Electric Radiators

[Swinters]

I have made my mind up that I want electric radiators throughout the house and have found a site that I might go with as they seem to offer a good service, my question is in your opinion would it be better to go electric without pipes etc, is it more cost effective because the prices and what I have seen on their site seems very tempting.

Are more plumbers going in this direction or is it still better to have the old type?

Price wise it seems better to go electric, your comments would be great as I am a novice in this type of thing.

 

[simond]

Electricity costs about 3 times more than gas during waking hours, although it gets cheaper on the Eco7 tariff while your are asleep.

I'm assuming you have seen some cheap Dimplex type heaters on the net?

If you have access to gas, then your 'research' has led you up the garden path.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

an electric boiler is also an option with a wet system but if you have piped natural gas that is still the best and cheapest solution long term.

 

[Swinters]

Thank you for your replies, I have seen the Karilel type systems and what appeals to me is that I can set the temps on each individual radiator and the way they say it distributes the heat, therefore maintaining the amounts of heat I want in any zone, I am sure this is possible with other systems but it all seems a little greener to me. Maybe I am wrong, I have taken onboard what advice you have given me, but the pipeless feature really appeals to me.
I am going to contact the site again and question the monetary aspects of maybe choosing their systems, because bottom line cost has to be the issue.

Thanks again and look forward to any other opinions regarding this matter as I obviously have not purchased the system yet, so I am still undecided.

Greg

 

[simond]

You can do this with hydronic systems, we install it, but it isn't the cheapest solution to fit.

What is this karilel web site url, never heard of them?

 

[Congreave]

Pipes to the floor or wires to a fused spur on the wall, I know which one I would choose!

As for being green, if you have enough solar photovoltaic cells fitted on your roof then yes it would be green but if you are buying electricity its not green at all. The centralized generation and distribution of electricity is hugely wasteful and not even slightly green!

 

[simond]

Dimplex do such a system, but Karilel draws a complete blank other than a reference on Moneysavingexpert.com which caused a bit of a row.

As discussed, no form of electric heating can be considered green unless you generate your own local power. And the photovoltaic option is most definitely not cheap, the cost would be quite incredible.

I saw a a £40K installation the other day, it was struggling to produce 250w.

Taxpayer had paid for it. The council (having paid for it) gave the school an award for greenness. Taxpayer paid for the gong too.

They think we are all morons.