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| Thread ID: 103716 | 2009-10-04 01:45:00 | Heaters | beetle (243) | PC World Chat |
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| 816721 | 2009-10-04 01:45:00 | I know this may sound weird......... but are there any shops still stocking heaters at the moment? My mother has bottled gas... for her fake fire, and its costing heaps and it runs out...... and she only has a tiny little 5 fin oil heater trying to keep her warm........ and weve had a lot of cold days and she is sitting in her chair with blankets on, and when we go we freeze........ so i want to get her a heater, oil columb prefereably, something easy and reasonably safe to use, and large enough to heat her lounge, and i see now some stuff is being advertised and dont know if theres any heaters out there not packed up and in hiding already :) beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 816722 | 2009-10-04 02:12:00 | Should be a fair few on trademe. | Cato (6936) | ||
| 816723 | 2009-10-04 02:22:00 | You've probably picked a good time - retailers will be trying to get rid of stock they've got left over from winter, so have probably discounted what they have. Mitre10's website still list some, so presumably their stores still have them too. | somebody (208) | ||
| 816724 | 2009-10-04 02:42:00 | Warehouse, Briscoe's, Hardly Normals etc all the usual places will still be selling them and as somebody said end of season stuff so should be some specials. Hardly Normal you can go in and haggle runs out tonight though | gary67 (56) | ||
| 816725 | 2009-10-04 03:21:00 | My mother has bottled gas... for her fake fire, and its costing heaps and it runs out...... What do you think electricity costs? Electric heaters are the worst thing for your power bill. Can't she apply for funding and get a heat pump installed? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 816726 | 2009-10-04 03:28:00 | but electricity is almost always on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . she has nearly 13 days with no gas now to heat her home . . . . . . yes electricity costs just as much or more tha gas, but then she can have warmth, instead of waiting till pay day and getting a new bottle of gas that may last 2 weeks? its costing her about $300 - 400 a month for gas . . that could be a lot of power paid for couldnt it? and she doesnt own the house . . . . . . . . . . . so funding may not be an option . I just want my mum to be warm . . . . . . . . . beetle :( |
beetle (243) | ||
| 816727 | 2009-10-04 03:47:00 | We also would want your mum to be warm. If her landlord won't front up with a heatpump, maybe a fan assisted halogen heater would be a better option than the gas. Ask at any of the electric retail stores and see what they have. Oil column heaters are really only good for low ambient warmth. Cheers LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 816728 | 2009-10-04 04:28:00 | 3 to 4 hundred a month just for gas? Is electricity included in that? edit, that's for bottled gas.. we use piped gas... Don't mind me... |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 816729 | 2009-10-04 04:35:00 | We use pipe gas and turn the heater on every night at 5-9pm. Our gas bill is only around $150 a month | papa_smurf (15292) | ||
| 816730 | 2009-10-04 04:40:00 | Hmm, it costs us around $50 per annum for bottled gas for heating. That is using a basic Mitre 10 bottom-of-the-line portable gas heater. The insulation is reasonable, but not unusually flash, but the big help is having blinds plus drapes over the windows. It can be quite warm inside, but it is occasionally finger-sticking cold on the window side of the blinds. High ceilings make a great reservoir of heat that is never going near the people unless you can use a very gentle ceiling fan blowing down (or a budgie doing laps and pushing the warm air down). Fake fires use real gas to give fake heat. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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