I am a new flat owner with absolutely no home maintenance experience. I am getting conflicting advice from different electricians regarding appropriate heater for my bedroom, and would appreciate some advice.
This is all-electric flat, with no option for gas, so I have to do electric. There is an economy 7 meter and a couple of storage heaters in the living room and hall, but a basic panel heater in the bedroom. I need to keep the room consistently warm while I am in the flat (evenings, night and morning) due to health issues. Cost is obviously a consideration, but ultimately I have to do what it takes to keep warm.
In addition, I need it very quiet - my sleep is disturbed as it is with pain an other problems, and even small amounts of noise in the bedroom are an issue.
Currently there is Dimplex panel heater mounted in the bedroom, which produces constant noise. The noise appears to be the fan inside, rather than a timer. All people who have seen it agree that it needs replacing, but with what? One suggested modern Dimplex heaters with electronic timers. The other one says that all panel heaters have fans inside, and therefore my only quiet option is an oil-filled radiator to mount on the wall.
I am having a hard time sorting through these claims. As I understand it, the running costs should be about the same, but oil-filled heaters take longer to heat up. Also, I kind of like the idea of a thermostat, since then I can set up an optimal temperature for myself and leave it alone. In my previous flat, there were storage heaters, which were quiet, but I was always either too cold or too hot, never could guess the setup right.
But it seems more difficult to find thermostatically controlled oil-filled options.
So is it true that oil-filled ones are really the only noiseless ones? What else should I be thinking about in this situation?
This is all-electric flat, with no option for gas, so I have to do electric. There is an economy 7 meter and a couple of storage heaters in the living room and hall, but a basic panel heater in the bedroom. I need to keep the room consistently warm while I am in the flat (evenings, night and morning) due to health issues. Cost is obviously a consideration, but ultimately I have to do what it takes to keep warm.
In addition, I need it very quiet - my sleep is disturbed as it is with pain an other problems, and even small amounts of noise in the bedroom are an issue.
Currently there is Dimplex panel heater mounted in the bedroom, which produces constant noise. The noise appears to be the fan inside, rather than a timer. All people who have seen it agree that it needs replacing, but with what? One suggested modern Dimplex heaters with electronic timers. The other one says that all panel heaters have fans inside, and therefore my only quiet option is an oil-filled radiator to mount on the wall.
I am having a hard time sorting through these claims. As I understand it, the running costs should be about the same, but oil-filled heaters take longer to heat up. Also, I kind of like the idea of a thermostat, since then I can set up an optimal temperature for myself and leave it alone. In my previous flat, there were storage heaters, which were quiet, but I was always either too cold or too hot, never could guess the setup right.
But it seems more difficult to find thermostatically controlled oil-filled options.
So is it true that oil-filled ones are really the only noiseless ones? What else should I be thinking about in this situation?
