Infrared heater for indoor conservatory area

lbj666

Hi guys, we live in a rental accomodation and our sitting room is really a glorified conservatory due to some Celtic tiger workmanship. To heat it during winter requires a big gas fire on for hours which leaves a few very hefty bills.
It's an 8m X 8m area with a high ceiling.

Just wondering are there any cost effective Infrared options for an area that size to cut down use of the gas fire (ie gas can be used as a compliment). It doesnt have to be the most elegant of option, but we don't want anything that belongs in a smoking area either.

Wearb

Why are you depending on a gas fire. What sort of heating do you have in the rest of the house.

Anyway, best advice is to sort out the heat loss there.

Calahonda52

is the gas mains gas:
if so its prolly 5 cents/kWh assuming its a glass fronted gas fire and 70% efficiency.
If its an open gas fire then about 15 cents/kwh, which is still less than elec at about 20 cents

lbj666

Calahonda52 wrote: »

is the gas mains gas:
if so its prolly 5 cents/kWh assuming its a glass fronted gas fire and 70% efficiency.
If its an open gas fire then about 15 cents/kwh, which is still less than elec at about 20 cents

Remember it's rental property. The rest of the house has central heating but the downstairs living area is a combi of underfloor and glass fronted gas fires. The downstairs is a very big floor but it's one end is glazed from top to bottom (hence is acts like a conservatory). There obvious spots of heat loss that are getting fixed but its never but it will never go beyond a poorly insulated area. We never had the confidence to actually use the underfloor heating because of that.

DGOBS

Sounds like a good set of heavy curtains would help for a start on a winters night (if possible)

Remember gas fires were never designed to be a 'primary heat source'