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Set Square
 
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Default towel radiator + timer/thermostat + heating element = right/wrong?

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
wrote:

Set Square wrote:

Someone else has suggested a combined light/heater - which is the
way I'd go. This replaces your normal light fitting and incorporates
a 750 watt circular radiant heater. It runs off the normal lighting
circuit. Have a look at
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLGHL750.html to see what I
mean.


trouble is 250w will never warm the room. You'll always be getting out
into a cold room with a little radiant heat. I used to use a 500w
radiant job, and it was never adequate.

I assume that you're commenting on the towel rail heater proposed by the OP
which is only 250 watts - rather than on the overhead heater which I
suggested (above) which is 750 watts - and would be detectable unless the
room is very large.


Does the OP have a CH radiator in there already? If so its easy to
solve.

If you can cavity fill, the sensible thing is to do this before making
any decisions on heating, as it will often solve such problems. Also
replacing an sg window with dg may solve it.


Agreed.
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Cheers,
Set Square
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