No Portable night storage heaters?

but make sure you turn the power off 1st

That video may not help much as there are many designs of over heat trip and some are not at all obvious where you push to reset it, and at least one you need to take it out to even gat at the reset bit. Oh and some have thermal fuses.

I know, Dave, that's why I asked the OP if they had a model number.

also be aware many contain asbestos linings. not much risk removing outer cover, but definitely is if you remove inner cover to change elements

Andy™ said:

also be aware many contain asbestos linings. not much risk removing outer cover, but definitely is if you remove inner cover to change elements

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Should that not be a requirement for LL to replace with an asbestos free storage heater then? How would one know if there is asbestos in there?

CrazyInWeston said:

Should that not be a requirement for LL to replace with an asbestos free storage heater then? How would one know if there is asbestos in there?

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Have a re-read of my post#10.. I think you will find the whole issue is your landlords responsibility!

SPECIAL LOCATION said:

Have a re-read of my post#10.. I think you will find the whole issue is your landlords responsibility!

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Thank you again, but I am right now fearful if LL will jack the price of rent up so I will say nothing.

I have also found another solution. Electric blankets and ajar windows.

Basically you keep your windows ajar for airflow to prevent mould on the walls and condensation on the windows, and just wrap up under an electric heated blanket to stay warm. Saves a fortune in heating!

You can invest in one king size version to fit yer bed £35 from B&M and toasty warm while you sleep.
As for the living room, your requirements may vary, but for me, 2 single heater blankets and a robe, because that increases the amount of play of heat you want! 1 single to sit on, one single as a cover, (and extra heat if needed) and a robe to retain warmth for going to the toilet.

It all uses less watts than my smallest electric heater (425w) and Im more than toasty warm!

or buy one of these,

CrazyInWeston said:

Thank you again, but I am right now fearful if LL will jack the price of rent up so I will say nothing.

I have also found another solution. Electric blankets and ajar windows.

Basically you keep your windows ajar for airflow to prevent mould on the walls and condensation on the windows, and just wrap up under an electric heated blanket to stay warm. Saves a fortune in heating!

You can invest in one king size version to fit yer bed £35 from B&M and toasty warm while you sleep.
As for the living room, your requirements may vary, but for me, 2 single heater blankets and a robe, because that increases the amount of play of heat you want! 1 single to sit on, one single as a cover, (and extra heat if needed) and a robe to retain warmth for going to the toilet.

It all uses less watts than my smallest electric heater (425w) and Im more than toasty warm!

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I still think you should pay an electrician to come and see if the heaters can be fixed, you will be a lot more comfortable.

"Are there any portable ones to buy?" No, because they weigh an absolute ton!! They are full of bricks which are what the heat gets stored in. If it were light enough to be 'portable' (in a domestic context) it would store very little heat. I bought a new one as an experiment, really, to replace one that looks even older than yours in my small kitchen - a Dimplex Quantum QM050RF (500W) - and although a huge improvement on the old one, it was flippin' expensive for what it is (£700), is way oversized for what it contains (the bricks that come (separately) with it only occupy abut 50% of the volume of the box for some reason) and is still very expensive to run compared to the heat pump I installed. This, too, was an experiment - my house has all electric space and water heating (plus a wee wood-burner in the lounge which gets free (if I collect it myself) firewood) as is v common up here in the Hebrides - but the island is too small to host a heat pump installer which makes a nonsense of the government grant scheme because no sane professional heatpump installer will drive 2 hours to Oban and then spend 2.5 hours on a very unreliable ferry (each way) and stay here for 2 nights (minimum in winter) to install one!).

If I were you, I would buy an 'easy-fit' air-to-air heat pump (a small one of around 3kW output costs about £600) and install it DIY (if not you then a friend - they are *very* easy to install and can be fed off a spur from a ring main. 'Easy-fit' means that it uses R290 refrigerant which is considered 'eco' and 'safe' because it has a global warming potential of 1/100th of more mainstream (and a bit more efficient) R32 refrigerant and thus can be fitted by non-F-gas qualified person. It comes pre-charged with the refrigerant in the outside unit. Once - carefully! - installed, you then do a dance with the outside unit's refrigerant valve to first purge and then fill the interconnecting pipes with refrigerant, wire it up and off you jolly well go.

Try and find one with a 'console' indoor unit as these are low-wall or floor standing units Vs the more normal high-wall ones which are predominantly intended for cooling - cool air falls... Quite why we are only just discovering that heatpumps (aka 'air conditioners') do just as good a job at efficiently warming air as they do cooling it - and use between 1/2 and 1/4 of the electricity that a simple 'resistive' electric (panel) heater does - I don't know... but I do have a very cynical answer!

The one I have (make is Midea) uses about 500W of electricity and typically and puts out at least 1500W of heat without any issue, all day long. You do need to drill a ~2.5" hole through an outside wall to get the refrigerant pipes, condensate pipe (only gets water in it if you use the heatpump for cooling) and power through from the outside unit - which is about the size of average size suitcase. See an install video here: youtube.com/watch?v=ApXE4VvFWvg.

The only downside, IMO, is the outside unit which is pretty ugly and a wee bit noisy but not enough to hear it indoors at all.