Hi all,

Thinking of moving house and just looked at one with a converted garage. The front half is like short garage and used as a store, and the back half has been properly converted into an office. I didn't look at what heating it had (something you think about after), so have been thinking about the cheapest way to do it.

I guess electric heaters, even oil filled radiators on timer, would be quite expensive.

Any thoughts? anyone else do this?

Essentially it would be 2-5 days a week during normal office hours. Hopefully all warmed up before I go in there.!

cheers,
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You're right.. nice idea but they do cost a bit  '08 Freelander 2 HSE in Stornoway Grey

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Oil filled radiators are excellent, lots of heat, but your leccy meter will fair spin when it's on! Mine: 2012 Golf GTI Edition 35
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Why not tap into house heating system. I assume it has one

Pot bellied stove, enough to keep you warm and make a cup of tea.

I converted my garage into a gym/workshop in my last house, the main thing was to insulate it well, after that it was easy to keep toasty with just a single oil filled radiator. So my convoluted thinking is to check on insulation and make sure it's as good as you can get it to be!

Was it done properly and does it meet building regs? In which case I would tap into you existing heating system. Fitting an additional radiator is probably cheaper than you think (assuming your boiler can take it) and you will see a return on cheaper heating far quicker than anything else.

Otherwise I think a German company make some energy efficient combination electric radiators but they are not cheap. Freelander 2 TD4 Auto, SE, Narvik Black, Alpaca full leather, Rear Headrest Entertainment System, 6 CD, 18 HSE Wheels, Privicy tints

if the garage is built on to the house then tapping into the existing heating system is the way to go, but if detached then not recommended . Pipes would have to we'll insulated and trace heated to avoid freezing silver 59 xs privacy glass side steps sat nav

Thansk for the ideas. I will check on the insulation.

With regardst to tapping into the current system, I had considered this and was concerned about the pipes, as the garage is not attached. It's only a few feet, but enought to cause an issue??

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ready insulated pipe is available, can be upwards of £40 a metre, I'm in the processes of pricing up a hot water system using it and a wood pellet burner, only a small system mind it should fit into a 40ft shipping container and burn approx 80 tonnes of pellets a year

http://www.polypipe.com/building-products/...ng-systems At work
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Just use un-jointed plastic pipe under ground insulated with 50mm thick pipe insulation and a layer of 50mm thick polystyrene on top before back-fill.
You shouldn't have any problem then. More risk of the pipework in your garage freezing if you don't take care.