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Alternative ways to stay snug YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE CONVENTIONAL WHEN WARMING UP YOUR HOUSE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX CAN SAVE YOU MONEY AND SPACE L 1 With gas prices racking up, it might be worth considering the electric route when it comes to heating your home. Storage heaters are big business in Germany and have proven as efﬁcient as the nation that produces them. Unlike the old storage heaters everyone remembers from their childhoods, these modern day heaters can be controlled to 158 | AUGUST 2012 SPARK UP 2 Heat pumps extract available warmth from a natural source such as the ground or air and release it in another location at a higher temperature. They can be used to heat your home and provide PUMP IT UP WORDS: Georgina Maric | PHOTOGRAPHS: Getty Images iving in a country that’s famed for its chilly weather means ﬁnding the right way to heat up your home is of paramount importance. Even though most people plump for the old boiler and radiator route, if you are moving or refurbing then why not think outside the box? deliver instant heat, usually coming with a wireless temperature control system which detects the heating requirements of each room and adjusts itself to suit automatically. Made out of ﬁreclay, they look like a conventional radiator but HOT HOUSE are slimline and space-saving. HEAT YOUR All you have to do is plug them CONSERVATORY into a 13 amp domestic socket EASILY WITH PIPE and away you go. They can be FREE ELECTRIC HEATING PANELS free-standing, wall mounted or standing on castors, giving you ultimate ﬂexibility for each of the different rooms in your home. hot water. They do need electricity to run, so impact the environment, but the heat they extract is from a renewable source. Heat naturally ﬂows from a warmer place down to a cooler place. What heat pumps do is use a special ﬂuid that constantly evaporates and condenses in a closed circuit that is controlled by valves and a compressor, to reverse this natural ﬂow of thermal energy. Heat is removed from air, water or soil using a heat ‘collection loop’ and delivered to where it is needed, usually into the heating and hot water systems of the house. These pumps are economical and once installed and connected to the heating and hot water circuits they’re fully automatic. Another plus is that heat pumps are easily integrated with solar hot water systems to provide a comprehensive heating and hot water system. >

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of at home with Sarah Beeny - August 2012

EDITOR’S LETTER
WELCOME FROM SARAH
NEWS
AWESOME AUGUST
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
TABLE TALK
THE THRIFTY FIFTY
TRENDS ON TRIAL
BEENY UNCUT
ESSENTIAL HOME-BUYING GUIDE
SURVEY SAVVY
WHAT’S THE SCORE?
THE NEW FACE OF PROPERTY?
SELLER SECRETS
LOCATION LOCK-UP
SOAP AND GLORY
OPEN UP
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
TOP SHOP
THE BRIGHT STUFF
GET THE JUNGLE LOOK
WARDROBE WARS
A ONE OFF
MOSAIC MAGIC
GLASS ACT
TAKE TO THE FLOOR
FRAME GAME
IT’S A BLINDER
SNUG AS A BUG
BURNING QUESTION
THE A-TEAM
QUICK FIX
BEAT THE BUILDING BLUES
LET THERE BE LIGHT
GOING DOWN
GARDEN GREATS
DIRTY DEALINGS
ALIEN INVASION
JUMP RIGHT IN
LITTLE WONDER
OUT OF SIGHT
PROFESSOR GREEN
ECO EXCLUSIVE
TALKING TRASH
PRO PLANET PROJECTS
HELLO, SUNSHINE
CARBON-NEUTRAL COVER
STAR GLAZER
EARTH HOUR
HOT TOPIC
MASS REDUCTION
WASTE NOT
SWITCHED ON
ETHICAL INTERIORS
YOU LIVE WHERE?
COMING SOON
WINNING SPOT
LUXE LINEN
CATCH-UP
STOCKISTS

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