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Heating a large space **HELP**
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Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »What 6o °C are you referring to, and posted in which # number where ?
Taken from this "I have read through all of the responses and i am very grateful for all of your suggestions.
The living room at the moment is around 6 degrees (although I literally have no form of heating running what so ever as I consider it a waste of money until I have some proper measures in place), I wear triple layers and have a hot water bottle zipped inside my top layer to keep warm whilst watching TV at the moment haha - its no way to live! "
However seeing as the sea temps here are still 10oC I wouldn't put much store by it0 -
Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »If you have a chimney in your living area you can kiss goodbye to a large wad of cash every winter month. To even contemplate GSHP or air~to~air you need an EPC of C+ and in reality a B, .. .. .. in a grade listing that's an almost certain no-no. Wet electric is without dispute the most prohibitively expensive option known to man.
Our EPC rating was originally G and the total electric bill inc ASHP keeps the place warm 21c occupied/ 18c unoccupied 24/7 for ~£800pa. You could fit a modern 4/5 bed in the old place no probs...
Wet electric... a friend has that in a flat again with perfectly acceptable running costs due to warmth from other flats.0 -
fozzledozzle wrote: »Evening,
I have recently bought a groundfloor one bedroom flat and I am having problems heating the living room up. The flat is electricity only, therefore gas/central heating is not an option.
The room:
6m x 5m = 30 square meters
Floor to ceiling is 10.5 ft
2 large windows approx 7ftx7ft (two of these)
I have spoken to numerous people about numerous solutions (infrared, storage heaters) but I am still not clear about what can help me and which is most efficient.
At them moment, the room has 2 small convector heaters in the corner of the room, they blow hot air out immediately but they are near useless as the hot air rises immediately and has literally no effect on the room even after leaving on for 8hrs straight. I bought an oil filled 'portable' heater which gives off good heat, but is only small and again is near useless.
Can anyone please help me or advise me what the best solution would be.. I am starting to worry about whether or not it is going to be possible to keep the room warm without running up a massive bill.
I am only in the flat 6pm-bedtime through the week and obviously at weekends too. I am planning on ordering thick lined curtains to help keep the cold out/warmth in.
Any help is greatly appreciated - thank you and happy new year!
Have you done the obvious of calculating how much heat this room/whole flat requires to get to a given temp regardless of type?0 -
poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »You may be better off purchasing a portable LPG gas heater from somewhere like Calor or B&Q.
I have used one of these in the past and they certainly throw out a lot of heat, and are cheaper to run than electric heating of any kind.
Yes and produce lots of moisture.0 -
Just guessing what size heater you need is a recipe for disaster. You are actually better off over sizing the heater and then allowing it to use the thermostat to control the temperature and or turning it down yourself.
Too small a heater won't heat the place adequately and will run continuously so you'll end up using a lot of leccy and still be cold.
Ideally you need to do a heat loss calculation based on the size of the room, construction of the walls, floor & ceiling number of outside ones, size & type of windows, insulation etc.
It sounds complex but it isn't, there are plenty of on-line heat loss calculators available to help.
Whatever you do don't be taken in by amazing claims of clay cored super heaters. Room that needs 100kwh/day will take 100kwh whatever you supply it with.
If it needs 100kwh and you only allow for 90 kwh you'll be cold. If you can supply it with 110kwh, you can turn it down a bit.Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers0 -
Correctly sized .. .. in #16 the word store is emboldened several times for a reason. How much room heat you store is how much of the cheap stuff you can bank in case you need it, ditto water cylinder. Also in #16 is a scheema of a front facing instant heat 13a panel in case you don't store enough.Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ0
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