Options for electric heating?

[sidekickdmr]

Morning!

The house we just moved into currently runs on huge horrid 80's electric night storage heaters.

We will be installing a full central heating system in a few years (at same time as extension), so I don’t want a permanent solution, im just wondering what the best type of wall mounted electric heater is. Remember, this is only to last me a few years, so don’t want the best of the best.

Im thinking something like this, is this my best option?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Convector-Adjustable-Ther...

Thanks

[sherman]

Why spend money on something thats not broken and is geting binned soon anyway?
Save the money and buy the central heating sooner.

[sidekickdmr]

Because they look not too un-similar to this:



And I REALLY don't want to look at them for the next 5 years.

Doing the CH sooner is out, we have no services so will be getting a biomass or oil boiler installed in the new part of the extended house.

[hairyben]

worth checking out gumtree etc for s/h storage heaters they come up regularly and generally don't fetch that much (compared to the £300-500 new cost) and will be more efficient to run.

[herewego]

Clean and paint them?

[skeggysteve]

We had similar night storage heaters and my advice is to switch them off!

The are expensive and very, very ineffective - hot in the morning and cold in the evening - complete waste of time and money.

I'd suggest a few of these:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4...

Keep the doors closed and only use in the rooms you use.

[badboyburt]

Electric cast iron lookylikey oil filled rads.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201449998223?_trksid=p20...

Seller had plenty of different sizes and different column widths.