Abstract: A wall mounted space heater includes a housing having front and rear walls cojointly defining a space therebetween divided into a pair of convective air channels by a substantially vertically disposed solid flat metal plate having a first side facing the rear wall and a second side facing the front wall. The first side of the plate is coated with a layer of plastic in which is embedded an electric resistance heating element for heating the air flowing through the convective channels from air inlet openings formed in the housing bottom and lower portion of the front wall to air outlet openings formed in the upper portion of the front wall. The second side of the plate radiates heat toward the front wall and the metal plate is so disposed that some of the radiated heat passes through the openings in the upper and lower portions of the front wall directly into the room to be heated.