads in your area as the network grows.
Trade and stockists
Panels, thermostats and wiring kits from UK stock, at trade prices for approved trade accounts.
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Sell PowerBoard on commission, with our free remote survey, panel plans and support behind every sale.
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