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Help Me Get A Great Heater For My Cold Apartment.

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Jun 30, 2017
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Help Me Get A Great Heater For My Cold Apartment.

Hi Guys,

I live in Toronto and this winter, my building apartment heater was not that much effective. Both bedroom heaters are fine but Living room and kitchen heaters is not fine. Sometimes, it goes upto 14-15 c in living room / kitchen.

I talked to the building super but it was not much help. My plan is to stay in this apartment for at-least 2 more years as it is a rent controlled one and thus, my current lease is a good deal compared to market price. I will probably buy my own place after 2 years.

I want to know what is the best heater for my living room and kitchen ? It is an open space concept and the total size of Living Room + Kitchen together is around : 24 ft x 20 ft = 480 ft

Thus, I am looking for a heavy duty heater. If not, I can even buy 2 - One for each living room and kitchen.

Budget is not a concern. Thank you.
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Not so easy there Ma…
You must determine if the kitchen and living room circuits are separate. Two 1500 watt heaters will trip a breaker, blow a fuse or possibly start a fire if used on the same circuit.

Look up quartz radiant heater.

There are also heating standards that landlords must attain. Likely a minimum 21c in the heating season.
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  1. Select a heater that has temperature control, without this your heater will blow hot air all time without stopping, power use can be massive (If budget is not a concern, you may disregard this point)
  2. What kind of heating do you currently have with your apartment? If it is water heating, check the zone valve/temperature control valve works property or not, a faulty valve can block hot water flow to the pipe. (This should be the first thing to check if you have water heating)
  3. Commercial grade heater may blow heat all time without stopping, and it can create fire hazard. The typical breaker is only 15 Amps, residential grade heater usually draws at least 12 Amps, as @fergy mentioned, ensure you check the circuit before plugging in multiple heaters.
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thank you for the replies. Yes, Sometimes when I use 2 heaters from the same wall , it breaks the circuit and I have to turn on the switch again. I am run 2 heaters as long as the wall is seperate. (have tried / tested)

Thank you for the suggestions.
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If you plan to leave it on all the time the oil filled heaters work well. I find they actually take a long time to heat up and then a longish time to heat up a space. Once it has warmed up though, they work really well.

For relatively quick heat up we use a ceramic fan heater in our basement and it heats up pretty much the entire open basement space in about 15min. It works really well.

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+1 for oil heaters.

Also if you need A/C some of the portable units are heaters and A/C units. Could be a good time to kill 2 birds considering you are likely short on storage space.
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GujjuCanuck wrote: thank you for the replies. Yes, Sometimes when I use 2 heaters from the same wall , it breaks the circuit and I have to turn on the switch again. I am run 2 heaters as long as the wall is seperate. (have tried / tested)

Thank you for the suggestions.
Most heaters are about 1500 watts which is 12 amps. If you already have 2 heaters rated similarly you aren't going to make much difference if any, by swapping for similarly rated units.

The landlord needs to fix the heating.
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Buy the two pack of Lasko tower heaters from Costco. Remote control, hi/low/eco modes, set temp with sensor, timed. They work great.

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