Cheap heating needed for bathroom

LadyDee

My home is very well insulated (a one year old park home) and I don't need the CH on yet - so long as the sun shines it warms up the home sufficiently.

However, first thing in the morning my bathroom is chilly so I just need something to warm it up enough for me to have a shower.

What sort of electric heater would be most cost effective? I don't want to spend a lot on the heater itself as it's just a short-term solution until I switch on the central heating.

I'm looking at an oil-filled radiator but have no idea what size to buy. The bathroom is only about 8ft square.

Would a halogen heater be better? I would turn it off before using the bathroom so safety would not be a problem.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Swipe

I'd say a fan heater would be more appropriate. Oil filled rads take ages to heat up and halogen heaters heat objects rather than the air.

Cardew

From a running cost point of view it doesn't matter what electrical heater you get, as they all cost the same to run, for the same amount of heat.

The cheapest heaters with the highest output are fan-heaters, you can get a 3kW model for between £10 and £20.

However, as you point out, it really is important that it is switched off while you are in the bathroom.

A halogen heater would not really be suitable unless it is 'hard wired' with an external switch or a string pull switch. The advantage of these heaters is they 'beam' heat toward an object(you). This wouldn't happen if it were plugged into a socket as you would need to have if switched off when you were in the barhroom.

macman

A wall-mounted fan heater with a string pull switch would be suitable or bathroom use.

LadyDee

Well, that's decided me - a fan heater it is.

Many thanks for your help.