I have a boiler that just heats the hot water at the moment, i need to heat my 1 bed ground floor flat. Do i change the boiler so i am able to run 2 rads or do i go for electric panel heaters? which would be more efficent? I have just had all the insulation in the celling re done and its sound blocked so should also help with the heat, im out at work all day and only really need it in the evening please help!
Combi boiler Vs Electric Panel Rads!
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It is my own place, i've just brought it, im thinking long term due to the fact that i want to rent this out after i move out. Im currently taking walls down and have the celling down so running through pipes for CH isnt a problem as such, gas is already connected too. So im just unsure if it would be effiecent given the inital costing and the fact im personally looking at staying there for 5yrs max?
2 Rads running off the gas boiler vs 2 elec panel rads on timers?? - seems alot to fire up the boiler for just 2 rads, although the hot water will be done via this
Thanks
2 Rads running off the gas boiler vs 2 elec panel rads on timers?? - seems alot to fire up the boiler for just 2 rads, although the hot water will be done via this
Thanks
If its only for 2 rads, its probably not worth the cost of installing boiler, rads, pipes, etc, etc. Go for elec panels. The savings gained by using gas instead of elec would take years to recoup.
The only other thing to consider may be economy 7 night storage(I can't believe I'm saying it
). In your case, installation wouldn't cost too much, but they aren't that controllable.
Another thing to consider is, do you own the flat. If you do, not having gas ch may put some buyers off when you come to sell. It may pay for itself in making your flat more saleable.
The only other thing to consider may be economy 7 night storage(I can't believe I'm saying it
). In your case, installation wouldn't cost too much, but they aren't that controllable.Another thing to consider is, do you own the flat. If you do, not having gas ch may put some buyers off when you come to sell. It may pay for itself in making your flat more saleable.
2 rads isn't much
1 x bedroom
1x bathroom
1 x kit/diner
1 x hall
at least
might as well do the job properly
Your tenants won't want to rent an underheated flat from you if they can get a properly heated one from someone else. Neither will they want to rent a flat that is expensive to heat because it just has electric heating. They will know you just put it in because it's cheap and you don't care about their electricity bills.
1 x bedroom
1x bathroom
1 x kit/diner
1 x hall
at least
might as well do the job properly
Your tenants won't want to rent an underheated flat from you if they can get a properly heated one from someone else. Neither will they want to rent a flat that is expensive to heat because it just has electric heating. They will know you just put it in because it's cheap and you don't care about their electricity bills.
It is quite a small flat, the kitchen and lounge are open plan. im insulating the celling and i need 10 board of 8 by 4, so this may help with the size, if im right and i may be wrong here but i think its aprox 30/40sqr foot. It is small. Costing for fitting a new boiler isnt so much the issue either as my uncle works in the trade. So i guess its the cost of running the boiler 2 feed to rads or running 2 elec rads.
But storage heaters are a big no no, i hate them!
But storage heaters are a big no no, i hate them!
that makes three rooms, so at least three radiators. If e.g. the lounge/kitchen is long, or has windows at two ends, or a window at one end and an external door at the other, it would benefit from 2 rads.
If you are fiting a combi it would probbaly have at least 30kW of power, so it would be capable of heating radiators with the output of ten electric heaterrs (so it could get the flat warm very fast when you came in from work). Modern boilers regulate their output according to demand, so it would turn itself down as soon as the rads got hot. I like to have plenty of rad surface in order to achieve this fast heat-up
If you want to, you can have a boiler-heated rad in the bathroom (which will heat it much faster than a puny electric towel-rail) and can have an electric element fitted to the rad or rail so it can still get hot in summer when the heating is off.
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