Which is cheapest form of heating a room.

doodlesmum

Hi all,

Just wondering if i can pick a few brains We need a heater just to warm our daughters aged 3 and 1 bedroom.We have had a few suggestions on what to use but not sure which would really be the safest and cheapest sort of heater to use.Last year we used a convection heater with a stat on and had nice big electric bill:eek: our house is couple hundred years old so takes while to heat rooms cause of size rooms.Any suggestions would be brillant.

Thanks Doodlesmum

Mark_Hewitt

The cheapest will be a gas fired central heating system.

McKneff

doodlesmum wrote: »

Hi all,

Just wondering if i can pick a few brains We need a heater just to warm our daughters aged 3 and 1 bedroom.We have had a few suggestions on what to use but not sure which would really be the safest and cheapest sort of heater to use.Last year we used a convection heater with a stat on and had nice big electric bill:eek: our house is couple hundred years old so takes while to heat rooms cause of size rooms.Any suggestions would be brillant.

Thanks Doodlesmum

Dont know about costs but for a start, roundabout teatime,
shut the curtains and throw a big fleece or blanket over them.
tuck it back to the wall, leave the doors open so that heat from the rest of the house at least warms it a bit. Your convector heater maybe needs to be on but on a much lower setting.

Do your windows have double glazing, if not you can buy a kit that is basically polythene that covers the whole window. So acts like double glazing. Not expensive, just a few quid, available at B & Q or places like that, I saw some in Wilkinsons at the weekend.
good luck.

Fire_Fox

I was thinking of something like a heated pet bed or blanket - the reason being is that they do not get hot like an adult electric blanket, in fact most people say they can barely feel the warmth so are super safe.

I've just been looking to see if there are electric blankets that are safe for very small children, and I can't see anything. You can get heated cushions which might be suited to a small child? Many these days have removable electric cords so the unit can go in the washing machine, if you took the cord away the child couldn't switch it on unsupervised.

All these products are highly efficient ways of getting warm, costing only as much to run as a lightbulb.

McKneff

I dont think its a case of heating the bed, a hot water bottle would do this at no cost. Even getting into a cold bed, we're all pretty cosy within a few minutes of getting in there and usually stay that way all night.

Just keeping the room warm is the priority.

Antispam

Gas is cheaper to heat that electric/oil etc obviously it varies depending on what you use CH, gas fire some fires are better than others. The old gas fires with white tile type things are efficient although may be unfashionable now

Mynewt

Gas Central Heating would be optimum, followed by gas-fed underfloor heating (basically a long thing water pipe under the flooring to radiate heat), oil filled electric radiators, electric panel heaters.

More or less in thsi order most efficient to the least, depending on make/model/wattage and usage obviously.

Fire_Fox

McKneff wrote: »

I dont think its a case of heating the bed, a hot water bottle would do this at no cost. Even getting into a cold bed, we're all pretty cosy within a few minutes of getting in there and usually stay that way all night.

Just keeping the room warm is the priority.

I had a hot water bottle as a kid, but they aren't recommended for children in these elfin safety times!

You might need to heat the room if the kids are playing in there, but if it is just a bedroom then there is no need to heat the air IF you can heat the bed and the room is well insulated. I don't heat my bedroom at all and am toasty with an electric banket with an overnight setting plus decent duvet. Kiddies tend to wear fleecy PJs which also help.

markharding557

some good thick nightware,as for heaters there is not any way of cheaply heating a large,poorly insulated room.
have you considered moving you must have big energy bills in that house.

lemontart

fogive me but why do you what to heat the room all night if that is what you are asking yes warm to go to bed and warm for getting up,

fleecy bed ware and socks in winter - extra covers if needed, thermal backed curtains help too if redecorating you can get insulating rolls to put under wall paper I did this with my box room and that reduced condensation too and made it a bit warmer - warm the bed with a hot water bottle or microwave wheat bags and take out when they get in..

once in and warm no worries

culpepper

How about making them little princess bed canopies with curtains ,like a four poster idea?
Then they will be warm because the area in which they will sleep will be much smaller but the air wont dry out and it will be fun too.