Heat Pumps and Electric Heating - Electric Baseboard options

Remodeling a back room and two bathrooms. They all have electric baseboard heat. Some of them work - otheres do not. They all look pretty old. Should I just get these working - or are there newer more efficient options out there?

If you mean old like 20 years I would consider it. Dust, dirt and the fins rusting will reduce the efficency considerably. You can take them apart and see what they look like. Check the condition of the calrod element and if they are twisted it means they have overheated because of blockage from something. We had a rental house with this heat and decided to put a heat pump in. When the heaters were removed some were fire hazards from no cleaning and trash in them. Two were like new because the wiring was wrong. Only one heater was working in the rooms and they were all twisted out of shape from overuse. Good Luck

Electric heat today is the same 40 years ago. Will be the same amount of heat (no difference there).

I had one contractor say that the new electric heaters have oil in them - and that when the old ones go off - they immediately start going cold but the ones with the oil stay warmer longer once they are turned off/down. He says they are more efficient - any one have any experience with them?

Electric heat is still one to one! Oil filled will take longer to heat up. Metal will cool quicker.

So iot sounds like oil vs. metal is not a big deal - and I believe the metal ones are cheaper.

thanks to all for the comments

i have a family room 18by24 and i put 2 8 foot electric heaters in last fall and i never had them turned no higher than 65 on the thernosat we satisfied with them :):)Beer 4U2Beer 4U2

bighammer - that's good to know. Did you put in the regular metal ones or the onew with oil in them. I think the general consensus I am hearing is - "why pay more for the one with oil - the metal ones work fine"