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Dave[_49_]

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On 21/10/2011 16:23, Dave wrote:

What's the best way (and by that I think I mean the cheapest way) of
heating just one room? We have a box room that I'm going to set up as an
office as I'm now going to be working from home. I assume that the way
NOT to do it is have the full house central heating on and turn down (or
off?) the TRVs in all the other rooms?

It's a 1960s semi-detached dormer (chalet) bungalow with one external
wall being "normal" brick/cavity/brick, the other external wall has the
window and has (I think) inner plasterboard/wood frame/outer tile
construction and the other two walls are standard stud walls.

In case anyone was going to suggest one of those stand-alone gas
heaters, I assume it would have to go on the brick wall but due to the
room layout, that wall is the best choice for the desk and shelving so
I'm afraid that's a non-starter.

For this application a heat pump aircon unit will make a good deal of
sense. The air handler can be high up on a wall out of the way. Running
costs comparable to using gas, quick warm up as with a fan heater, plus
the ability to cool in the summer for when the office get too warm from
computers etc.

Thanks John. That's something I may well look into for the longer-term.