I assume it's not wise to place things in front of them?

They are a pain and really restrict you when in an apartment and trying to not block the things, but when every wall has one you end up with some oddly placed furniture.

Are they even an efficient way to heat? Or just cheaper for the developer?

Is there not a separate control on each heater, if not then that's the issue of all baseboards being on at the same time. Do not block or cover a heater for the possible fire hazard.

Do you pay for your electricity that runs the heaters or is it included in the rent - if not, then an investment in portable heaters may be a solution for you, likely because the temperatures of apartment living you may not require heating other than the odd day by a couple of portable ones?

How cold would it get in your apartment without the heating on?

consider something along the line of the following

LifeSmart Lifepro Series Compact Infrared Heater - Medium Room | Walmart.ca

That's the heating at my duplex. The equalised payments I've been quoted don't seem too outrageous.

When one of the heaters packed up, the guy I had in to fix/replace it believed it had conked out because something was too close.

The last tenants had one of those things above, believing it was cheaper on the bill.

Or maybe, being seniors, they just liked to look on it as an electric wireless.

The living room are all on 1 thermostat, there are 2 in the living room.

Bathroom has it's own (we keep it off.)

Bedroom they call a den has it's own and our bedroom has it's own.

The heat is off right now, and window been closed since yesterday at 4pm, and its currently 17.

Not sure how cold it could go...lol... We kept it at 24 last winter.

We are ground floor but not really ground as the building has a carport, so our floor is not actually on the ground. If that makes sense.

End unit so all but one wall borders the outside.

This apartment loses heat a lot faster then a middle unit we had before...

We pay for electricity, not included.

I've got one blocked currently, but we haven't been using them but now that its starting to get cool, only a few weeks til they will be used, so trying to sort how to move the furniture and accommodate the baseboards.

The heaters are not in the best spots in this apartment and make furniture placement tricky.

Use the ones you can, don't use the one you have blocked, and if you need more heat get a little space heater. They're all about 1500 watts and have a thermostat on them.

24C! That's toasty. Try 22 or even 20. Definitely 20 for the bedroom.vwear sweaters, use throws or duvets when you watch tv or read.

You'll save money that way.

My wife is always cold. When she isn't home in winter, I tend to turn the heat off and open a window...lol

This! We have ours set at 21 when we are home in the evening and 18 through the night. If anyone is cold they put another sweater on or grab a duvet to watch TV. AC is run at 27 during the day and 25 at night that way it only comes on when it's really needed, probably an average of ten days throughout the summer.

Give her a cuddle.

I was gone 60% of the day last winter at work/commuting so wasn't home...


I gave up on the thermostat wars the first winter we lived together, I'd have it at 20 and she would slowly raise it...

Yeah but you didn't have little wozname then, he throws a few btu's.

+1 to what everyone else says. I.e. Don't, block them: could be a fire hazard apart from anything else.

I'm on the 1st floor with a vacant space beneath my apartment: I keep thermostats at 18 in the winter, turn them up to 20 occasionally when it gets really really cold out.

Slippers & woolly socks (especially when I lived over an unheated space) an extra sweater, a sofa "throw" (blanket) & floor rugs/draught excluders are my friends . I'm another who feels the cold.

I don't know how many rooms you have in your apartment, but you'd be better off heating the place evenly rather than having heated & unheated spaces competing.

We did have her in January, but at the 2.8 pounds she was then, she wasn't producing much heat..lol

She is a mini-heater when under the blanket, she burrows into the blanket and becomes a hot dog.....