Electric or Gas

Jag1978

Might be a silly question but what would be cheaper to run overnight. An electric dimplex cadiz eco heater 3kw with controller set to run at 20 degrees in one bedroom or running my gas central heating throughout the whole house again temp set to 20 on the stat. The reason I ask is that we’ve recently had a baby and I’m finding that I need to keep the heating on throughout the day and night but was thinking if I only heat the bedroom at night using the electric heater and switch off the central heating would it be more cost effective throughout the winter.

Secondly during the day again same question but would it be cheaper the heat one room using a gas fire or better to run the central heating throughout the house all day

Regards

Jag

Robert2009

do you want to be comfortable and nice and warm or do you want to get out of your nice warm bedroom in the morning and freeze when you go to the loo? And think of the poor baby? Leave the heating on 24 hours and if your house is nicely insulated you can turn the thermostat down to 60f when you go to your bed.

That is what I do and then when I get up I run downstairs and turn it up to 70f.

The house never feels cold and if you have heating on in only one room you get cold draughts.

Rob