A challenging place to heat

[indus]

Hi

I'm having a walk in wardrobe/closet built for a bedroom. I barely have enough space to make this work so all wall space is at a premium and I really don't want to lose any.

The floor will be carpeted and so underfloor heating won't be much use.

Can anybody think of an alternate way to heat the space, ie something ceiling mounted perhaps?

Thanks

 

[Agile]

Plinth heater as used in kitchens!

 

[indus]

Plinth heater as used in kitchens!

Perfect! Why didn't I think of that??

I'm not very keen on 'hot air' as a form of heating but this might be the only option


Many thanks

 

[RigidRaider]

Plinth heater? In a bedroom? Make sure you order the optional earplugs for when the fan turns on and off during the night.

What about one of those skirting board radiators or a vertical wall-mounted radiator?

 

[elijuh]

Warm air is awesome! 100% efficient and doesn't give you lurgies so why not seriously consider it? I mean, if you were to retrofit I'd tip my hat but admittedly its a stretch.

Think about how crude attaching a chunk of metal to a wall is.

 

[Biggles..]

And just think how carp all those lovely oak doors look with return air grills in em!

 

[Galoka]

How big is this space? presumably it is off of a bedroom?

 

[indus]

I didn't think about the noise of air plinth heaters, this could be a real issue.

Yes it is off a bedroom and the space is 4200mm by 2300mm.

Many thanks

 

[GavThePlumber]

The floor will be carpeted and so underfloor heating won't be much use.

Underfloor heating under carpet can be lovely, just needs to have a tog value of 2.5 or less, most carpets are 1 - 1.5, without an underlay

 

[Galoka]

Heated skirting board? Not the cheapest I'd guess, but you won't need a lot.

eg.

http://www.thermaskirt.com/

Others suppliers available

 

[FiremanT]

Warm air is awesome! 100% efficient and doesn't give you lurgies

eh?

 

[elijuh]

I'd rather have a slightly off putting doorway than hundreds of kilos of refined metal hanging from the wall of every room! Mind you wet heating has always been horribly in-efficient and only pushed by suits & co.

Things warm air doesn't give you
Asthma
AIDS
Humid walls
Smog filled street outside of your house on a cold morning (tyvm condensing boilers)
Bar regular maintenance (which also needs to be practiced on wet heating) you won't have a plumber at your house every week

Things warm air does give you
Heat
Dry

Install a warm air unit!

 

[Agile]

The plinth heater expels the heat with an electric fan.

If you must run heating while sleeping then the electric fan is easy to inhibit from operating during the night by a simple time clock.

Since its not a normally occupied room it does not need to be heated during sleeping hours.

Tony

 

[GavThePlumber]

Thank god my house has warm air, I could not be arsed with getting any form of AIDS

 

[indus]

The floor will be carpeted and so underfloor heating won't be much use.

Underfloor heating under carpet can be lovely, just needs to have a tog value of 2.5 or less, most carpets are 1 - 1.5, without an underlay

Thanks Gav, does what you say apply to electric underfloor heating? Because a water based system would be too difficult to implement in this case