Economical Extra Heating Source??

blue_sea

Hi everyone

Basically the situation is, am in a house which has GCH radiators in every room except the hall

Was wondering what would be best to employ in those areas to prevent the heat being lost every time the door is opened...

oil filled radiators
oil free radiators
or other

thanks in advance x

latecomer

It might be worth considering adding additional radiators if your boiler can cope and you can get access under the floor.

basmic

Find an empty sweet tin, like a tin of Roses or Quality Street. Make a hole, feed a wire through - attach a plug to one end outside the tin, and hook up a light holder on the other side. Then attach a 25w or 40w bulb, and enjoy the heat.

basmic

I should add, I have done the above before, to encourage my seeds to germinate.

TimBuckTeeth

basmic wrote: »

Find an empty sweet tin, like a tin of Roses or Quality Street. Make a hole, feed a wire through - attach a plug to one end outside the tin, and hook up a light holder on the other side. Then attach a 25w or 40w bulb, and enjoy the heat.

Economical to run but not much use to heat a kitchen, and probably quite unsafe too.

basmic

TimBuckTeeth wrote: »

Economical to run but not much use to heat a kitchen, and probably quite unsafe too.

Had mine running on my bedroom windowsill during the summer, and it was fine. If anything, it took the coldness of the air at the window.

hethmar

Well if the rooms have an exterior wall you could think about a balanced flue gas heater/fire? That wouldnt involve so much work in the house? Or a wall thermostatic electric heater?

latecomer

Balanced flue gas fire in the hall/kitchen?

hethmar

Depends on how big the rooms are - you can get a really smart wall mounted one. Not cheap though and if you have small kids ........ May be down to electric wall heaters?

bigdic

I've used oil-filled electric in the past and found them to be pretty good, far better than convectors which I find dry the air an awful lot.

Most of them come with wheels and I've found that the brand names are better built and more sturdy if you need to wheel them about. Personally I'd buy a more powerfull one (if I could afford it and was going to use it for a long time) as you don't need to use them at full power but it's handy to have the extra power if it's really cold.

Some come with a built in timer but you don't need to pay a lot extra for that feature, just by a plug in timer if you need.