What heating source in garden office

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Crazyone84 · 04/04/2021 09:11

I am looking for advice and experience from anyone with a heated garden room? We are due to have a room at the bottom of the garden built, fully insulated with electric and Internet. The standard heater the company supply is a 2kw convector heater. I personally don't like to look of this. What would you say is best form of heat? oil filled, electric radiator, panel heater? Would like one with thermostat and timer

We will use the room all year round to work in during day and then evenings we will use for working out or chilling so need something efficient

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Mumteedum · 04/04/2021 09:16

Having had an oil filled electric radiator leak, I would never have another. The smell took months and months to get rid of. Beyond that, no advice I'm afraid!

ScoopyDoo · 04/04/2021 10:09

We have an oil radiator and while it is really effective (2kw in a 7m by 3m well insulated office) I think it’s quite expensive to run.

PigletJohn · 04/04/2021 10:53

Oil filled radiators are safest. An oil leak is unusual. A thermostat and timer will control costs.

What insulation have you got?

BaklavaBalaclava · 04/04/2021 11:02

We use an oil filled radiator, used it all through winter as wfh (unsurprisingly) it costs about £2 to heat for the day I calculated. Has a thermostat on there and I tend to review at 12 and 3 if I need to turn it off.

Only problem was the first hour on a Monday morning having been unused over the weekend...

Taoneusa · 04/04/2021 11:17

I would look into including solar panels into the build.

FoolsAssassin · 04/04/2021 11:24

I think I would look at Everhot electric stove and solar panels

harridan50 · 04/04/2021 11:25

oil filled radiator with timer in home office

Andthenanothercupoftea · 04/04/2021 11:26

We've got a small electric radiator on a timer. 2kw. Works fine - the space is 2.5m x 4m. Single skin with only roof insulation.

PigletJohn · 04/04/2021 13:57

for reliability, I'd sugggest a separate plug-in timer.

the timers built into some heaters are the only moving parts, and just about the only bit that ever goes wroing.

As for solar panels, I have them on my house, and although expensive to buy, are quite good at generating on a sunny day. Exactly the time when the heater is least needed. You would need somewhere in the region of £4,000 worth to run an 2kW heater.

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