Cost of converting from electric to gas central heating

Kazzea

Looking at buying a small 2 bedroomed flat but a lot of them appear to be solely electric heating - where could I find out (without having to contact someone for an actual quote) roughly how much money it would take to convert to gas central heating (combi boiler ect) ????

Thanks

utigers

You wouldnt use any of the existing heaters (if you meant that)

Is there gas into the property?

If not that will cost a pretty penny, a relative bought a house with no gas meter etc.......and it cost them £500. The mains ran past where they wanted it so they tapped into it ran a 4m pipe underground and put the meter in. A lot of dosh for that.

Depending on the quality of combi (£300+) and layout out of the house I would estimate around £2k.

Kazzea

Its not for a specific property - just that i would like to include electric heated properties in my search but wanted to know what to estimate adding on as I think electric heating is too expensive and would prefer gas.

Thanks for the reply

Cardew

utigers wrote: »

You wouldnt use any of the existing heaters (if you meant that)

Is there gas into the property?

If not that will cost a pretty penny, a relative bought a house with no gas meter etc.......and it cost them £500. The mains ran past where they wanted it so they tapped into it ran a 4m pipe underground and put the meter in. A lot of dosh for that.

Depending on the quality of combi (£300+) and layout out of the house I would estimate around £2k.

Even if gas is available in the area, to get gas piped in for £500 is a bargain - there are several threads on MSE where people have been quoted several thousand pounds.

Leaving out the cost of getting gas to the property, I would think a cost of around £3,000 to fit CH would be normal.

There is an argument for small properties, especially for a couple at work all day, that electric heating can make sense. Higher running costs of course, but no expensive annual gas servicing, no capital expenditure, and no replacement of an expensive gas boiler every 10 years or so.

The other option to consider is an Air Source Heat Pump(ASHP)

kippen_noedel

running costs are normally cheaper for gas, install costs are higher.

ask the estate agent how much if anything would be added to the value of the property if you had it installed

utigers

Cardew wrote: »

Even if gas is available in the area, to get gas piped in for £500 is a bargain - there are several threads on MSE where people have been quoted several thousand pounds.

Leaving out the cost of getting gas to the property, I would think a cost of around £3,000 to fit CH would be normal.

There is an argument for small properties, especially for a couple at work all day, that electric heating can make sense. Higher running costs of course, but no expensive annual gas servicing, no capital expenditure, and no replacement of an expensive gas boiler every 10 years or so.

The other option to consider is an Air Source Heat Pump(ASHP)

I no it can be dear. What they got for £500 was not much considering the length of run and time taken etc.......