Heating and Lighting for Your Garden Room
Whether you’re planning to use your garden room as a space to relax or a Garden offices, the way you heat and light the room will determine how much use you get out of it. Ensuring your work or chill-out space is a warm and cosy place to be all year round starts with insulation. There’s little point in heating garden rooms if all the heat is escaping through the roof, floor and windows. Once that’s sorted, you can start to think about the options for heating and lighting your little corner of paradise…
What Type of Heating is Best for Garden Rooms?
The type of heating you choose will depend on a range of factors, including:
Your budget The size of your garden room Available power sources The ‘look’ you want to create
Generally speaking, options like underfloor heating, halogen heaters and log burners may cost more to install than a free standing or wall
mounted electric heater. However, they will save you money over time as they’re more energy efficient. Electric radiators tend to have low running costs but they’re not the best choice for heating larger garden rooms.
Halogen heaters are cheap to run and a great choice for Garden buildings Yorkshire of all sizes, while underfloor heating is an excellent choice as it can be laid during installation of your garden room. If floor space is limited, an electric or water based underfloor heating system is ideal.
It may cost a bit more to install than other types of heating, but it provides equal heat levels across the whole space, ensuring you’re warm and toasty even on the coldest winter days.
Concerned About the Environment?
A log burner or solar powered heating is a great bet if you’re concerned about environmental issues. Solar panels on the roof of your summer houses Yorkshire can warm water, which can then be used to heat a small radiator for a safe, economic option. Alternatively, solar panels can provide electricity that can then be used to power an electric
radiator. If you live near a free source of fuel, choose a log burner for a stylish, quirky way to heat your garden room. Running costs are low but you’ll need to ensure you install a carbon monoxide alarm.
What About Lighting?
The choice of lighting for your garden room depends on what the space will be used for. For chill-out spaces, we recommend uplighters fixed to the wall, which provide a mellow ambiance. If
you plan to work in your garden room, recessed downlighters provide plenty of light whilst spotlights are also great if you want to angle light towards a desk or workspace. Choose fluorescent tube lighting for plenty of bright, white light or LED bulbs if energy efficiency is a concern – these bulbs can last around 45,000 hours!
We hope this has given you a few ideas when it comes to heating and lighting for your garden room. Garden rooms should be bright, warm and welcoming all year round, so take some time to choose the right heating options for you – and if you need any help or advice, just ask us!