Cheapest way to heat one room in home

nh101

I am a stay at home mum with a four-bed house, so I don't want to heat the whole house all day every day this winter. I'd rather just heat the kitchen, which is where we spend all our time.

What is the cheapest way to do this? A Calor gas heater, electric halogen etc? What other options are there?

Browntoa

I used to use a Calor gas heater , bottle of gas used to last ages and instant heat when needed

brightonman123

be sure to have proper ventiliation!

frugallass

The kitchen is the warmest room in our house and we're planning on spending more time in there, than the other rooms, when winter comes !

luv_my_brass

I'm looking to heat the living room where we used to have a Parkray and so no radiator. Have changed to gas and finding the living room too cool in the Winter months. I have plenty of logs due to having leylandii cut down last year. Would like a multi fuel burner, but some I've seen online are an awful lot of money. I could have another radiator put in, of course, but I do like the glow of a real fire and it means that I only have to heat the one room when required. I do have a calor gas fire which I keep for elecricity cuts, but don't want to use that.

Plushchris

I'm not sure if its the cheapest way but my mum always used to put all four gas burners on on the hob for 5 mins, used to heat the room up nicely. As long as the door is shut so the room contains the heat. She used to say it warmed the room up a lot quicker than her calorgas heater.

mirabelle

luv_my_brass wrote: »

I'm looking to heat the living room where we used to have a Parkray and so no radiator. Have changed to gas and finding the living room too cool in the Winter months. I have plenty of logs due to having leylandii cut down last year. Would like a multi fuel burner, but some I've seen online are an awful lot of money. I could have another radiator put in, of course, but I do like the glow of a real fire and it means that I only have to heat the one room when required. I do have a calor gas fire which I keep for elecricity cuts, but don't want to use that.

I had a Wood Burner installed a couple of years ago and had a bulk load of Ash logs delivered yesterday from a Tree Surgeon (the cheapest way to buy them).

Wood Burners/Multi fuel stoves are expensive to buy but are very cheap to run in comparison to gas radiators. Ash is the best wood to burn as it gives out a good heat and flame and lovely to sit around on a cold day . I would not burn Leylandii as it leaves an oily soot in the chimney and spits, but it would make a good bonfire on November 5th.

I intend to burn wood this winter during the day instead of gas as the heat from it warms other rooms as well.

luv_my_brass

mirabelle wrote: »

I had a Wood Burner installed a couple of years ago and had a bulk load of Ash logs delivered yesterday from a Tree Surgeon (the cheapest way to buy them).

Wood Burners/Multi fuel stoves are expensive to buy but are very cheap to run in comparison to gas radiators. Ash is the best wood to burn as it gives out a good heat and flame and lovely to sit around on a cold day . I would not burn Leylandii as it leaves an oily soot in the chimney and spits, but it would make a good bonfire on November 5th.

I intend to burn wood this winter during the day instead of gas as the heat from it warms other rooms as well.

Thanks for your information Mirabelle. So would a stove that only burns wood be less expensive? I was thinking multi fuel stove to expand my options. But I like your description of the ash logs. I'm bearing in mind expense as well as convenience, and wondered approx. how long a load of ash logs lasted if burning all day?

shifter123

luv_my_brass wrote: »

Thanks for your information Mirabelle. So would a stove that only burns wood be less expensive? I was thinking multi fuel stove to expand my options. But I like your description of the ash logs. I'm bearing in mind expense as well as convenience, and wondered approx. how long a load of ash logs lasted if burning all day?

I've recently bought an Aga Much Wenlock from an online store. I have a friend who is a tree surgeon who has been dropping off logs for me for a good few months so I now have a good store. I've also sourced an online coal supplier to keep the stove going if I need. My Stove has a system that allows me to turn it down when not needed (bedtime or when we go out) and then turn it up to full power when I want some heat, so I can control the amount of wood I burn - it's great and looks a treat!
I used this guide from the site I bought my stove from:

http://www.stovesareus.co.uk/catalog/help_advice/what_wood_to_burn.html

If you go for a stove then take time to get the right one, make sure you have it fitted by a qualified fitter and make sure your chimney is good before you place any orders anywhere.

Cheers

luv_my_brass

Thanks very much shifter, for your input and the link, will follow it up. And glad you mentioned about an expert fitter as I was going to ask my neighbour to do it for me

shifter123

luv_my_brass wrote: »

Thanks very much shifter, for your input and the link, will follow it up. And glad you mentioned about an expert fitter as I was going to ask my neighbour to do it for me

Hi luv_my_brass,

We sourced our fitter from the official HETAS web site (after trawling the Yellow book..)

http://www.hetas.co.uk/

You should get a certificate once the install is done, which will give you some comeback if anything does actually go wrong, I'd suggest getting at least three separate quotes to be on the safe side.