| Installing a space heater in your room is an ideal | | | | multiplying these together. For example a room |
| way to boost your central heating and add cosy | | | | that is 15 foot by 10 foot is 150 square feet. To |
| warmth to your home during these chilly, wintry | | | | calculate the cubic footage of the room you also |
| months. If they are chosen carefully and used | | | | multiply in the height from floor to ceiling. If this is, |
| properly, they can be efficient and economical to | | | | for example, an average height of eight feet, |
| run. It is therefore important to choose the right | | | | your calculation would be 15 x 10 x 8 giving you |
| heater for the dimensions and situation of the | | | | 1200 cubic feet. |
| room. A heater that is too large or too small can | | | | Other important factors to be taken into |
| prove to be just a waste of money and energy. | | | | consideration are the heat loss from windows and |
| Knowing the size of your room is therefore the | | | | doors, wall insulation and the strength of the main |
| most significant factor for determining the size of | | | | source of heating in the room. Remember, space |
| the device. | | | | heaters are not the primary source of heating in |
| Heating professionals usually look at the cubic | | | | a room just supplementary. Lastly, the outside |
| footage of a room to determine the size of the | | | | temperature and the desired temperature in the |
| heater required to keep the room warm. You | | | | room are also factors to be considered. |
| don't need an expert to measure your room, just | | | | The size of heaters is usually measured in watts |
| a simple tape measure and a calculator. Firstly you | | | | (which are not related to the size of the heating |
| need to calculate the square footage by | | | | device). |
| measuring the length and width of the room and | | | | |