Heating a summerhouse for winter use. Ideas please.

Poptop2 · Jun 13, 2016

stewart kombi said: ↑

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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Very good and a possible

Barneyrubble · Jun 13, 2016

Anyway who told you its going to be cold next winter

Poptop2 · Jun 13, 2016

Barneyrubble said: ↑

Anyway who told you its going to be cold next winter
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Just in case we leave the EU. Miners strikes and all that. You lot might even move us further norf - Where it's grim and needs to cheer up a bit.

lost-en-france · Jun 13, 2016

poptop2 said: ↑

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.
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Pellet burners have very little waste and have a hopper to feed the fire ,I am so impressed with them I might get one....

saw a nice conversion on tele tonight on three in a bed ,the comment said not bad for shed and breakfast ,oppossed to bed and breakfast...

Pony · Jun 13, 2016

http://www.greenhomegnome.com/heat-sink-self-heating-greenhouse/
It works better if you put a small water pump in a sump at the bottom of the sink.
Very nice shed BTW Malc.

Tuesday wildchild · Jun 13, 2016

This would make it toasty.

http://b3hd.blogspot.fr/2011/10/project-1-rock-bowl-flame-31-diy.html

Poptop2 · Jun 15, 2016

Tuesday wildchild said: ↑

This would make it toasty.

http://b3hd.blogspot.fr/2011/10/project-1-rock-bowl-flame-31-diy.html
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Not the best idea On this thread dear.

Poptop2 · Jun 15, 2016

We have decided to go electric underfloor heating beneath hardwood flooring and seal all joins etc. The thermal blinds will help retain heat and the solar panels we have will offset the cost a little.

lost-en-france · Jun 15, 2016

poptop2 said: ↑

We have decided to go electric underfloor heating beneath hardwood flooring and seal all joins etc. The thermal blinds will help retain heat and the solar panels we have will offset the cost a little.
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Put the bed on the floor it is very feng shui...

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