Can a baseboard heater be mounted vertically?

Question

I have limited space in a relatively small San Francisco apartment. I am working with my landlord on installing some sort of heating system, as my apartment is basically a converted garage. I was thinking of asking her to install a couple of baseboard heaters, but due to the limited wall space, I would really like to mount them vertically.

Am I able to mount the typical Home Depot-type wall heater vertically? Or, does somebody have an economical alternative to this problem?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

DO NOT mount a baseboard heater vertically.
They are designed to heat air that moves past the
element be convection. In a vertical mount this will
not happen rapidly enough.
The efficiency will suffer and the unit might
overheat dangerously.
If space is limited, look into an electric unit heater,
or fan/coil unit.

Answer 2

Yes, its electric and wont hurt anything to be mounted vertically. Check with the mfg to be certain. Some heaters have an anti-tip device to shut themselves off if they are anything but horizontal.