Yes it's me again, I was so looking forward to the end of this week as i was going to buy some spores . .I brought my new heater and was ready to go. Plugged in my heater left it on, came back and i saw that my growing area reached a tempture of 29 D. Which is Incredible handy as the Incubation area is at 29 D and the fruiting is at 24 D. However, i can only keep the heat at that tempature with the heater on all the time and i do not want it to blow up and burn my house down. I have thought about a putting two placstic home made doors up, which will also keep the heat in. Thinking more into it, I relised that the walls are the extrenal walls of my house so they are going to lose heat rapidly.(Normal heat around 13 D)Does anyone know of any cheap insulation ideas . .. I heard bublewrap is good :s I don't mind it looking messy,as long as it's cheap i really don't care . . Well thanks, Hopefuly i can solve this problem
Sorry If this didn't really make that much sense, Basicly do you know any cheap insulation ideas that i can wack on the walls to try and keep more heat in.
Not really answering your question, but a friend of mine has had a lot of luck just using the two bins, with the bottom one containing water and a fish tank heater. I'm sure you've seen these setups. It's easy and cheap to make your own, and they seem pretty safe compared to a regular heater. I think if there was an easy cheap insulation solution for your walls, everyone would use it...not just for growing things, but for keeping warm. But, maybe you could build a little room with SIPs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_insulated_panel).
I dont think your going to ease your heating needs very much by adding insulation. Just use a surge protector, make sure any extension cord has a high enough rating, place the heater in a level-burn proof type area (marble is good)...and hope for the best. An electric heater works best. One that will turn itself off when the room hits your preset temp...and turn itself back on when it drops below the preset temp. Ideally the heater is 3 feet long and low to the ground (i.e. hard to tip over). It should also have a fail safe that will trun the heater off if it tips.
Thanks very much for your help, I was walking around today in town when i came aross a droped-price radiator which had a heat setting . . So i thought sod it, and i have brought it. That has solved my problem Thanks guys
