As far as heating running a piece of flexwatt is the easiest and it is very efficient we have several DIY in our DIY section, as for thermostat I always recommend Herpstat, they are very dependable I have some that have been running for 11 years now so it's a good investment. The intro + or the one will suffice and both of those have added security features. https://www.spyderrobotics.com/index...=index&cPath=1