Cheapest way to heat a small room

Suemone

Looking for the cheapest most efficient way to heat a small room(background heating) No mains gas available. 

Hasbeen

Suemone said:

Looking for the cheapest most efficient way to heat a small room(background heating) No mains gas available. 

What heats the rest of the property, or are you a lodger?

Electric costs will all be the same.

Neil_Jones

Suemone said:

Looking for the cheapest most efficient way to heat a small room(background heating) No mains gas available. 

Big thick blanket for yourself.

Room wise, well if you don't have any gas or any other way of heating the room you'll have to use an electric heater.

Not quite sure what sort of answer you think you're going to get...?

maisie_cat

Neil_Jones said:

Suemone said:

Looking for the cheapest most efficient way to heat a small room(background heating) No mains gas available. 

Big thick blanket for yourself.

Room wise, well if you don't have any gas or any other way of heating the room you'll have to use an electric heater.

Not quite sure what sort of answer you think you're going to get...?

I'd agree with Neil, we don't have central heating and opt for the heating the people rather than the room. We do have a woodburner that chucks out decent heat if it's really chilly but that probably isn't an option for you

TimSynths

I've a small oil filled radiator, I work from home so rather than heat the whole house I just use this for the 8 hours I am in the home office, its good as it stays warm after ive turned it off. Not too sure about the cost but ive had it for a few winters and caused me no issue.

Hasbeen

TimSynths said:

I've a small oil filled radiator, I work from home so rather than heat the whole house I just use this for the 8 hours I am in the home office, its good as it stays warm after ive turned it off. Not too sure about the cost but ive had it for a few winters and caused me no issue.

Probably 2000w per hour so 16000w.

Look at your tariff on your bill and calculate your  cost.

matelodave

Hasbeen said:

TimSynths said:

I've a small oil filled radiator, I work from home so rather than heat the whole house I just use this for the 8 hours I am in the home office, its good as it stays warm after ive turned it off. Not too sure about the cost but ive had it for a few winters and caused me no issue.

Probably 2000w per hour so 16000w.

Look at your tariff on your bill and calculate your  cost.

Nearly all heaters have a thermostat so once the room has heated up the thermostat will control the temperature. You will only use 2kw an hour if the room loses that amount of heat in an hour. So I suggest that 5-10khw a day is nearer the mark (depending on what temperature it is outside and how warm you keep the room)

It's not everso difficult to do the heat loss sums - there are calculators on the web that will do it for you but TBH in a small study/office a 2kw oil rad, convector or even fan heater from Argos, ALDI, B&Q etc will be more than adequate to  do the job. 

There really aren't any other viable alternatives. A bottled gas LPG heater would produce a lot of condensation and you'd need to keep the window or door open to give sufficient ventilation for it to operate properly.

FreeBear

matelodave said: A bottled gas LPG heater would produce a lot of condensation and you'd need to keep the window or door open to give sufficient ventilation for it to operate properly.

If you really must use a bottled gas heater, do get a Carbon Monoxide alarm. People have died using bottled gas heaters, a CO alarm will save your life.

MWT

TimSynths said:

... its good as it stays warm after ive turned it off....

Only because you paid for the electricity to heat the oil in the first place.

It isn't any more efficient than any other form of electric heating.

pokora

If we are talking about a bedroom, a electric blanket or a hot water bottle. For another use I'll agree with the small radiator or fan heater depending of the conditions.