Outbuilding cold - please help :-)

[terry]

Hi, i have an outbuilding about 25 metres away from the house and I want to install a radiator in there. I didnt want to spend days putting the pipe underground and finding it dont work so I got 50 metres of pipe and attached it to (and back) one of the radiators in the conservatory and then to a radiator in the garden, just to test if it would heat up being that far away from the house.

It didnt heat up, in fact the pipes from the conservatory barley warmed up after an hour ( the house rads heated up fine)

Is there a solution to this? Someone suggested fitting an in-line pump next to the radiator in the outbuilding :-/

Thanks guys, much appreciated

 

[Gasmk1]

put an electric radiator in

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Electric oil rad

 

[Nelder]

Extending you CH to the out house isn't the right solution. As mentioned, an electric oil filled radiator would be the best solution.

 

[townfanjon]

Yep electric all the way , but depending on what you use the building for will depend on the amount of insulation required

 

[Rob Foster]

Extending you CH to the out house isn't the right solution. As mentioned, an electric oil filled radiator would be the best solution.

25 m of C.H. water filled pipe in a garden. Is nuts sorry

 

[Welder]

You can buy specially insulated pipework for this situation but at 25m you'd be an utter fool to do it.

The pipe outer dia would be approx 300mm, internal pipework of 25-28mm and it'd have to be buried pretty deep.

Then, the modifications to your htg system, including additional controls, & the huge running losses incurred would take donkeys years (if ever) to recover. It will cost you far less to put in good insulation and run electric heating.

 

[king of pipes]

What is the outbuildings used for please ?

 

[rpm]

Electric rad with a water mix, Electric Radiators - By Heat Electric, such as these (other makes are available) . All you need is a 13A socket.
Friend had a no gas cold flat, brought four rads and plugged them in, flat now nice and warm with reasonable running costs, still going good some nine years later.

 

[Sharp Point]

If you’re growing plants in there, you could heat the place with lamps on a timer and fans .... just to circulate the heat

 

[Rob Foster]

If you’re growing plants in there, you could heat the place with lamps on a timer and fans .. just to circulate the heat

What kind of plants would you grow bogrodder ?

 

[terry]

Thanks guys - lots of replys all pointing towards the same solution, Im going to go with an electric oil rad. Does anyone have any good recommendations?

 

[Sharp Point]

What kind of plants would you grow bogrodder ?

Tomato plants of course ....