Upgrade basement with heating?

My partner and I bought a house together a few years ago. The house was built in 2000. In the basement there's a room that is about 20 square meters. When the pandemic started, I had a lot of time in the home office and then prepared the room so that it could be used. I've turned it into a kind of party room / fun room where we can play Playstation, but also watch board games and TV. However, recently I have noticed that the room is quite cold. Now I wonder what the best way to heat the room would be. The room has very thin heating pipes that are connected to the house. I'm playing with the idea of upgrading the heating system.

I did some research on this and found out that infrared heating would be an option.

I'm on the following pages:

https://infrarot-geraete.de/
https://www.energieinstitut.at/buerger/haustechnik-energieversorgung/faktencheck-vor-und-nachteile-von-infrarotheizungen/

Something informed.

My question now is whether anyone here has testimonials.

It's going to be pretty expensive. Especially if you use the space regularly. Heating with electricity should never be a common method.

Then I would rather recommend a gas heater. You can connect such large camping gas bottles. Sufficient heating for a week and 20 square meters is possible. You can join for 100 euro.

Infrared heaters are just as effective as fan heaters or other electric heaters.

The running costs are about the same as fan heaters but the acquisition costs are significantly higher.

The infrared heating has a better thermostat and is otherwise much better suited for continuous operation.

Incidentally, fan heaters heat the room faster but can keep the temperature worse.

In the end it is simply a question of how much the room should be heated and how expensive the whole thing can be.

Since it is your house, the best solution would be to install an additional radiator. Find out more from a specialist. Perhaps you can connect something like this to the heating pipes. However, it makes little sense if this circuit is otherwise only used little or not at all. Maybe you know someone from your circle of acquaintances who can advise you. Heating a basement room with another source would only be a stopgap solution. A basement room can't be heated with the snap of a finger - cold floors, cold walls.

With the gas heater you would have to add a chimney or ventilate it all the time.

Of course, that would save money.

You should know how thin is thin and how many radiators are attached to the line. So this MIGHT be enough to connect another radiator. That would definitely be the better alternative to electric heating. And if electric, then I would tend to use infrared heating. Due to the radiant heat, the effective room temperature can be kept a little lower, which at least halfway keeps the energy costs in check.

Thank you for your prompt reply

No, not all the time. Just regularly as you should anyway.

They are intended for the interior.

But I assumed that said basement has windows if it is to be converted into a living room

Propane gas stoves are nothing:

1 kg of propane requires 12 m³ of air to achieve perfect, non-toxic combustion with CO2 = carbon dioxide. If there's not enough air and thus oxygen, there are highly toxic, life-threatening exhaust gases. Because then the combustion produces highly toxic CO = carbon monoxide.

Take the existing heating pipes as a connection.am best to contact the heating contractor who says whether it is enough. Comes cheaper than with electricity during operation