Simple heating solution for old house.

nigeldinho

It's a tricky enough one here, what I'm looking for essentially is advice on how to go about heating an old disused house that has it's water turned off and pipes burst a few years ago in cold weather.

I'm planning to turn my grandmothers old cottage into a bit of a personal recording studio and I'm struggling to think of what way I'm going to be able to heat the place.

I'm putting a solid fuel stove into the main open plan living area of the house with no back boiler and I'm looking for a way to heat what will be the studio part of the house off in what were two old bedrooms.

The stove with a back boiler isn't an option as the pipes are burst through the house and I'm taking out the water tank altogether as the water was turned off in the house. There was previously an oil burner in the house, but obviously with the water gone, this is also unusable now.

Basically, I'm wondering, is storage heaters the best way to go in this case? There's no night/day meter in the house, and I'm not really willing to spend the money in getting one installed and want to keep the cost of installation down as little as possible, but is it still possible, and the best cost cutting option, to install two storage heaters to keep a bit of warmth running through the place when I'm not there?

Any help is much appreciated.

cnocbui

2KW fan heaters. Turn them on when you want a room warmed.

nigeldinho

cnocbui wrote: »

2KW fan heaters. Turn them on when you want a room warmed.

I want something I can use to heat the place when I'm not there.

K.Flyer

nigeldinho wrote: »

I want something I can use to heat the place when I'm not there.

The cheaper and quicker installation would be wall hung electric heaters each with a built in time clock.

nigeldinho

K.Flyer wrote: »

The cheaper and quicker installation would be wall hung electric heaters each with a built in time clock.

Are you talking about one like this?

http://www.smartelectrics.ie/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=56&category_id=20

Is it safe enough to leave a heater like that plugged in to heat while you're gone?

K.Flyer

nigeldinho wrote: »

Are you talking about one like this?

http://www.smartelectrics.ie/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=56&category_id=20

Is it safe enough to leave a heater like that plugged in to heat while you're gone?

Yes, something like that all right.
I know of an apartment that got fitted out with them and that is their only method of heating the apartment and no problems over the last two years.
Probably best getting more detailed information about them on the Electrical Forum

cnocbui

nigeldinho wrote: »

I want something I can use to heat the place when I'm not there.

Then I suggest you get the existing CH fixed if that is at all possible.

Why do you want to heat while no one is there?