Hi,

I have a bathroom which has no heater in it - there is an electric storage
heater in the hall outside but the heat does not seem to give enough direct
heat into the bathroom. I am intending to move in the next 18 months and am
planning to turn my current house - my Mum's - into rented accomodation. So,
at that point I will be doing some extensive work and putting in new
heating.

I don't want the hassle now so am looking for some short-term fixes for
heating in this bathroom. I had considered buying one of those portable
calor gas bottle heaters but then I saw, in a friend's house, they had what
looked like an enormous light-bulb which, in reality, was giving off alot of
heat. Does anyone know anythign about these - good, bad, safe, where to buy?
Or should I got for the calor gas option instead.

Thoughts welcome,


John.

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:53:08 GMT, "John Smith"
wrote:



I don't want the hassle now so am looking for some short-term fixes for
heating in this bathroom. I had considered buying one of those portable
calor gas bottle heaters but then I saw, in a friend's house, they had what
looked like an enormous light-bulb which, in reality, was giving off alot of
heat. Does anyone know anythign about these - good, bad, safe, where to buy?
Or should I got for the calor gas option instead.

Thoughts welcome,


Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could be deadly.

For the heating bulb look for "heat lamps", some he

http://www.commercial-lamps.co.uk/ac...eat_lamps.html

You need the type made of hard glass soft glass will shatter if it gets
splashed whilst it's hot. £6.88 for a pack of 10 (+vat)

Check also that the socket will withstand the temperature.

Would seem to be a reasonable solution for what you need.

DG

"Derek *" wrote in message
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Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could be deadly.

For the heating bulb look for "heat lamps", some he

http://www.commercial-lamps.co.uk/ac...eat_lamps.html

You need the type made of hard glass soft glass will shatter if it gets
splashed whilst it's hot. £6.88 for a pack of 10 (+vat)

Check also that the socket will withstand the temperature.

Would seem to be a reasonable solution for what you need.

DG

Thanks, hadn't thought about the socket.

"Derek *" wrote
| Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could
| be deadly.
| For the heating bulb look for "heat lamps", some he
| http://www.commercial-lamps.co.uk/ac...eat_lamps.html

"These are large filament lamps desiged to produce more heat than light they
are extensively used in catering." ie for keeping food hot, in specialised
fittings.

There are two heat-and-light units at TLC
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...Light_Unit/ind
ex.html

one using 4 x 250 W of the heat lamps you mention, together with an ordinary
lamp for light, and one with a heating element

| You need the type made of hard glass soft glass will shatter if
| it gets splashed whilst it's hot. £6.88 for a pack of 10 (+vat)
| Check also that the socket will withstand the temperature.

And that the circuit will withstand the loading. 750W or 1kW of heating is a
large part of a 6A lighting circuit.

Owain

"Derek *" wrote in message
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Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could be deadly.


DG

Forgot to ask, why not use a gas heater in a bathroom?

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"Derek *" wrote in message
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Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could be deadly.

For the heating bulb look for "heat lamps", some he

http://www.commercial-lamps.co.uk/ac...eat_lamps.html

You need the type made of hard glass soft glass will shatter if it gets
splashed whilst it's hot. £6.88 for a pack of 10 (+vat)

Check also that the socket will withstand the temperature.


Thanks, hadn't thought about the socket.


it wont, for heat lamps you need an all metal fitting, and a ceramic
bulb socket with ventilation, and heatproof wiring, not pvc.

500w should be passable for a bathroom, but not generous. 1kW would be
nice and warm. But theyre not cheap to run, at about 3x the cost per
therm of gas.

Is it not livable with just by leaving the door open when not in use?
I wonder if a pedestal fan by the door would help, would sure cost
much less to run.


NT

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"John Smith" writes:

"Derek *" wrote in message
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Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could be deadly.

Forgot to ask, why not use a gas heater in a bathroom?

They used to kill around 40 people per year.
This was mainly from open flued gas water heaters, but if
you wheel a calor gas heater into the room (which is probably
far too small to safely run one), shut the doors and windows
to keep drafts out, and lay in the bath with the thing on,
you'll likely end up as another statistic...

--
Andrew Gabriel

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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"John Smith" writes:

"Derek *" wrote in message
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Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could be deadly.

Forgot to ask, why not use a gas heater in a bathroom?

They used to kill around 40 people per year.
This was mainly from open flued gas water heaters, but if
you wheel a calor gas heater into the room (which is probably
far too small to safely run one), shut the doors and windows
to keep drafts out, and lay in the bath with the thing on,
you'll likely end up as another statistic...

--
Andrew Gabriel

Everything Andrew says above should also be
applied to Bedrooms. Don't go to sleep in an
unventilated room with a portable gas heater!
[Unfortunately, those who tend to do this are
probably to poor to be browsing ...]

--

Brian

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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article ,
"John Smith" writes:

"Derek *" wrote in message
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Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could be deadly.

Forgot to ask, why not use a gas heater in a bathroom?

They used to kill around 40 people per year.
This was mainly from open flued gas water heaters, but if
you wheel a calor gas heater into the room (which is probably
far too small to safely run one), shut the doors and windows
to keep drafts out, and lay in the bath with the thing on,
you'll likely end up as another statistic...

--
Andrew Gabriel

Everything Andrew says above should also be
applied to Bedrooms. Don't go to sleep in an
unventilated room with a portable gas heater!
[Unfortunately, those who tend to do this are
probably to poor to be browsing ...]

--

Brian


Thanks. So basically it is the fume issue and fear of nodding off and
gassingy ourself. Otherwise, they are perfectly OK in well ventilated places
where you do not have a tendency to nod off - i.e. bathrooms, bedrooms, etc?

"N. Thornton" wrote in message
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Is it not livable with just by leaving the door open when not in use?
I wonder if a pedestal fan by the door would help, would sure cost
much less to run.


NT

Thanks - have come to the conlcusion that a small pedestal fan will be best
also.


John.

I've never understood why you cannot buy a combined heat/light/extract
unit like the Broan Nautilus n655x, in the UK. I have brought these in
from the US and find them excellent, although a bit of a pain to drive
being 110V and 1.5KW.

Regards
Capitol

"John Smith" wrote in message ...

Thanks. So basically it is the fume issue and fear of nodding off and
gassingy ourself. Otherwise, they are perfectly OK in well ventilated places
where you do not have a tendency to nod off - i.e. bathrooms, bedrooms, etc?

They produce torrential damp, set fire to long dresses, and sometimes
get moved while lit... but other than that...

NT