Electric Central Heating?
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Hi All -
Just looked at a house yesterday - total 70's throwback - which was quite interesting.
Apparently, the old owner worked for the electric board - and the house has electric central heating.
One the energy efficiency graph - it has a score of 1 and a potential of 1
Couple of q's to the PH massive:
1) How much (beermat) to install a complete gas system? (4 bed house)
2) Does anyone have experience of heating using electric? looks like it would cost a small fortune!
thanks in advance!
BERGS
Just looked at a house yesterday - total 70's throwback - which was quite interesting.
Apparently, the old owner worked for the electric board - and the house has electric central heating.
One the energy efficiency graph - it has a score of 1 and a potential of 1
Couple of q's to the PH massive:
1) How much (beermat) to install a complete gas system? (4 bed house)
2) Does anyone have experience of heating using electric? looks like it would cost a small fortune!
thanks in advance!
BERGS
Per kWh, gas is hugely cheaper than electricity, so it doesn't really matter how efficient a new heating system is - electricity will cost more to run.
This is a regularly updated comparison of the major heating methods:
http://www.nottenergy.com/energy-costs-comparison3
You're looking at 12.83pence per kWh for electricity, compared to 3.98pence on standard rate gas.
As for replacing your existing system, a lot depends on what you can re-use and what you put in - how long is a piece of string? You can also spend more on a system to get lower running costs, or go for things like underfloor heating if your house is suitable.
This is a regularly updated comparison of the major heating methods:
http://www.nottenergy.com/energy-costs-comparison3
You're looking at 12.83pence per kWh for electricity, compared to 3.98pence on standard rate gas.
As for replacing your existing system, a lot depends on what you can re-use and what you put in - how long is a piece of string? You can also spend more on a system to get lower running costs, or go for things like underfloor heating if your house is suitable.
Tuna said:
You're looking at 12.83pence per kWh for electricity, compared to 3.98pence on standard rate gas.
As for replacing your existing system, a lot depends on what you can re-use and what you put in - how long is a piece of string? You can also spend more on a system to get lower running costs, or go for things like underfloor heating if your house is suitable.
ouch! - that's useful info - thanks.As for replacing your existing system, a lot depends on what you can re-use and what you put in - how long is a piece of string? You can also spend more on a system to get lower running costs, or go for things like underfloor heating if your house is suitable.
In terms re-using existing system - there isn't one - its literally all electric - so would mean:
Condensor Combi Boiler £900
All the pipework & drilling required to fit (mostly labour cost) - £1000??
All the rads (guess 8 - 10 in total) another grand
Roomstats & Control unit ???
At a guess - I'm feeling little change from £5k as a minimum... but would welcome anyone elses experience...
Mad Dave said:
I saw a brochure for a company called ROINTE who provide electric central heating systems which they claim are more efficient and cheaper to run than gas central heating. I was very tempted to buy a system myself but never did. Worth checking out.
The Rointe website is very misleading, they are claiming the time units are switched off as savings!More relevant is the energy costs comparison site - it's quite possible to have an electric powered system using a heat pump that costs a similar amount to run as gas.
Three main options, oil, bottled gas, heat pump(s).
Suggest you steer clear of bottled gas.
Oil will do anything you want and you'll get plenty of installers in the UK who understand it.
Heat pumps could be the way to go, probably best to start your own thread with some details such as age of house, location, size, insulation etc etc and advice should be forthcoming.
Suggest you steer clear of bottled gas.
Oil will do anything you want and you'll get plenty of installers in the UK who understand it.
Heat pumps could be the way to go, probably best to start your own thread with some details such as age of house, location, size, insulation etc etc and advice should be forthcoming.
BERGS2 said:
Hi All -
Just looked at a house yesterday - total 70's throwback - which was quite interesting.
Apparently, the old owner worked for the electric board - and the house has electric central heating.
One the energy efficiency graph - it has a score of 1 and a potential of 1
Couple of q's to the PH massive:
1) How much (beermat) to install a complete gas system? (4 bed house)
2) Does anyone have experience of heating using electric? looks like it would cost a small fortune!
thanks in advance!
BERGS
You need to find out if the house has a gas supply - meter/capped pipe/whatever - if it doesn't you'd need to factor in the utilities company cost to lay a new supply. What that cost is, I'm afraid I've no idea Just looked at a house yesterday - total 70's throwback - which was quite interesting.
Apparently, the old owner worked for the electric board - and the house has electric central heating.
One the energy efficiency graph - it has a score of 1 and a potential of 1
Couple of q's to the PH massive:
1) How much (beermat) to install a complete gas system? (4 bed house)
2) Does anyone have experience of heating using electric? looks like it would cost a small fortune!
thanks in advance!
BERGS
andy43 said:
You need to find out if the house has a gas supply - meter/capped pipe/whatever - if it doesn't you'd need to factor in the utilities company cost to lay a new supply. What that cost is, I'm afraid I've no idea
If there's a gas main in the road it's not too bad (six hundred quid or so). I didn't realise until I sold my house and the buyers said they were getting mains gas put in, when I looked 10 years ago it was three grand up.See http://www.nationalgrid.com/NR/rdonlyres/D908F171-...
I read on another forum about a University property department that is installing a lot of OSO electric boilers - the suggestion was electric boilers were less maintenance than gas and they take away the gas and carbon monoxide safety fears.
No idea on running costs - the post suggested that wasn't a consideration as the students pay the bills themselves.
No idea on running costs - the post suggested that wasn't a consideration as the students pay the bills themselves.
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