Heating solution for 1 bed flat

Pjkpjk

I'm moving to a 1 bed flat in north London. There is no central heating, it feels damp and single glazed windows - I'm working out the best way to heat it this winter ?

I will of course wear jumpers and thermals, get a draft excluder and maybe put that film over the windows. But I still need to heat it! (Unfortunately I'm the kind of person who is freezing to the point my finger won't move when it's about 5 degrees - and I stay naturally cool in the boiling sun during the summer!)

What type of electric heater do I buy? Would using an electric heater such as a halogen or convection heater AND a dehumidifier work well together ?

Cardew

Welcome to the forum.

All electrical heating - and the humidifier - will produce EXACTLY the same amount of heat, for the same running cost.

So a £10 fan heater is equally as efficient as some of these heaters costing £1000 or more.

If the flat is damp, a dehumidifier will help to reduce the moisture,(and produce heat) but it is just masking the problem. You need to find out the reason for the dampness - often some kind of ventilation issue.

Neil_Jones

Pjkpjk wrote: »

I'm moving to a 1 bed flat in north London. There is no central heating, it feels damp and single glazed windows - I'm working out the best way to heat it this winter ?

I will of course wear jumpers and thermals, get a draft excluder and maybe put that film over the windows. But I still need to heat it! (Unfortunately I'm the kind of person who is freezing to the point my finger won't move when it's about 5 degrees - and I stay naturally cool in the boiling sun during the summer!)

What type of electric heater do I buy? Would using an electric heater such as a halogen or convection heater AND a dehumidifier work well together ?

As said above, all electric heaters generate the same amount of heat for the same running cost.

The various variations of heaters are basically the way they work. Halogen heaters, as well as providing light in their orange glow, can pretty much be put anywhere that's flat as they'll have the safety feature on the bottom that turns them off if it falls over.

Convection heaters draw in air, heat it and it will naturally rise, drawing in more cold air to replace it. They're also really quiet in operation.

Fan heaters provide the most direct heat flow but they can be really noisy.

Also note that the drier you can get the air via the dehumidifier the less effort it will take to heat it. There is a limit to how far you can go with this as if its too dry you'll have trouble breathing. However damp is almost always caused by a ventilation issue and the most obvious place to find it is in the bathroom.

Pjkpjk

Many thanks for your responses - this helped a lot !