I have a small flat (2 bedroom) which I rent out with storage heaters which were installed circa 2006.
They work perfectly fine and while they are recent-ish installs, they are the standard manual control type.
This means that the EPC is impacted a lot, an E I think. The rest of the flat has modern windows and cavity wall insulation, so there is little scope elsewhere for upgrade.
At some point it seems some EPC upgrades will need to be made. Upgrading to a LOT20 or HHR seems to be an option for an improved EPC score.
However, am I correct in that, this is all really a bit of smoke and mirrors.
Other than better heat retention, and presumably better controls. They can't be any more efficient for an equivalent KWH rating, can they?
Unless the digital controls are that much more intuitive that they store the required amount of heat in a more efficient manner? (some kind of weather compensation?)
Am I missing anything?
Another option is to install gas, of which a mains supply is available to connect to. However if gas is going the way of the dinosaur for new installs. Would I be shelling out for little long term benefit. Especially if the government decide to flip the cost of tariffs and slowly make gas unpalatable.
I did read this thread which has similar musings:
https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/dimplex-quantum-or-creda-trse.574511/
But I just wanted to be sure what the actual gains would be, other than a better EPC rating.
They work perfectly fine and while they are recent-ish installs, they are the standard manual control type.
This means that the EPC is impacted a lot, an E I think. The rest of the flat has modern windows and cavity wall insulation, so there is little scope elsewhere for upgrade.
At some point it seems some EPC upgrades will need to be made. Upgrading to a LOT20 or HHR seems to be an option for an improved EPC score.
However, am I correct in that, this is all really a bit of smoke and mirrors.
Other than better heat retention, and presumably better controls. They can't be any more efficient for an equivalent KWH rating, can they?
Unless the digital controls are that much more intuitive that they store the required amount of heat in a more efficient manner? (some kind of weather compensation?)
Am I missing anything?
Another option is to install gas, of which a mains supply is available to connect to. However if gas is going the way of the dinosaur for new installs. Would I be shelling out for little long term benefit. Especially if the government decide to flip the cost of tariffs and slowly make gas unpalatable.
I did read this thread which has similar musings:
https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/dimplex-quantum-or-creda-trse.574511/
But I just wanted to be sure what the actual gains would be, other than a better EPC rating.