11-30-2009, 06:11 PM
We have the same issue in our house. We did two things:
1- If it's a forced air system, you may wish to look at your ducts and check to make sure the system is balanced. Most forced air systems have adjustable vanes in the ducts that let you balance the system. In our house that improved things a bit.
2- For a bedroom, a manually operated oil filled radiator works well. The ceramic baseboard heaters function nicely, but are subject to being covered up with ejecta of the lifeform that lives in the room (read tossed clothing and whatnot). My son sometimes uses the fan trick described above, despite my explaining that he's heating a closed box, and it will get warm everywhere (but at the top first).
1- If it's a forced air system, you may wish to look at your ducts and check to make sure the system is balanced. Most forced air systems have adjustable vanes in the ducts that let you balance the system. In our house that improved things a bit.
2- For a bedroom, a manually operated oil filled radiator works well. The ceramic baseboard heaters function nicely, but are subject to being covered up with ejecta of the lifeform that lives in the room (read tossed clothing and whatnot). My son sometimes uses the fan trick described above, despite my explaining that he's heating a closed box, and it will get warm everywhere (but at the top first).