[Closed] Additional heating for living room - recommendations please

The obvious question is: can you not get a normal radiator in there?

What insulation do you have in the room? What window specification?

The most efficient occasional heaters are the De Longhi Dragon oil-filled rads; very effective and good thermostats on them. But yes, better insulation is the answer or a multi-fuel stove.

Good god, why has no one suggesting dumping the gas fire and getting a stupidly big wood burner in there! This place is going to the dogs!

Ps: Yes an oil filled radiator and some insulation, sounds the way ahead

most efficient occasional heaters are the De Longhi Dragon oil-filled rads

all electric heating is 100% efficient gti.

Its the room that is inefficient.

all electric heating is 100% efficient gti.

True.

Then it's around 70% 😉

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Electric heating is never that efficient if you consider the efficiency of generation......

Slightly different approach to supplement our heating but we use a dehumidifier...reduces the humidity whilst gently heating the room at the same time: ours are Meaco DD8L...we got ours from energybulbs.co.uk as was cheapest & came with 3 year warranty.

Can you not get central heating extended?

(And what's the room insulation like?)

Slightly different approach to supplement our heating but we use a dehumidifier.

Put on another jumper

I suppose I could say that our 49" plasma TV is also supplementary heating then - I'd prefer to watch that all night than a dehumidifier!

I have been led to understand that dryer air is easier to heat therefore making a dehumidifier supplementary to the heating and helping efficiency.

A de-humidifier can indeed help with heating costs. We use a Delonghi in the conservatory, very good at heating the room.

An hour on the turbo raises the temp in my lounge by 2C so maybe give that a go?