Central Heating - electric?
Discussion
After a bit of advice...
Our new gaff has storage heating and this winter has seen some eye watering bills (as expected).
Normal 4 bed house, not near gas mains so thats out..
I cant work out what the best option is -
A - Replace all the storage and panel heaters with more modern ones with zoned controls
B - Put in a combi electric boiler (un vented) running radiators off that on economy 10
C - Just get oil fired central heating or LPG
D - Air source thingy but suspect very pricey
The problem I have is that I dont know whats under the floors in terms of space downstairs so option A is attractive and probably easiest.
There is no access hatch and the whole place is laid with very think Oak type flooring.
Any experiences and advice are really welcome - I want to keep costs down both in installation and running costs!
Our new gaff has storage heating and this winter has seen some eye watering bills (as expected).
Normal 4 bed house, not near gas mains so thats out..
I cant work out what the best option is -
A - Replace all the storage and panel heaters with more modern ones with zoned controls
B - Put in a combi electric boiler (un vented) running radiators off that on economy 10
C - Just get oil fired central heating or LPG
D - Air source thingy but suspect very pricey
The problem I have is that I dont know whats under the floors in terms of space downstairs so option A is attractive and probably easiest.
There is no access hatch and the whole place is laid with very think Oak type flooring.
Any experiences and advice are really welcome - I want to keep costs down both in installation and running costs!
First - insulate.
Then insulate some more. Cylinder (couple of jackets), roof (300mm), walls (cavity injection or external render/insulation if solid-walled), floor (rockwool between joists) if you can crawl under it. Grants available to sweeten the deal.
Then look at the storage heaters - if they're old, huge things, swapping them for newer will be cheapest upgrade.
ASHP work ok, but are noisy and can struggle in winter, particularly with hot water heating. GSHP better but need oversized rads and £15k to dig your garden up. Plus you need wet heating (floor up) for either of those anyway.
Swap energy suppliers regularly, plus have a look at tariffs - AFAIK economy 7 isn't the only one available.
Or hotwire the meter
Then insulate some more. Cylinder (couple of jackets), roof (300mm), walls (cavity injection or external render/insulation if solid-walled), floor (rockwool between joists) if you can crawl under it. Grants available to sweeten the deal.
Then look at the storage heaters - if they're old, huge things, swapping them for newer will be cheapest upgrade.
ASHP work ok, but are noisy and can struggle in winter, particularly with hot water heating. GSHP better but need oversized rads and £15k to dig your garden up. Plus you need wet heating (floor up) for either of those anyway.
Swap energy suppliers regularly, plus have a look at tariffs - AFAIK economy 7 isn't the only one available.
Or hotwire the meter
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