Least Costly Way to Heat a Basement

Our Answer

For a small basement, the most cost-effective way to heat it is with electric baseboard heaters. While we’d never recommend electric heat for a larger space because the operation cost is pretty high, to have just a couple of heaters for a basement that will only need to be used for a limited period of time throughout the year is definitely the easiest and least expensive way to add heat.

Make sure your baseboard electric heaters are wired to a wall-mounted programmable thermostat so you can set the heaters to come on only when needed.