I recently bought a 3 bedroom maisonette and I have come to the conclusion that the only form of heating/hot water I can have is electric.
There is district heating but I am unable to connect due to problems with the lease and and it would have cost £11,000 to have a gas line installed into the property, there is a pipe about 50 meters away from the property so this amount seems a little ridiculous. Even if I could have afforded to pay this the leaseholders, who told me I was unable to connect to the district heating system, said I would most likely be unable to have a gas line running into the property due to health and safety issues (property is in a 4 storey block, 2 2 storey properties on top of each other and about 25 properties long).
I was supposed to go ahead with fitting an electric combi this week but my plumber let me down and he had advised me of what to use, a 12kw fusion e10 combination boiler http://www.electric-heatingcompany.co.uk/index.php/electric-combination-boilers/.
Now I'm totally stuck and haven't a clue what to go with as I have a suspicion that he was just messing me about (long story). So I was hoping for a little advice as to which system would be best.
I have used a BTU calculator to work out the heat output I need for each room and have supplied sizes of the rooms ;
Downstairs:
Entrance Porch Area - 2.56m2 - 280 BTU
Passage - Passage - 9.3m2 - 840 BTU
Bedroom 1 - 10.9m2 - 2449 BTU
Bathroom - 7.66m2 - 2406 BTU
Upstairs:
Bedroom 2 - 11.18m2 - 2608 BTU
Bedroom 3 - 5.67m2 - 1323 BTU
Open Plan Lounge/Kitchen - 27.8m2 - 8092
The property is double glazed and has a high standard of insulation. It has a concrete frame so ceiling and floors are concrete. Ceiling has 50mm fibreglass insulation under plasterboards and floor has 50mm polystyrene boards under a thick waterproof membrane and 18mm boards. All surround walls are covered in 'donkey hash' and all internal walls are insulated between plasterboards. The property is usually quite warm. There is currently no heating as it had been stripped back and most walls knocked out. When I bought it there was very old storage heaters with asbestos lining inside.
Any advice would be very appreciated. Thank you.
There is district heating but I am unable to connect due to problems with the lease and and it would have cost £11,000 to have a gas line installed into the property, there is a pipe about 50 meters away from the property so this amount seems a little ridiculous. Even if I could have afforded to pay this the leaseholders, who told me I was unable to connect to the district heating system, said I would most likely be unable to have a gas line running into the property due to health and safety issues (property is in a 4 storey block, 2 2 storey properties on top of each other and about 25 properties long).
I was supposed to go ahead with fitting an electric combi this week but my plumber let me down and he had advised me of what to use, a 12kw fusion e10 combination boiler http://www.electric-heatingcompany.co.uk/index.php/electric-combination-boilers/.
Now I'm totally stuck and haven't a clue what to go with as I have a suspicion that he was just messing me about (long story). So I was hoping for a little advice as to which system would be best.
I have used a BTU calculator to work out the heat output I need for each room and have supplied sizes of the rooms ;
Downstairs:
Entrance Porch Area - 2.56m2 - 280 BTU
Passage - Passage - 9.3m2 - 840 BTU
Bedroom 1 - 10.9m2 - 2449 BTU
Bathroom - 7.66m2 - 2406 BTU
Upstairs:
Bedroom 2 - 11.18m2 - 2608 BTU
Bedroom 3 - 5.67m2 - 1323 BTU
Open Plan Lounge/Kitchen - 27.8m2 - 8092
The property is double glazed and has a high standard of insulation. It has a concrete frame so ceiling and floors are concrete. Ceiling has 50mm fibreglass insulation under plasterboards and floor has 50mm polystyrene boards under a thick waterproof membrane and 18mm boards. All surround walls are covered in 'donkey hash' and all internal walls are insulated between plasterboards. The property is usually quite warm. There is currently no heating as it had been stripped back and most walls knocked out. When I bought it there was very old storage heaters with asbestos lining inside.
Any advice would be very appreciated. Thank you.