Which heater for my converted shed/office

[Dracoro]

Just recently completed my new office. 12/8ft shed all insulated (celotex/plasterboard all over), carpeted and electrician sorted the power to it. All good.

Soon, the colder seasons will be with us so need to heat the place as I will work there a few times a week.

So, I need an electric heater of some form. I currently have a 2400W small fan heater but guess this won't be best as no thermostat etc. but useful for heat blasts now and again. What are the pros/cons of what's out there? Convection, oil filled etc.? Should I get a 1.5KW or will a 2KW one be better for that sized office.

Thanks in advance for advice!

[Tuna]

We lived in a static caravan for a few years - and very quickly found that electric heating was a disaster - very, very expensive, and convector heaters in particular mainly heated the ceiling and gave the place that 'baked dust' smell.

In the end I came up with a proper Pistonheads solution - a pair of diesel hot air 'cab' heaters. They're used in truck cabs and narrowboats and are fantastic bits of kit - 12 volts and a bucket of diesel and off they go, producing vast quantities of nicely warmed air. On tickover, you can keep your place from freezing at night, and on full blast you can bake yourself. They come in 2kw - 5kw versions (we had a 2 and a 3) and we just hung them outside with some piping to duct air in and out of the room.

A new Eberspacher cab heater heater costs a LOT, but they were fitted in BT vans to keep the engineers warm (but with timers, so they couldn't get too cosy!). You can get them secondhand on ebay from guys who strip them off the vans.

edited for typo

Edited by Tuna on Thursday 18th September 15:07

[shtu]

A small woodburner would be a cracking tool for the job.

[Gtom]

Possibly a bit late now but would a very small combi boiler running on LPG be a option? Gas is cheaper than electric and it would only need to run two rads at most.

[surveyor]

I had a similar office in a previous house. A wall mounted 2KW heater with a timer did the job nicely. But if I was doing the job again I'd go for one of these....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12000-BTU-HEAT-PUMP-INVE...

All that insulation with lights got a bit warm in the summer.

[Spare tyre]

some good advice

simple things like an extra tshirt will also work wonders, as will things that already generate heat such as crt's

if you have a Spare fridge thats in use elsewhere would putting it in the new office help, its generating heat so you might as well benefit from it

i remember this guy:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=heating+with+ike...fficial&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=sPcaVO3bFOyq8wefoIHgAQ


Also, my GF is ALWAYS cold, bought her a couple of things, a heated cushion and a car seat heat pad thing from lidls, which comes with 12 and 240 adapters

She uses the seat warmer at work and i put one in my jimny for when we go green laning, means i can have the windows open when its freezing outside and her core remains toasty

[BoRED S2upid]

shtu said:

A small woodburner would be a cracking tool for the job.

This! How nice would that be working in the middle of winter with the cracking of logs to keep you company.

[surveyor]

BoRED S2upid said:

shtu said:

A small woodburner would be a cracking tool for the job.

This! How nice would that be working in the middle of winter with the cracking of logs to keep you company.

Absolutely, and imagine the first hour when you are feeding the thing up. Whatever you do don't go out in the middle of the day as the woodburner might go out...

Oh and what are shed's made of? Wood? I think I'd stay away from it myself....

[CaptainSensib1e]

Oil filled radiator on a timer would be my choice. Don't cost much to buy, and not too bad on running costs.

[Shaolin]

I used an insulated shed as an office through necessity some years ago. An electric fan heater was especially good in the cold mornings. I'd switch it on at the socket in the kitchen an hour or so before I went in and it was toasty when I did. The insulation worked really well so it was cheap to heat and no worries from fumes or fire.

[Carl_Spackler]

I've got one of these and it's pretty good, heats up quick, quiet and not expensive to run.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B005WJAQJY?vs=1