TLEF316
Footballguy
I moved into my new place back in August, so this is my first winter. The basement is about 800 square feet with around 500 of that being finished with the drop ceiling. The unfinished area is behind a door but not completed sealed off or anything. I'm obviously not too concerned about the temperature in there.
I'm using the finished area as an office/den, so I'm spending a fair bit of time down here. And now that we're in the dead of winter, its just a little too cold for comfort. (sitting around 60 degrees). Plus I'm looking to put a pretty large aquarium down here at some point, so I'd prefer not to rely on in-tank heaters to raise the water temp 20 degrees at times
The previous owner installed some small base-board heaters at either end of the room, but they're older and on the small side and just dont seem to be getting the job done. So I figured I'd reach out to the board to see what the best solutions might be. I'm sure there are a few FBG's with basement offices or man caves that have dealt with this.
Obviously I could just go and buy some sort of portable space heater, but I'm not really an expert on how much power Id need or what would be cost-effective. I've also seems some slightly more permanent solutions (like electric wall panel heaters) but reviews seem to mixed.
TIA
I'm using the finished area as an office/den, so I'm spending a fair bit of time down here. And now that we're in the dead of winter, its just a little too cold for comfort. (sitting around 60 degrees). Plus I'm looking to put a pretty large aquarium down here at some point, so I'd prefer not to rely on in-tank heaters to raise the water temp 20 degrees at times
The previous owner installed some small base-board heaters at either end of the room, but they're older and on the small side and just dont seem to be getting the job done. So I figured I'd reach out to the board to see what the best solutions might be. I'm sure there are a few FBG's with basement offices or man caves that have dealt with this.
Obviously I could just go and buy some sort of portable space heater, but I'm not really an expert on how much power Id need or what would be cost-effective. I've also seems some slightly more permanent solutions (like electric wall panel heaters) but reviews seem to mixed.
TIA