Hello all
Ok to cut the long story short
My mother is 78 this year and lives on her own and she had a bungalow fire and is out of the building at the moment and waiting for insurance to sort things out.
She had a Rayburn fire in her kitchen to cook her food and heat up the water for the bathroom and the kitchen sink. Then a Parkray fire in the living room which would run the central heating (5 radiators).
Anyway Here is the problem
When the insurance get around to sorting things out she insists that she wants another Rayburn fire and wants to continue using coal and is very stubborn in her ways.
We are not really happy with this as times have moved on So i wanted to know what other solutions are available to us to provide her with hot water and central heating. we really do not want a woman of her age going out in all weathers to get coal and tend to fires as we cannot be there with her all of the time due to work etc.
She only has electric going to the property so no gas available as the property is far away from mains gas supply.
I suggested a oil tank and oil heater/cooker of some sort but do not really have a clue what is available out there and what options these heaters have? Or possibly some sort of electric heater cheaper to run than oil but i think not.
Could you guys make some suggestions please or point me the right way.
Looking for:
Something to run heating and hot water and possibly cooking on?
If no cooking available above what can she use to cook with?
Maintenance free as possible?
Cheap to run if possible? (Or best efficiently wise)?
Something the insurers will go with or might go with?
Anything else you can think of, Im no expert on this matter.
Cheers All
Ok to cut the long story short
My mother is 78 this year and lives on her own and she had a bungalow fire and is out of the building at the moment and waiting for insurance to sort things out.
She had a Rayburn fire in her kitchen to cook her food and heat up the water for the bathroom and the kitchen sink. Then a Parkray fire in the living room which would run the central heating (5 radiators).
Anyway Here is the problem
When the insurance get around to sorting things out she insists that she wants another Rayburn fire and wants to continue using coal and is very stubborn in her ways.
We are not really happy with this as times have moved on So i wanted to know what other solutions are available to us to provide her with hot water and central heating. we really do not want a woman of her age going out in all weathers to get coal and tend to fires as we cannot be there with her all of the time due to work etc.
She only has electric going to the property so no gas available as the property is far away from mains gas supply.
I suggested a oil tank and oil heater/cooker of some sort but do not really have a clue what is available out there and what options these heaters have? Or possibly some sort of electric heater cheaper to run than oil but i think not.
Could you guys make some suggestions please or point me the right way.
Looking for:
Something to run heating and hot water and possibly cooking on?
If no cooking available above what can she use to cook with?
Maintenance free as possible?
Cheap to run if possible? (Or best efficiently wise)?
Something the insurers will go with or might go with?
Anything else you can think of, Im no expert on this matter.
Cheers All
