Heating bathroom in unheated building.

[Leaflessshadetree]

Getting started building a bathroom in an otherwise unheated building.
60 sq ft 8FT ceiling. All walls and ceiling will be insulated. Location is North central Illinois.
I'm thinking electric heat. (Propane is an option but the tank would be approx. 150ft away.
Any suggestions?

 

[MagKarl]

I'd probably use a Cadet type wall heater.

 

[bzinsky]

I'd probably just buy a little space heater with a decent thermostat

 

[LB-1911]

Getting started building a bathroom in an otherwise unheated building.
60 sq ft 8FT ceiling. All walls and ceiling will be insulated. Location is North central Illinois.
I'm thinking electric heat. (Propane is an option but the tank would be approx. 150ft away.
Any suggestions?

The previously mentioned Cadet -

One example
Cadet CSC151TW Wall Heater, 120V 1500W Com-Pak Plus - White
https://www.westsidewholesale.com/cadet-csc151tw.html

 

[yeldogt]

The fan forced will work -- they are noisy IMO.

If you have 220v -- a simple line thermostat and floor strip heater will work very well. If it's got a shower ........ the 220 will bring it up to a nicer temp quickly.

 

[bzinsky]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TKDQ5C/?tag=atomicindus08-20

$25 bucks until you decide if you want to do something better

My go-to space heater

 

[Youngfd]

I have that exact Cadet heater in my little 120 square foot cabin behind the house. Works great.

 

[Krist77]

My sister in New Zealand just did a new heating. She has electric underfloor heating in her kitchen. She installed from here: http://fonko.co.nz/heat-pumps/maintenance/ it as she remodelled the kitchen two years ago. She wouldn't be without it now. One thing she advised me, was to put a spare thermostat wire under the tiles as they were being laid along side the primary one. The other end of the spare is redundant inside the control box on the wall. If the primary wire ever fails, instead of digging up the tiles, it can simply be open the control box and swap the wires over inside. It hasn't happened yet.

 

[930dreamer]

I use an oil filled heater in my unheated shop bathroom, I just close the door.

 

[Marctrees]

Seperate ckts for heater and wall GFI if you will have one for the guys with pretty hair. Marc

 

[James-W]

Our house bathroom is heated of course, but we have an electric heater in the outside wall that is operated by a wall switch. In the Winter months, about 10 minutes before the wife takes a shower, she turns on the heater and the bathroom gets toasty warm. Maybe that type of heater would work out well for you too.

It is similar to this:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Fahrenheat-1-500-Watt-Small-Room-Wall-Heater-FFC1512/205547035

 

[Voi]

I'm going to heat our cabin's bathroom in the winter with a radiant cove heater I'm moving from my shop.

I believe the rule of thumb around here is 1 watt per cubic foot of room. So if you're in a similar climate that would be 480 watts or so.

http://www.radiantsystemsinc.com/

 

[jvitez]

Cheap and easy: a 500 watt permanently wired baseboard heater and a 240V line voltage thermostat. For a garage this is all I'd do.

 

[Marctrees]

Bang for the buck example - Total $25 -

https://www.google.com/search?q=mil.....69i57j0l5.6071j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Not as fast recovery if has been off, but quiet - Total $80

https://www.google.com/search?q=mil...&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=oil+filled+heater

Just keep in mind - If heater on ckt w just a little lighting in that room, OK.

But if you want to use like a blow dryer, and not bother w shutting off heat, a second ckt will be needed. Marc

 

[bushmechanic]

Get a towel warmer and a heated toilet seat. Chilly air will make them even more awesome. I keep it about 62 degrees in here, and there's nothing like grabbing a hot towel after stepping out of the shower.

 

[The Cobbler]

Cheap and easy: a 500 watt permanently wired baseboard heater and a 240V line voltage thermostat. For a garage this is all I'd do.

2nd this

 

[Milton Shaw]

I saw one house that had a natural gas fireplace in his bathroom. Wife did not want a plain electric wall heater. Turn fireplace on and it 5 minutes you didn't even need a towel to dry. Both bathrooms had a full length wall of cabinets with doors on both sides to restock from laundry room between them. Her bath had a whirlpool, shower and bidet. Very upscale house.

 

[Bucko]

Cheap and easy: a 500 watt permanently wired baseboard heater and a 240V line voltage thermostat. For a garage this is all I'd do.

This would be my first choice as long as it was not in like a woodshop with alot of sawdust circulating. Another option is a ceiling mount combo exhaust/heat, and light for under $200. The idiots that wired 2 of my bathrooms at my current house put the fan and heat on 1 switch. It was extra bathrooms I never used. Didnt realize until I fired up the exhaust while I was painting them. Luckily they have plugs each unit inside the housing so I was able to just unplug the heat. Dont need it in Florida anyway.

 

[yeldogt]

To not spend a long time warming the bathroom, you can just use a Cadet type wall heater.

5 year old thread .... hope he figured it out