With the layout of our kitchen remodel, we will be forced to use electric toe kick heaters. However a neighbor says his is very loud and he can't stand it, so he turns his off. Anyone got any plusses or minuses here? Any good ones? Any to avoid? Thanks.
Jeff,are you using ceramic tile floors on the remodel? If so,consider the radiant heat that goes into the cement backer for the tile
If you have any available wall space at all - an electric in wall heater would work fine. They make small ones. Otherwise electric blanket as suggested before is nice - don't have to do the whole floor cause heat loss may not be that great.
are you talking about baseboard electric heaters? We don't have gas available where I live, so my whole house is heated with those. I spend less for my all-electric house than I did for gas and electric at a smaller house. I have never noticed them making any noise at all, other than ticking when they are heating up. It's also nice not having forced air heat because my allergies are usually bothered by it.
Sorry, vinyl flooring. And we'll have no wall space at all. These are little heaters that go in the toe kick area - the recessed area under your wall cabinets. The place where your toes go when you stand as close to a cabinet as you can get. Hence the name toe-kick, because your toes always kick them. The wife just wants me to be sure we get good ones.
Well, if you're anything like my wife, you will be constantly finding a way to crunch your toe on them (Don't tell her I said that). I've never heard of that type heater.
