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Heating a room for 8p a day using flower pots

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  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    edited 14 November 2013 at 6:36PM
    Here is one of two that DH made last year, they kept the chill off of the hall and the downstairs loo
    http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/Coralroot/media/Paulskandleheater_zpse3d83427.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4

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    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
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    Here is one of two tht DH made last year, they kept the chill off of the hall and the downstairs loo
    http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/Coralroot/media/Paulskandleheater_zpse3d83427.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4

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    Great!

    Are there 3 plant pots there or just the one as your base looks like one of those boiled sweet containers?
  • sb44 wrote: »
    Great!

    Are there 3 plant pots there or just the one as your base looks like one of those boiled sweet containers?

    It is a boiled sweet container plus bits from a poundland meccano set and 3 plant pots. DH made it with stuff we had lying around the house so it actually cost us nothing :D
    I have one at the side of me now just keeping the temperature up a bit so I don't have to put the heating on just yet :D
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
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    It is a boiled sweet container plus bits from a poundland meccano set and 3 plant pots. DH made it with stuff we had lying around the house so it actually cost us nothing :D
    I have one at the side of me now just keeping the temperature up a bit so I don't have to put the heating on just yet :D

    Can I ask you what size are the plant pots Butterfly.

    I am going to B&Q at the weekend and would rather buy the sizes that others have used.

    Ta.

    ;)

    By the way, the poundland meccano set stand looks like a good idea, I may have to have a go at that too.

    b
  • This is interesting, I am going to hunt around in the garage for nuts and bolts tomorrow, I know I have terracotta pots of different sizes in the green house and always have tealights kicking around, so for nothing more than time I am going to give this a go!
  • I am most certainly going to try this. I have a downstairs toilet, I've worked out I can fit two clothe airers in there. I'm thinking that I could light one in there and, fingers crossed, the washing should dry a lot quicker than it currently does :)
  • Will definitely have to try and put one of these together, we're an upstairs flat and the downstairs passageway gets absolutely freezing and a little damp but really resent th idea of paying to heat a hallway that nobody is in for more than 5 minutes!
    This might be a much better solution.
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  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
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    This may be of interest to those with a technical mind (count me out):D, not sure if it is correct or not, maybe worth a look.

    http://www.michaelaaronsonmd.com/portable-ceramic-space-heater-no-power.htm
  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
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    Regarding the nut and bolt method using multi pots. I will have a search in the shed for longer bolts but I don't think I am going to bother buying any as I found that the little pot and tin method is throwing out a lot of heat.

    As I said above, I used a Millicano tin and a 9cm wide (at top) pot which just sits nicely on the top (overhangs slightly).

    I will buy a couple more of the plant pots and have 3 of these going if we need a bit of background heat or if we have a power cut.

    I think having the candle in a tin seems to look a lot safer than using the bread tin method.

    ;)
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