A wall covering assembly includes a heating fabric comprising electrically conductive heating means which may be multiple elements, and wall-mounted, non-conductive spaced apart hooking-on elements for receiving and retaining the fabric edges. The hooking-on elements each further include a rib portion having therein a conductive insert which is electrically connected to one side of a supply main. A conductive keeper strip cooperates with each rib portion to secure the edge of the fabric to its respective hooking-on element, and opposite ends of the conductive heating means are retained in the rib portions in electrically conductive relationship with the inserts by means of the keeper strips, whereby an electrical circuit may be maintained between the mains and the heating means. The hooking-on elements may each include an additional rib portion extending further from the wall than the first mentioned rib portion. An ornamental fabric may be secured in overlying relationship to the heating fabric by having its edges secured to said additional rib portions by additional keeper strips. One of the hooking-on elements may be made integral with a hollow skirting board housing electrical wiring coupled to an electrical supply.
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