Whats the cheapest way to heat a single room?

rachbc

more clothes on the baby - in the cold of winter mine had a long sleeved vest and a babygro and sometimes even a fleece all in one under her sleep bag. Thick thermal lined curtains will make a huge difference to the heat of the room too

camelot1001

Mine used to wear a beanie hat to bed! Not sure if that's why they all have mad hair though!!

AlwaysSomething

Largely as Economiser said - all electric heaters cost about the same to run. A convector heater is good because it creates a bit of circulation which distributes the heat around the room.
Just as a rough guide, running a 1kw heater for 1 hour costs about 10p. It depends, obviously, on what you pay per unit of electricity. If the heater has a thermostat, and keeps turning the heat on and off, you will get 1 hr of heating time for your 10p. How long it takes to spend that hour will depend on the temperature you set, and the insulation of the room. Turning the thermostat down a little bit can result in the heater being off for quite a lot longer over the course of an hour, so it's worth fiddling.

27col

rachbc wrote: »

more clothes on the baby - in the cold of winter mine had a long sleeved vest and a babygro and sometimes even a fleece all in one under her sleep bag. Thick thermal lined curtains will make a huge difference to the heat of the room too

Just because the room is cold it does not follow that the person sleeping in it is cold also. When I was a small child during the war, we had no heating except a coal fire in the living room, and not a very big one at that, what with the war time coal shortage. I can never remember being cold in bed because we had lots of bed clothes, on both the bed and ourselves. Also hot water bottles.
I am not saying that I would go back to a house without central heating, but every one managed without it when I was a child. This was in houses with absolutely no insulation or double glazing. Sometimes the water in the bedside glass froze as well.

jonesjw

Electric blanket

matbe

27col wrote: »

Just because the room is cold it does not follow that the person sleeping in it is cold also. When I was a small child during the war, we had no heating except a coal fire in the living room, and not a very big one at that, what with the war time coal shortage. I can never remember being cold in bed because we had lots of bed clothes, on both the bed and ourselves. Also hot water bottles.
I am not saying that I would go back to a house without central heating, but every one managed without it when I was a child. This was in houses with absolutely no insulation or double glazing. Sometimes the water in the bedside glass froze as well.

"during the war "


What the boer war?

eco-friendly_2

back when i was a lad....


We would put coats on the bed! woke up many a morning with my leg stuck up a sleeve.

27col

Blankets with sleeves we used to call them.

Owain_Moneysaver

Some electric heaters may have high surface temperatures or be vulnerable to tipping over. If the noise would not be a problem then an electric fan heater wall mounted at high level would probably be safest. Eg
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/HEDFH2.html