heating a kitchen

motomoto_2

hi

I don't have a radiator in my kitchen and am wondering if a under plinth heater would be sufficient ( its a small - midsize kitchen ) ?

If I do have a radiator the only place to put it is down the side of a very tall larder unit ( and the living room radiator would be on the other side of the same wall )

Any advice ?

Thanks

SuzieSue

When my kitchen is cold I just put the oven on and leave the door open until it warms up.

Owain_Moneysaver

A plinth heater should be sufficient; the smallest Myson 500 hydronic has an output of 1 - 1.4 kW which should be ample for a small-medium room. Get a more powerful one if you want to use it occasionally and have a faster warm-up time.

Kernel_Sanders

SuzieSue wrote: »

When my kitchen is cold I just put the oven on and leave the door open until it warms up.

This is not a good idea if gas because gas room heaters require a flue to take away fumes.

Ruski

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

This is not a good idea if gas because gas room heaters require a flue to take away fumes.

This isn't a room heater, its an oven and is perfectly safe (if a little wasteful).

HTH Russ

Francesanne

We've got a plinth heater in our medium sized kitchen. It works well and I only need to have it on for short time before kitchen is nice and warm on a cold morning. We have storage heaters and this was our best option for our kitchen.

teddysmum

When our central heating was upgraded, we had the radiator taken out to allow more cupboard space and plan to use an oil filled radiator, which we bought when the boiler broke down.


It's a De Longhi, with thermostat and timer, which, when no longer needed in the kitchen, can be wheeled into the living room, to use up any residual heat. It is also easily stored when not in use.

trailingspouse

We had exactly the same problem when we re-did our kitchen - there wasn't a radiator in the original kitchen, and no space to put one in the new kitchen. We opted for 2 plinth heaters. The kitchen has two runs of units, one down the left hand wall and one down the right hand wall, so we put a heater under each side - but one at the far left and one at the near right (if you see what I mean), so each one heats half the room.

I rarely need to use them, and when I do it's not for long. Once the cooker's on I tend to switch them off. Also they have a 1/2 heat and a full heat setting, and I mostly use the 1/2 heat. But when I do need them, I'm very pleased that we have them!

suisidevw

Highly recommend a plinth heater that is linked to your central heating - ours works brilliant! We have Myson brand

Furts

teddysmum wrote: »

When our central heating was upgraded, we had the radiator taken out to allow more cupboard space and plan to use an oil filled radiator, which we bought when the boiler broke down.


It's a De Longhi, with thermostat and timer, which, when no longer needed in the kitchen, can be wheeled into the living room, to use up any residual heat. It is also easily stored when not in use.

Similar with me. Most of the time the kitchen is heated by a mini oil filled electric radiator. This gets stored away for much of the year.

Visually a kickspace heater would look better, but I do not like the fan detail. I also avoided the expense of plumbing, buying and installing one. I think they are fine, but not necessary in my kitchen.

Kernel_Sanders

Ruski wrote: »

This isn't a room heater, its an oven and is perfectly safe (if a little wasteful).

HTH Russ

Whilst your first assertion is at least contentious, your second is nonsense! If none of the heat is lost through a flue then how can it be anything other than 100% efficient?