Bathroom heating lamp

[John Smith]

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.

[Derek *]

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

For the heating bulb look for "heat lamps", some here:

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

[John Smith]

Thanks, hadn't thought about the socket.

[Owain]

"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 here: |

"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

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

[John Smith]

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

[N. Thornton]

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

[Andrew Gabriel]

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...

[Brian Sharrock]

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 ...]

[John Smith]

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?

[John Smith]

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

John.

[Huge]

Radiant heat in bathrooms is pants, anyway. You need to get the air temperature up. I use a fan heater in ours.

[Capitol]

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

[N. Thornton]

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

NT