I'm with Joan - look for those new ones that look like the old-timey radiators. They're oil-filled and sealed tight and do keep a small room nice and toasty! My mom had a few and when we needed heat for CashHappySon's basement efficiency apartment, then that's what we went for. It does keep it warm and there's no danger if it tips over, or gets a stray towel, etc. No, none of us intend to drape stuff there, sometimes it just happens. Better safe than sorry.
We found out about those surcharges on FILs house when we kept getting gas bills with no one living in the home.
