Hi all
I'm new to the forum but have trawled through all the old posts on this and come up with a plan for a flat that involves no gas / oil / wet central hearing system. I want to know if this is madness!
This is the ground floor of a semi-detached 1920s urban house - the house has been converted (badly) into two one bed flats.
There is currently no central heating system and no separate hot water system - the downstairs hot water is coming from whatever is heating upstairs (presumably an immersion). This all needs to be sorted out so that our downstairs flat is properly split from upstairs.
There is no gas connected to the house. We don't particularly want gas because we'd like to be able to buy green electricity. However, it's apparently in the street if we need it.
Plan is:
Heating:
- Economy 7 storage heaters (4 in total) (professionally installed)
- Wood burning stove (possible back boiler later for additional radiator in bedroom) (DIY install)
- Electric towel rail and overhead blower in bathroom (professionally installed)
- Top up heating in bedroom / dining room using cheap oil filled plug in radiators when the weather is as cold as it is now (no installation cost)
Hot water:
- Unvented direct water cylinder for the bath, wash basin, kitchen sink and shower (professionally installed and maintained)
We have a budget to acheive all this of NO MORE THAN £7500.00
Are we being stupid?
I'm new to the forum but have trawled through all the old posts on this and come up with a plan for a flat that involves no gas / oil / wet central hearing system. I want to know if this is madness!
This is the ground floor of a semi-detached 1920s urban house - the house has been converted (badly) into two one bed flats.
There is currently no central heating system and no separate hot water system - the downstairs hot water is coming from whatever is heating upstairs (presumably an immersion). This all needs to be sorted out so that our downstairs flat is properly split from upstairs.
There is no gas connected to the house. We don't particularly want gas because we'd like to be able to buy green electricity. However, it's apparently in the street if we need it.
Plan is:
Heating:
- Economy 7 storage heaters (4 in total) (professionally installed)
- Wood burning stove (possible back boiler later for additional radiator in bedroom) (DIY install)
- Electric towel rail and overhead blower in bathroom (professionally installed)
- Top up heating in bedroom / dining room using cheap oil filled plug in radiators when the weather is as cold as it is now (no installation cost)
Hot water:
- Unvented direct water cylinder for the bath, wash basin, kitchen sink and shower (professionally installed and maintained)
We have a budget to acheive all this of NO MORE THAN £7500.00
Are we being stupid?