Hi
Am thinking of alternatives to conventional rads for new living room (to conserve wall-space)
Looking at hydronic plinth heater(s), ie attached to central heating. This/these could potentially be very conveniently installed under a built-in sideboard/shelves unit.
This does not seem to be a conventional heating method for a living room. Does any one see any specific problems?
More specifically
1) Are they really noisy? Does having a 12V transformer for the electric reduce noise. I'm not bothered by a quiet hum but would not like a constant loud whirring.
2) I'm presuming electricity costs are minimal as the electrics are just powering the fan, not the heating.
3) Should I be looking at heat output on 'normal' function or 'boost' to ensure I am getting a powerful enough heater?
3) Can more than one heater be installed in series in the room? I think that we would need 2 med-large ones to provide sufficient heat. The room is ~60 m3 (and has 3 outside walls and a flat roof). I calculated that it requires about 3.6kw or 12000 btu.
4) Do they spread heat quickly? I would ideally be fitting it/them just one end of quite a long room. Would this leave the other end too cold?
5) Myson and smiths-env seem to be the big players. Wickes also do one: anyone tried this?
The alternative is a trench heater (which I'm thinking is essentially the same technology just different shape/orientation) but we would have to build a step to provide the trench, so not as convenient at all.
Thanks
Am thinking of alternatives to conventional rads for new living room (to conserve wall-space)
Looking at hydronic plinth heater(s), ie attached to central heating. This/these could potentially be very conveniently installed under a built-in sideboard/shelves unit.
This does not seem to be a conventional heating method for a living room. Does any one see any specific problems?
More specifically
1) Are they really noisy? Does having a 12V transformer for the electric reduce noise. I'm not bothered by a quiet hum but would not like a constant loud whirring.
2) I'm presuming electricity costs are minimal as the electrics are just powering the fan, not the heating.
3) Should I be looking at heat output on 'normal' function or 'boost' to ensure I am getting a powerful enough heater?
3) Can more than one heater be installed in series in the room? I think that we would need 2 med-large ones to provide sufficient heat. The room is ~60 m3 (and has 3 outside walls and a flat roof). I calculated that it requires about 3.6kw or 12000 btu.
4) Do they spread heat quickly? I would ideally be fitting it/them just one end of quite a long room. Would this leave the other end too cold?
5) Myson and smiths-env seem to be the big players. Wickes also do one: anyone tried this?
The alternative is a trench heater (which I'm thinking is essentially the same technology just different shape/orientation) but we would have to build a step to provide the trench, so not as convenient at all.
Thanks