I am having a single-room extension built over my garage and need to decide on a heating system. Answers to similar queries in this forum all seem to advise extending the Gas Central Heating to provide radiators in the new room. British Gas advise that, because the existing boiler is over 13 years old and might not be capable of supporting the additional radiators, it would be better to replace it with a more modern and efficient one. This would require some re-routing of pipes and the total cost (excluding fitting out the extension) would be £3300. Given that the extension would be used occasionally rather than all-day/every-day, I am wondering if an electrical heating system might not be better. I have discounted electric storage radiators (ugly, hard to control and not good for evening use) and underfloor heating (wood floor) but what about modern, slim-line electric radiators with a good control system? I accept that the cost of electricity might be higher than for gas but I can buy an awful lot of it for £3300.
Heating options for a house extension
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Well tell the guys here more about the boiler you have like the name ie potterton 45bf,approx age,number of radiators,measure them and say either single or double panel.
Very good chance your extra heating load will be ok.
Very good chance your extra heating load will be ok.
Can you tell us what boiler you have and the size of the system?
A bit of liberal use of the [return] key wouldn't go amiss either.
A bit of liberal use of the [return] key wouldn't go amiss either.
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The existing boiler is a Worcester 28 CDI RSF. The house has 6 radiators downstairs and 7 upstairs, and the extension would add 3 to this.
For Dan Robinson: I recognized that my original post was relatively long but I really didn't think that it was hard to read. I try to avoid inserting returns, paragraph breaks, tabs and so on into posts as they can often result in strange formatting of the post when it is published.
For Eaton: That's an interesting system that you pointed me at but I understand that underfloor heating should be avoided with hard-wood floors (which I plan to use), presumably because of a risk of the wood splitting, warping or shrinking.
For Dan Robinson: I recognized that my original post was relatively long but I really didn't think that it was hard to read. I try to avoid inserting returns, paragraph breaks, tabs and so on into posts as they can often result in strange formatting of the post when it is published.
For Eaton: That's an interesting system that you pointed me at but I understand that underfloor heating should be avoided with hard-wood floors (which I plan to use), presumably because of a risk of the wood splitting, warping or shrinking.
Underfloor is fine for most floors, it's no good for laminate, but most real woods and engineered woods are fine, the wood you buy should actually state if ok for underfloor. Done a few massive houses with engineered and real wood all with uf
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