Garden office heating options

dinneenp

Hi,

I have a garden office, 4 by 3m. I'm in it 9 to 5ish. I'm looking to heat it. I sit in the same area when I'm working. What do people use & what would you recommend please?

I have a large gas cylinder from the summer, would a gas heater/superser be a cheap, easy option?

Thanks.

xabi

Oil filed rad or convector heater, I have a similar sized garden office and use a convector, does the job for me, shed is insulated.

cnocbui

A small electric fan heater.

Gusser09

You need to insulate it if not done already. It's not a difficult DIY job either.

If I were you I'd be running an oil filled rad off it and eventually looking into some DIY solar panels if the orientation lends to it. That could take the sting out of paying for rad.

dinneenp

Thanks for the quick replies. Garden office is already insulated (I think 80mm).

Just curious as to why a tower heater doesn't get recommended? They heat almost instantaneously, can heat just the one specific area. Are they noisy & expensive to run?

kirk.

Have you cheap night rate ?

A storage heater might suit then for 9-5

Gusser09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121340878#Comment_121340878

It depends on the technology.

Oil filled rads are like the rads in the house which are heated via oil. The hold their heat longer after being switched off. They wouldn't be as costly as convector heaters to run either. The quicker they heat up the more they cost is a good rule of thumbs.

Also with tower heaters they do heat up instantly but like that they cool down instantly too.

If the insulation is effective you could be ok but the costs could also be high. if your using it a lot. A lot of oil filled rads will use 2kw. So if you are using 450KW per month currently this could be significantly increased. If you were to use it 3 hours per day for 20 days of the month you could be hitting an extra 120kwh. That could easily be 40 quid a month.

Former Former Former

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058321667/garden-office-heating-options

I use a SuperSer now for a similar space having used oil-filled rads previously. I'm in and out quite a bit and the advantage of the gas heater is that it's instantaneous heat. If your office is properly insulated (and ventilated...) then it's a good option.

cnocbui

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121341035#Comment_121341035

Not true. There is near 100% efficiency of conversion of electricity to heat, so the amount of heat output by a fan heater or an oil filled heater will be the same over time, so the cost works out the same.

10-10-20

In this day in age I'd consider a split-unit (AC) as the efficiencies are better than resistive-element heaters. Double-bonus is that they can also be used to cool the office in Summer.

SEPT 23 1989

has the room ventilation?

kirk.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121349286#Comment_121349286

9-5 so you could consider storage if you have a cheap night rate

An existing supply would do probably for the heater

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121349299#Comment_121349299

A few concrete blocks as thermal storage. 😉 But yes, the split unit would run off a standard 13a socket. 2000w peak is common with those.

randomguy

We went for one of these in our loghouse, mounted on the ceiling. Works for us, but we only work from home a few days a week and a few evenings too.

Not sure if link is working - we got a ceiling-mounted infra-red heat panel from a crowd in Dundalk, Pureheat (no connection, but they were pleasant to deal with).

Idbatterim

if you are in the same spot, infrared heater placed near you could be good... that or an air to air heat pump

often I find that putting the heater right beside you, if its a normal electric heater

Dtoffee

I bought one of these a few years ago https://shop.flogas.ie/collections/gas-heaters/products/superser-radiant-heater

Perfect job, instant heat that can be controlled and very economical as I don't need to leave it on once the room is warm.