Portable heater

Jay1_2

My bathroom has a perfectly good central heating radiator - perfectly good except it only heats up one end of the bathroom.

Does anyone have any advice on portable heaters? I've seen a best buy for £59.99 or I could get a little fan heater for around £15.

Obviously there's no sockets in the bathroom but I could get an extension lead. I would only have it on before and possibly during my shower. And there are no children or pets to consider.

mr_stripey

I'm no electrician but I'd exercise EXTREME caution about operating a fan heater or similar in a bathroom, unless it is specifically designed for use in a bathroom AND installed by a professional.

DullGreyGuy

Jay1_2 said:

My bathroom has a perfectly good central heating radiator - perfectly good except it only heats up one end of the bathroom.

Does anyone have any advice on portable heaters? I've seen a best buy for £59.99 or I could get a little fan heater for around £15.

Obviously there's no sockets in the bathroom but I could get an extension lead. I would only have it on before and possibly during my shower. And there are no children or pets to consider.

Ultimately your life to risk how you want to. Mrs grew up outside the UK where you can have plugs in the bathroom and often uses a hair dryer over the sink. 

A proper solution would be a heater that has water resistance of IPx4 or better assuming it's going to be in Zone 2 rather than Zone 1 (or 0). Ideally it would be hardwired, in principle you could use a standard extension as long as the cord won't be able to go into Zone 2 but more sensibly a IPx4 or above too. 

Would be a faff having to get the heater, plug it in etc each time you want a shower so a proper solution is probably better.