Solution Single Room Heating
Hello all, hoping to get some advise on the most efficient way to heat a single room.
Some context, room is roughly 20m2 and has been built in my unit at work and functions as a print environment. Due to the nature of the work and the materials being stored some temperature control is needed to ensure stability of materials and general comfort when working within.
The room is stud wall construction, plasterboard lined and has insulation within the cavities including the roof.
Currently electric heaters are used but they just seem really inefficient and I would like a more permanent solution.
No gas to building, ideally I would like to install an LPG boiler and run a conventional heating system like you would find in your typical UK home but I am struggling to find a boiler that is not overkill in terms of output. I thought I stumbled onto the solution with a tankless water heater but after a bit of research I know see why this won't work.
Is there a solution designed for this I am overlooking?
A boiler and radiators would be perfect. Looks neat, permanent install, thermostat to control timing and a day / night temperature but the side of the space would only really need one radiator and a whole 12kw boiler just seems unnecessary. Not to mention most seem to be combi boilers and we have no need for hot water in the room.
Look forward to hearing your ideas!
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What is the actual heat loss of the space? It isn't really all that big… so it shouldn't be too much. And what is the space inside? Is it in another building, or is it free standing?
Second question: what is the actual outside conditions and temperature like around the building? Unless it gets really really cold outside, I'm thinking that a minisplit heat pump is going to be simplest and cheapest way to go.
Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
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Electric heat should be fine if sized and installed properly. I am talking baseboard not space heaters. If you need AC then go minisplit.
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How much paper is stored in there? Any issues with humidity currently?
Electric baseboards or wall heaters of some kind will almost certainly be the cheapest to install if you don't need any cooling or humidity control. Not the cheapest to operate, however. You'd need to do some calculations to see how long the payoff would be to use a more efficient (yet more costly) heating method (mini split if you need cooling, something more sophisticated if you need dehumidification).
It all starts with the heat loss calculation, though.
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You also need to figure out if the mini split is going to last the duration of the payback period.
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No you don't… 😥
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