Useful tips and information relating to electric floor heating
When describing RugBuddy I find people ‘get it’ when I say it’s like an electric blanket for the floor. It’s an electric element encased in a sandwich of composite materials – silver foil on the underside to reflect heat up, and a woven plastic material on top. This makes it far more robust than in…
If you’re wondering how to introduce some heating for your villa or holiday home the RugBuddy may be the perfect solution. Many villas abroad and holiday homes only have basic heating, or possibly no heating at all. The evenings can get chillyand you may even want to extend the season you use your home without…
Building a conservatory has long been a popular way to add an extra room. Most love the natural light and feeling of airiness you get in even the smallest conservatory. With no need for planning permission (usually), and a quick build time, costs are minimised making it more attractive still. But the UK love affair…
With energy costs going up in double digits year-on-year, help could be at hand in the form of on-demand heating which has the potential to save UK households hundreds of pounds on their heating bills each year. While central heating may have suited the nuclear family of the 60’s and 70’s where the system would…
We’ve read today’s news story that many households have the thermostat turned up 4 degrees hotter than in the 1970s. Obviously they have chosen to ignore Ed Davey’s advice to ‘put on a jumper’ but they may be wondering why they still don’t feel that warm and cosy despite the higher temperatures and increasing energy…
Chris asked [quote]I have a log cabin 5m x 2.5m, what size heater would you recommend[/quote] My answer: You don’t say whether you have any other form of heating in the cabin. Assuming not, when considering which RugBuddy Under Rug Heater for Log Cabin, the short answer is: fit the largest that you can on…
There’s a really handy tool you can use as your RugBuddy Running Cost Calculator at http://www.ukpower.co.uk/tools/running_costs_electricity To calculate the cost of running a RugBuddy over the course of a month, first you enter the ‘wattage’ of your RugBuddy – 250 Watts for the 1.25 x 1.6m RugBuddy, and 450 Watts for the larger 2.3 x…
I’m often asked what it costs to run RugBuddy under rug heating. Like a lot of things in life the honest answer is ‘it depends’. To answer the question fully is a bit complex because it depends on a number of factors including the insulation value of the floor. So I usually give a simplified…
Not so long ago, if you were a typical UK home owner fed up with the drudgery and dirt associated with open fires, you might have been wondering how to heat your house and home. Most people at the time looked forward to installing central heating. Central heating promised a level of comfort and ease…
The electric underfloor heating kits supplied by BeWarmer are very efficient and do a great job of converting electrical energy into radiant heat. But we all have a duty to reduce our energy consumption as much as possible and so you may find these home heating economy tips useful. If you’re used to conventional central…
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