Supplimentary heating

[dispenser]

I would appreciate some help. I live in a relatively small house which is central heated and double glazed. However, it is quite a chilly house. When I moved in I did ask the NHBC to look into it but they said this was not covered by them!! The downstairs is also open plan. What I am looking for is some inexpensive to run suplimentary heating if such a thing exists now!! Has anyone got any suggestions. I don't have a chimney or flue. Many thanks for any advice.

[woofgang]

is it cavity wall insulated and is the roof space insulated?. We have found that this makes a huge difference

[dispenser]

Yes to both Woofgang

[The Builder]

If it's NHBC, then I guess it's a fairly new house.........modern building regulations ask for a lot of insulation...........maybe a silly question, but, are you making the best use of your main heating.

[dispenser]

Hi Builder, Yes I think so I have my heating on low all day and turn it up when I'm home.

[dispenser]

I'm really looking for an economical heater or gas fire or something along those lines. this boosts the heating in the winter but is nice to have in the summer when the heating is off but it's a chilly evening.

[The Builder]

The cheapest supplimentary heat source would probably be a woodburner, but, putting in a flue through two storeys to the roof would cost more than the woodburner. Any other sources........electric fires, mobile gas fires etc, would cost more to run than a good modern heating system.
I can't think of anything else but to just ...........turn the heating up...........................there are a lot of things I would rather sacrifice ............than being warm :o)

[theshedman]

Hi dispenser, have you thought of a flueless gas fire. As long as you have a gas supply close by it shouldn't be too expensive. There are also gas fires which vent to an outside wall using small pipe. You would need a corgi registered engineer to fit either of these though.

[dispenser]

My thanks to everyone for their help.

[terambulan]

Just plug in the electric blanket and snuggle down till next summer!