Options for heating one room during the day

Passport1

Hi
Are oil filled electric rads like http://www.buy4now.ie/woodiesdiy/pro...&catid=103.4.4 energy efficient or hard on electricity

I am considering getting one for heating a room that would be used mainly during day time instead of having to turn on the heating

Are they are good idea or will they send my ESB bill thru the roof

I know, as alternative, i could turn on the heating and have the stat down low and turn off the rads completely in all the other rooms,save the rad in the room being used, but not sure if that is that wasting lot of energy

Anyone got other suggestions for heating one room used mainly during day.

Thanks

Sparkpea

I'm pretty sure that would be hard on the electric and it would probably be cheaper to run the oil boiler.

Depending on ur yourself at the min u would prob need to spend a few pound get it working efficiently, trv's on all rads and cylinder stat on hw tank and also probably best to pressurise the system so it doesn't pump over when the trv's that are turned down low close.

I'd set each room not in use to just under 2 then the room being used during the day to 3-4 depending on what heat u want in it then basically run the boiler from morning to night if someone is going to be in the house all day. I'm guessing it's either home office or elderly person.

Micky Dolenz

Turn off all other rads except the one you want on and then fire up the boiler.