Gas or electric heater?

info13

Hi all, we have Gas heating at home we have quite large rooms especially living room where floor to ceiling is about 3 metres height.

The radiator is not big enough for the room plus it's a open plan room with the stairs connected to the living room.

What im wondering as an additional heat source should I go for a portable gas heater or an electric oil/convector.

Is there much of a smell from the gas ones?

DublinDilbert

Is the radiator a single? is there an option to swap it to a double?

Was the room always open plan? often when a room is changed to open plan a radiator is lost due to a wall being removed.

Many countries use supplemental heating such as electric / gas heaters. But most of these countries have defined seasons, where you know you'll only need the supplemental heating for 1 month of the year. Quite a few people have got the mini Paraffin heaters, they are very cheap to run but they do smell up the place a bit. I'd probably go for a stove for supplemental heating if that's an option.

info13

Yeah it's was always open plan also it's 3 floors as the attic is converted by a stairs so quite a big house, also timber frame with little or no installation the temp will often dip to 14-15 degrees if I forget to turn on the gas while in work.

Next problem is its a rented house so any investment would have to be something to take with us in future or not involve any changes to house as is.

Wearb

If you have mains gas heating already, I would put in another radiator (maybe even 2 more spread around a bit).

info13

Radiators are all single quite thin. I also have a feeling that I'm not using the gas boiler how it should be I have it set to come on for about 45mins each 1.5-2 hours maybe I should run it longer at higher setting

Wearb

You need to get that area on a seperate zone. That will give you much more control.