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Can you reccommend a portable heater for use in a basement?
I live in southern Ontario, and these days it's pretty darn cold. My basement especially is so cold I just can't tolerate going down there anymore.
There isn't any leaks or anything like that but it's really cold.
I tried one of those wooden cabinet quartz heaters / 1500 watts / 6 elements with 5200 BTU's, but it didn't do anything. It practically made no impact whatsoever.
I'm looking for a portable heater for use in a non-ventilated area. It should be powerful enough to heat up approx. 50 feet by 50 feet. My ceiling is like 7 feet high.
Because it's non ventilated, I was hoping to find an electric heater with maybe 60,000 BTU's. To be honest I don't even know how many BTU's is a good number but clearly 5200 didn't do anything.
Can you recommend a good portable heater and perhaps a square footage to BTU guideline/chart?
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- ranger_diyLv 67 years agoFavorite Answer
An electric heater will be very expensive to run. If you are going to use the basement a lot, I would consider getting a mini-split heat pump to heat the basement. They are 2-4 times more efficient than resistive heat.
