Hi all,
Just bought a detached bungalow in southern Scotland and want to replace the current night storage system and baxi open fire with backboiler (assisting immersion in small copper cylinder in kitchen for DHW) with a full wet central heating system.
There is no mains gas so it is either oil, LPG or electric really.
We are not planning to keep it for long (2-3) years max so whatever we do must add value or be appealing for prospective buyers in the future. Obviously, a full C/H system is way more appealing than the storage heaters, but what to do?
I would like to replace the baxi open fire boiler with a quality multifuel stove with high output backboiler, linked to a thermal store and doing all 9 (planned) rads. Thermal store would need electric backup for DHW during summer months as no stove running in summer! However I think this could be quite demanding to run i.e. Having to load with coal/logs every couple of hours, clearing ash etc.
Another option could be either an oil combi boiler and removal of baxi backboiler. Or, oil fired regular/system boiler linked to a thermal store with input from the baxi for now and perhaps a stove in the future.
What else haven't we thought of?!
Just bought a detached bungalow in southern Scotland and want to replace the current night storage system and baxi open fire with backboiler (assisting immersion in small copper cylinder in kitchen for DHW) with a full wet central heating system.
There is no mains gas so it is either oil, LPG or electric really.
We are not planning to keep it for long (2-3) years max so whatever we do must add value or be appealing for prospective buyers in the future. Obviously, a full C/H system is way more appealing than the storage heaters, but what to do?
I would like to replace the baxi open fire boiler with a quality multifuel stove with high output backboiler, linked to a thermal store and doing all 9 (planned) rads. Thermal store would need electric backup for DHW during summer months as no stove running in summer! However I think this could be quite demanding to run i.e. Having to load with coal/logs every couple of hours, clearing ash etc.
Another option could be either an oil combi boiler and removal of baxi backboiler. Or, oil fired regular/system boiler linked to a thermal store with input from the baxi for now and perhaps a stove in the future.
What else haven't we thought of?!