Thoughts on portable electric heaters

[AndyD]

It does, wonder what UK Costco is selling. Might be nice in our living room.

Our sitting room gas fireplace is an eclectic mess.

Queen Anne oak mantle, marble inset surround & hearth, pretty Victorian tiles, 1980's gas guzzling fire.
I'm just finishing upstairs carpets and the sitting room is next on our radar (at 37sq.m. on concrete I won't be laying the new carpet)

Any ideas for the fireplace? Start again?
I fancy a plain stone mantle to complement the marble & tiles which we'll keep, and a black arched fake(electric) coal fireplace.

[Daniel]

@CHAS said in Thoughts on portable electric heaters:

Put a sweater on!!

Lol.

[Jodi]

Omgosh, Andy, I wouldn’t change a thing about that fireplace. That “eclectic mess” is beautiful. Those Victorian tiles! ️

[jon-nyc]

wtg - I have the pottery barn version of that. I’ve used the heater once or twice but usually just the lights.

Like this but mine is narrower (bought it maybe 4 years ago)

[Steve Miller]

Very nice!

I’ve seen those with and without hi-lo settings on them. If yours doesn’t have that feature it’s going to be running 1500 watts any time the heat is on.

Shouldn’t be an issue for occasional use, but keep an eye on the temperature at the receptacle.

[jon-nyc]

I don’t really use it as a heater, though it has a thermostat. I have space heaters in the basement I use. More traditional ones as the aesthetics don’t matter.

[wtg]

There are tons of these freestanding units in all types of designs. Some are designed to be used as TV stands and have storage in them, and others, like ours, are just supposed to look like a fireplace. For us it's a good way to cover up a fireplace that we can't use but to still have a bit of the fireplace-y ambiance that we like.

[RealPlayer]

We have an oil-filled DeLonghi (pictured a few posts up there) What do you think of leaving it plugged into the wall, even though turned off? They all recommend unplugging after use, but the only usable plug in this room is behind some heavy furniture, and it would be a pain to move that furniture every time. Anyway, so far no issues.

[Daniel]

Interesting. The place here I have my heart set on has an LED fireplace with choices of color for the fake flames. I didn't like the idea of it at first but now I think it would be great.

@andyd I guess I'll be the lone dissenter. I think everything is perfect except the Victorian tiles. I find the overall shape of each set jarring and would want only marble. I love everything else. I wouldn't care about the heat source. I think the mantle clock is exquisite. To each his own.

[Daniel]

BTW, I considered buying a small indoor propane heater but the price of the propane canisters ($50/ 6) combined with their duration (4 hrs on high per canister) made made the thought ridiculous.

We're in the depth of our cold season but it can't last another 3 or 4 weeks.