Heating a summerhouse for winter use. Ideas please.

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  1. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    I have managed to get her to be realistic in the furnishing costs ( They never get used after a while) so the expense of insulating blinds is offset a bit. I can see this one being used more though as we do enjoy gardening.
     
  2. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Supporter and teachers pet

    As Sir Rod might say, "I was only joking my dear...." :D
     
  3. Poptop2

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    I know.
     
  4. Poptop2

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    I used too go to a garage to collect their waste oil, but seldom got a lot. He had rigged up a oil boiler that ran off the waste oil and heated the radiators in the garage. Now I like that idea, just can't remember how he did it. It ran on a miniscule amount of oil and wasn't like a normal oil boiler.
     
  5. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Supporter and teachers pet

    But how was I to know that you knew that I knew...:confused:
     
  6. I had electric underfloor heating in mine . may be worth a look if you are going to lay a floor covering .
     
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  7. Insulate the walls and roof and line with T&G boards if you don't like the look of sheeting it inside.
     
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  8. Poptop2

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    Not really keen on more work tbh. I am in the process of converting my garage into a granny flat and really would like to finish that before adding extra work. The thought process re the summerhouse now, is more a case of quick and easy as apposed to anything too demanding.
     
  9. Poptop2

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    I like this idea. :thumbsup:
     
  10. just all sit there in sleeping bags shivering like us winter campers do :thumbsup:
     
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  11. Poptop2

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    So wrong, so true, so funny.

    I remember all those posts from dubfreeze etc. They usually go along the lines of . " we had a great time, great company, and we all shared a sleeping bag trying to keep warm"
     
  12. sand out the front like a beach ,and a big sun lamp
     
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  13. Poptop2

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    Brilliant :thumbsup:
     
  14. its not junk thou malc its stuff i was looking at starting a shop with :oops: plus lots of usuable junk :D yeh i think i need a barn :oops:, your soon pad it out we had two chairs at the start then got the corner unit n nnnnnnn.....:D
     
  15. Poptop2

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    Mate, if I hadn't made her think a little it would be like a John Lewis brochure in there by now.
     
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  16. shouldn't be too hard to fit a wood burner.
     
  17. Poptop2

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    I do like the thought, but not the cleaning out. I have a open fore in the living room and a log burner in the garage, one more to clean would probably put me off using the summerhouse tbh.
     
  18. Looks really good. Can I move in? I won't be any trouble.
     
  19. This is what I'd do drawing from my experience of living on boats, and my sad life as an architect.

    First seal all gaps, prevent any draughts.
    Make sure none of the structure remains wet. Floor, damp proof. Watch out for condensation.
    Whack a tarp of one kind or another over the lot. You don't mind the appearance of this, it's just for winter?, could be a canvas tarp for rustic. Cheap reversible way of insulating.

    Get a small woodburner, less than 5kw in the middle zone, provide an air intake specially for it. Ensure the burner has a decent bit of thermal mass so it keeps kicking out heat after its died. You are after heating the air since none of the structure has any mass to it, only the stove will retain heat.

    Have a small fan heater to get the place warm in the morning, on a timer if you want posh.

    When unoccupied it will be cold. Like a caravan. Use dishwasher salt around, to absorb moisture from the air.

    If you were handy you might want to build a rocket mass heater for the space, but that's a fair bit of work.
    Same with storage heaters. Hassle for a guest room, and no fabric insulation to store the heat, which is the point of those things.

    Hope this helps!
     
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  20. Poptop2

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    No. no no no...

    I'm sorry, did I say that out loud?

    I think it may be a little way for you to travel, so best not eh?
     
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