Heater in Plinth

[SunflowerLV]

Hi,

I am redoing my kitchen and will not have wall space for a radiator. It is an open plan room so there will be radiators in the living room. I am a little concerned that the kitchen might feel cold in winter so trying to decide whether to fit a heater in the plinth or not.

I am wondering how effective they are and if they are noisy when on. I am thinking of having a central heating one.

Does anyone have one in their kitchen?

Thanks.

Yes we had one fitted last year in our new kitchen. It is connected to the central heating. I have been very disappointed with it tbh. I am wondering if an electric one might be better? I will be interested in hearing other people's opinions too.

We have one. It's very efficient. I only use it for short blasts as it does get quite warm. It blows directly into our hallway which is great as we have a relatively large hall and it does get a bit chilly.

Cross post with marmite. Ours is part of our centra heating.

We have one that's attached to our central heating and it's great. Very warm. Was worried it would feel that sort of too dry warmth,but it's fine. You can hear it but it's not intrusive.

Thanks for your replies. Which makes do you have?

Would you say the noise level is louder than the fridge when it is on?

We have an electric one and yes it is loud but it's v hot and only used for short periods. However we also have a radiator and I definitely wouldn't rely on the plinth heater on its own. I love it though!

Plus our kitchen is biggish with 2 draughty doors which doesn't help

Our kitchen/dining/family room is L shaped and set up so that we have radiators in the dining/family room but not the kitchen part. We have an electric plinth heater in the kitchen part.

Tbh, we hardly ever put it on but we've only had it two years and the winters have been very mild. Its very powerful and heats the room up amazingly quickly when we do use it though.

It's not silent, but not as noisy as a normal fan heater.

If it's part of your central heating, would you be able to control it separately and turn it down/off if you don't need it?

Our kitchen/dining/family room is L shaped and set up so that we have radiators in the dining/family room but not the kitchen part. We have an electric plinth heater in the kitchen part.

Tbh, we hardly ever put it on but we've only had it two years and the winters have been very mild. Its very powerful and heats the room up amazingly quickly when we do use it though.

It's not silent, but not as noisy as a normal fan heater.

If it's part of your central heating, would you be able to control it separately and turn it down/off if you don't need it?

Sorry, no idea what make ours is. It's definitely louder than the fridge but we only use it for short periods. It's part of the central heating system and has two settings, high or low. It comes off and on as a radiator would do. We tend to keep it on low setting as on high it switches off and on too frequently. You can also switch it off completely which I do a lot as it really is very warm.

I have one and the warmth it radiates is great. Gets on my nerves though when I find the room cold because it's inadvertently been switched off by being knocked by the hoover

Thanks for your replies. Sounds like a good idea to have one. How much did it cost you to have it installed and also for the kit itself, if you can remember roughly?

Our (electric) plinth heater cost about £100 and was installed as part of the kitchen fitting, so no separate charge.

Electric ones are cheaper and very easy to add - the hydronic ones I'm aware of are Myson and are plumbed into your normal heating - you can get then with a combined electric fan too I think ?!