Which Heating Foil Should You Choose? Practical Guide
Winter mornings can be not only cold, but also expensive if you don't have a proper heating system in your home. One of the increasingly popular solutions is the use of heating foils, which not only provide warmth, but also savings. However, choosing the right heating foil can be a challenge. In this article, we will discuss what factors should be taken into account to choose the best heating foil for your house or apartment in a block of flats.
**Various Types of Heating Foils**
There are various types of heating foils available on the market, which differ, among others: performance, application and design.
The most popular types of heating foils are:
1. **Floor foil:** It is used to heat the floor, which is particularly popular and can be used in any room in a house or apartment in a block of flats. Of course, the bathroom is a room where heating mats are the most popular due to the tiles on the floor, but you can also find places where heating foils can be used here. Such as mirror foil. It is also worth emphasizing the advantage of this type of heating foil arrangement, i.e. the comfort of a warm floor.

2. **Foil for walls and ceilings:** It can be mounted directly on walls or ceilings, which also allows for even heating of the entire room. Typically, due to the smaller heating surface, heating foils with higher power are used on walls, e.g. 220W/m2 . The rate of temperature increase also depends on the amount of coverage of the heating surface - the higher the percentage of surface coverage, the shorter the waiting time to reach the set temperature will be.

3. **Mirror Film:** Specially designed to heat mirrors in bathrooms, which prevents water vapor from settling on the mirror surface and adds some warmth to the overall bathroom balance.
Further differences are:
- Power: Heating foils differ in terms of power. Regardless of the thermal power, the energy demand is the same. The only difference is the heating time and the electricity consumption is the same!
- Supply voltage: The heating foil may require different supply voltages, which must be taken into account during installation.
- Width: The width of the foil can vary from 25 cm to 1 m, which allows it to be adapted to various spaces.
- Thickness: The thickness of the film is important for its durability and performance.
- Cuttable heating foil: Some foils can be customized by cutting, which can be useful in non-standard locations.
- Maximum foil temperature: Some foils can reach higher temperatures than others, which may be important in some applications, e.g. saunas
- Shape of the heating matrix: Foils can have various shapes and heating systems, which affects even heat distribution. (so-called ladder and full-surface ones such as TERMOFOL DIAMOND with a 30-year warranty!
Full-surface heating foils are made of carbon "fabric" which is protected with several layers of other materials. This type of foil has many advantages, including:
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Uniform heating of the entire surface
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Short heating time: Quickly reaches the desired temperature.
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High durability and efficiency: It is durable and effective for a long period of use. TERMOFOL DIAMOND are available only in combined sales with the design and installation service provided by Termo-fol Sp. z o. o., and a network of installers certified for this brand. (Are you considering installation? contact us) This allows you to maintain greater control over the quality of both technical advice and the installation process and user training. Thanks to cyclical theoretical and practical training and rigorous compliance with guidelines for the design and construction of installations, we can offer : 30-year warranty! However, the conducted research allows us to estimate it service life of about 100 years!
Ladder heating foils consist of carbon strips that are separated by layers of PET foil. The heating-active surface here is only the one containing carbon. This type of foil is characterized by a slightly longer heating time and usually a shorter warranty. Installed by an Authorized Installer , the warranty for Termofol ladder heating foils is up to 15 years, and in the case of self-assembly, 6 years. Which is a very good result compared to other heating devices that have a maximum 5-year warranty while maintaining strict requirements. Their main advantage is the lower price compared to full-surface foils.
The choice between these two types of foil depends on the customer's individual needs and budget, with full-surface heating foils typically offering higher heating quality and durability.