I'm contemplating 2-4 of these for the loft space in the new house.
www.plumbnation.co.uk/site/stiebel-eltron-infrared-radiant-heaters/
As you can see they are pretty cheap once you strip out the marketing. I remember people putting these in bathrooms in non-centrally heated houses.
I've had attic trusses put in a section of roof about 9m long, which has made a big non-habitable space of about 25-30sq. m. The floor area is a bit over 3m wide excluding the unusable height at the eaves.
I've had the joiner deck it with 18mm flooring and board over the rafters with 9mm OSB to make it slightly tidier/less chilly.
It's really for storage, and a selling point if a future buyer aspires to make a room up there (the ceiling above the staircase has been done as a knock-out so the staircase can be extended upwards). It will be a cold roof space, the insulation is below the decking so there's no point heating the space as I'd be heating Hertfordshire, but radiants will make anybody who needs to be up there for a couple of hours in cold weather feel warm. Access will be a hatch and loft ladder.
I don't intend to fill it with junk, just things like the luggage and Christmas decorations ideally, so if the grandchilder (or I) want a train set it will be going up there.
Last edited by: Manatee on Fri 22 Jan 21 at 17:51
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