Heating the house

partialycloudy

Well the temp has now dropped considerably and the heating is now on!
However parts of our flat always remain cold. At the back of our flat we only have the old aluminium "double" glazed windows and back door, some clever person who previoulsy owned the flat drilled some holes through the wooden frame and under the windows.
We have covered both our bedroom and the toilet window with that cling film stuff to keep some of the draughts out and we have under floor heating in the kitchen. Which atleast means we no longer get frost of our plates!
But the toilet is always SO cold! there is no radiator in there (it is a seperate toilet from the rest of the bathroom) and the nearest heat source is in the hallway (one radiator to heat a large hall way with high ceilings and stairs).
We laid new insulation last year which has helped a bit.
We can't afford to install new windows and we are hoping to put it on the market next year so don't really want to spend more money on it.

How else can we keep the place warm? especially the toilet? OH wanted to put in an electric heater but didn't think that was the best idea due to the cost.

Any ideas?

WestonDave

Toilet is a small room and only really needs enough heat to keep the ice off etc. I'd be tempted to get one of the greenhouse style heater tubes that run on about the same electric power as an old style lightbulb and stick that in there - a 100w one would cost about 30p per day to run - you could restrict that to daylight hours and cut that to half the cost,

partialycloudy

oo never heard of that before, will do some googling!
Thanks

ariba10

Double glazing is Double glazing. The fact that the framing is aluminium will make little difference.

partialycloudy

er not when someone has drilled into the frames, and there are gaps around the closing....we have put new tape stuff on bit still very draughty.

budgetdiyer

I expect someone put holes in there to aid ventilation. How are these holes now sealed? I'd suggest sealing with a silicone sealant from the inside and outside.

The suggestion on a tubular heater sounds good to me, i've just put one in our cold toilet at work and it does enough to take the chill off the room.

partialycloudy

thats what we thought...they are behind the cling film glazing at the moment, but willthink about fillin them in!