Kickspace Heater for Kitchen

leaskovski · 21 Dec 2010 at 13:09

Hi People,

Has anyone had any experience with these? I went into the kitchen last night and it was stupidly cold. I don't really have room to have a proper radiator fitted (old 1890's mid-terrace) so I was thinking maybe one of these (wet system) might be an idea to take the chill out of the room when the oven isnt switched on?

Feedback on these would be great.

Cheers

Pleh · 21 Dec 2010 at 13:15

I've fitted these before, I would certainly get the wet system ones as they are much more efficient then the electric heaters.

They do work, and I gather your kitchen is on the small size so it should do the trick. You can also get them in different sizes.

I've wired up these http://www.myson.co.uk/products/190_206_enu_html.htm

Abraham · 21 Dec 2010 at 13:18

Hmmm, interested to see peoples thoughts on this as I'd not considered them, was going with my only sensible option being underfloor heating, how do they compare for efficiency? My kitchen is tiny, but a real cold spot of the house as it has no heating at all and sticks out from the house.

leaskovski · 21 Dec 2010 at 16:11

The Myson one was what was emailed to me, so they are the ones I am looking at.

Interesting that you say that it should do the trick. So how does it work then being that it is plumbed into the central heating system? I guess when the CH kicks in and the hot water starts moving through the system, the pipes become warm and thus thats where it gets its heating from, but how does the fan kick in to push out the heated air? Is that a manual switch on process? That would be annoying as you would have to go in to the kitchen and then switch the heating on whilst in the mean time feezing your balls off.

Cheers