Hi,
First post on here but had site recommended for great advice!!
I have a vokera 20/80 r.s. flowmatic, there are no functional problems with it at the moment but I have been told that I should replace it as it's about 21 years old and will be quite inefficient.
I live in 100 year old terraced house with 3 meter high ceilings and I find it very hard to heat up in less than a few hours, I have got the relevant efficiencies for stopping the heat loss from the house (as much as I can with its age) but the boiler has to be on for a very long time to get the heat up once it gets there it's great but it's time for bed then and it all gets turned off.
I stared researching looking at the btu output on the radiators and it looks to me that the old single panel radiators don't produce enough heat for the size of the rooms so I am going to look at changing some to double convecting radiators which should heat the rooms up quicker and the thermostat will flick the boiler off quicker being more efficient but getting warmer quicker.
My gas bills are pretty big at the moment costing around £140 per month so the question is am I best investing in a new boiler which could be very costly or just change some if the radiators and keep the boiler as it runs perfectly?
I have no idea what to do so any help or advice would be massively appreciated
First post on here but had site recommended for great advice!!
I have a vokera 20/80 r.s. flowmatic, there are no functional problems with it at the moment but I have been told that I should replace it as it's about 21 years old and will be quite inefficient.
I live in 100 year old terraced house with 3 meter high ceilings and I find it very hard to heat up in less than a few hours, I have got the relevant efficiencies for stopping the heat loss from the house (as much as I can with its age) but the boiler has to be on for a very long time to get the heat up once it gets there it's great but it's time for bed then and it all gets turned off.
I stared researching looking at the btu output on the radiators and it looks to me that the old single panel radiators don't produce enough heat for the size of the rooms so I am going to look at changing some to double convecting radiators which should heat the rooms up quicker and the thermostat will flick the boiler off quicker being more efficient but getting warmer quicker.
My gas bills are pretty big at the moment costing around £140 per month so the question is am I best investing in a new boiler which could be very costly or just change some if the radiators and keep the boiler as it runs perfectly?
I have no idea what to do so any help or advice would be massively appreciated