advise with heating options in my house

_Jimlad_

_Jimlad_

_Jimlad_

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Hello we live in a small 3 bedroom house that we purchased 5 years back. It is all electric with no gas at all. im currently getting a quote for the pipe work, but due to the distance its looking like £500 - £700, and then we would need i guess a few grand spent on a boiler, rads and the install.

I could get this done, but wondering what other options are out there and is electric really that bad, or could i get some sort of heating system that is almost in the same league cost and efficiency wise as a gas system?

As it stands i have 2 working storage heaters, one in the master room and one in the front front. This is fine for me, but we just had a babba and need something better in place.

Any advise welcome.

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ps can we get a DIY and Home section on the forum ? :)
 
I'm in exactly the same situation as you except I'm getting gas central heating fitted on Monday.

Electric is an expensive way to heat your house and water, it's cheaper to put in but that is it. Storage heaters are ****. Go with gas.
 
Get a really big empty oil drum and set fire to things in the middle of your house? Probably cheaper than using electric....

Note I have no idea on heating but a couple of grand on getting gas sounds expensive.
 
Wood burning stove with option of back boiler. Quite a fuss though. Anything elctric will cost you a lot more to run.

I'd just get gas installed, £700 is nothing in the long run and the biggest cost is the boiler, rads, pipework - what you're adding on to actually have gas in the house is quite insignificant and makes life a lot easier.
 
Depending on the time you spend living there from the point of installation gas heating should pay you back in a fairly short amount of time.

Not only that, but it is a much better way of heating your property and increases the value of it too.
 
Also consider if you have the best insulation you can get
Lots of places will now help with the cost due to government subsidies.

There are lots of options for even old houses on improving heat retention.

I cannot see utilities doing anything but going up long term so anything you can do to keep the heat you have paid for (no matter what the source) inside thehouse has to be good. Plus better insulated houses generally keep cooler in the summer.
 
What are the costs of an electric central heating boiler like? I've never looked much into them, but remember seeing one in a house I did some work at.

I assume they're only used in places where it isn't possible to get gas though; I'd just get a gas supply fitted and roll with that tbh.
 
cheers chaps, well waiting for the quote for how much it will cost to hook up the gas to the house, the lady said it really can vary from £120 to over 1k - depends on how far they have to dig. tbh even if i did save the money spending a grand on just getting the pipes in would hurt like hell. the lady on the phone reckons if i have a neighbour on gas it should only be around the minimum (£120)
 
_Jimlad_ said:
cheers chaps, well waiting for the quote for how much it will cost to hook up the gas to the house, the lady said it really can vary from £120 to over 1k - depends on how far they have to dig. tbh even if i did save the money spending a grand on just getting the pipes in would hurt like hell. the lady on the phone reckons if i have a neighbour on gas it should only be around the minimum (£120)
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If you dig the trenches through your garden and up to the house than this will save you some bank
 
have you considered an air source heat pump?

the government have just announced the latest renewable heat incentive scheme and air source heat pumps are part of it. They cost a bit to put in but will save you money on your energy bills compared to gas and you'll now also get yearly grants from the government.

I think it will cost you a lot more than £2000 to install a heating system and a boiler. I'd probably double that to be honest.
 
I have electric heating, we ripped out the storage heaters and have 3 new electric heaters.

We have just been taken off economy 7 and I need to sort out the lowest KWh tariff I can, I will let you know how I get on as the Mrs has started turning the heating on from today.

We also did it due to our daughter being born :)

We plan to move in the near future though so didn't fancy ripping up everything for pipework to do gas.

i'd definitely have preferred gas.
 
GeX said:
If you dig the trenches through your garden and up to the house than this will save you some bank
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yeah would be prepared to do that if it saved some $

justalex81 said:
have you considered an air source heat pump?

the government have just announced the latest renewable heat incentive scheme and air source heat pumps are part of it. They cost a bit to put in but will save you money on your energy bills compared to gas and you'll now also get yearly grants from the government.

I think it will cost you a lot more than £2000 to install a heating system and a boiler. I'd probably double that to be honest.
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no will look into that, thank you

Dkore-DeX said:
I have electric heating, we ripped out the storage heaters and have 3 new electric heaters.

We have just been taken off economy 7 and I need to sort out the lowest KWh tariff I can, I will let you know how I get on as the Mrs has started turning the heating on from today.

We also did it due to our daughter being born :)

We plan to move in the near future though so didn't fancy ripping up everything for pipework to do gas.

i'd definitely have preferred gas.
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do you have a link for the heaters you got? because short term that might have to be an option if the gas install to the mains is too much

Haggisman said:
The first time you have a decent shower after a crappy electric will make it all worthwhile ;)

Then you get to cook on an actual flame, which is even better :D
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just purchased a new oven, so that will stay electric anyway. modern electric ovens are pretty good tow tbh
 
Jim how many neighbours do you have?

Its quite possible there are others who would take a share of the bill of getting the gas close to you and then you can share the cost.
If you all work in isolation you could all dismiss the gas as too expensive, where as even finding one neighbour who would share you would be almost halfing the cost if £700 was accurate.

Is it worth getting a flyer and posting through all the doors. Gas company may even help you, or may waive the cost of the long run of piping and you all pay the minimum to install if they get a load of customers out of it.
 
robskinner said:
Jim how many neighbours do you have?

Its quite possible there are others who would take a share of the bill of getting the gas close to you and then you can share the cost.
If you all work in isolation you could all dismiss the gas as too expensive, where as even finding one neighbour who would share you would be almost halfing the cost if £700 was accurate.

Is it worth getting a flyer and posting through all the doors. Gas company may even help you, or may waive the cost of the long run of piping and you all pay the minimum to install if they get a load of customers out of it.
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good call mate, i will do that.
 
justalex81 said:
have you considered an air source heat pump?

the government have just announced the latest renewable heat incentive scheme and air source heat pumps are part of it. They cost a bit to put in but will save you money on your energy bills compared to gas and you'll now also get yearly grants from the government.

I think it will cost you a lot more than £2000 to install a heating system and a boiler. I'd probably double that to be honest.
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My dad is in the process of installing one in his house, its going to cost him £6.5k to have it installed, but since they are not planning on moving again they will make their money back within 8 years as its so cheap to run. Not really worth it unless you plan on living at your current place for many years.

I'm not aware of the grant details however, so it might work out a lot cheaper when those are factored in.
 
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