Anyone used Rointe heaters?

Notcheapdownhere

12.06p per unit. I don't have the bill on me but will check.
But that's the reason why I'm a bit apprehensive to go onto e7 as that will change to 15p.

penrhyn

I suspect that there is also a daily standing charge of around 15 p, or £54 a year.

Notcheapdownhere

Correct it's not.
Vat is on top (5%) plus standing charge of 17.73p and 3.72p
It doesn't sound good now.

RointesystemsAnygood?

Please can someone who has a Rointe system (not an employee or sales person please) give me a idea as to whether they are worth installing in an old cottage which is not efficient? We currently are on oil and the costs are as high as £80 (just for the oil elec on top!) a week thr the winter. Been told these will cost less and more heat efficient. Help?!

Richie-from-the-Boro

If #387 requesting feedback from another first time poster .. is based on .. """Been told these will cost less and more heat efficient. Help?!""" - I suggest you read the previous # 386 posts before your own, this question has been answered hundreds of times.

- who may I ask told you, they cost less - a salesman ?
- who may I ask told you, they are more efficient - a salesman ?

If the post requesting feedback on whether Rionte is a good heating system in """" an old cottage which is not efficient"""

- paraffin / oil heating would be expensive in """" an old cottage which is not efficient"""
- gas heating would be expensive in """" an old cottage which is not efficient"""
- night store heating would be expensive in """" an old cottage which is not efficient"""
- wood burner would be expensive in """" an old cottage which is not efficient"""

The issue is not which, in a menu of water & space heating systems is cheaper or more expensive but what causes all of them to be expensive in your home .. .. and all of them to be relatively cheaper in someone else's home. Could it be that """" an old cottage which is not efficient""" is the reason why any / all heating systems are expensive, and that spending £3,000 attending to better insulation and heat loss reduction would produce a better savings result than any form of new heating ?

What do you think - RointesystemsAnygood ?

greenjade_2

I am new to this thread, and would be really grateful for any advise for my daughter - she has just moved into 3 bedroom flat, at moment has underfloor heating - does not work, and is going to get some heaters - they are all eletric; what type would you suggest?

thanks

Richie-from-the-Boro

greenjade wrote: »

I am new to this thread, and would be really grateful for any advise for my daughter - she has just moved into 3 bedroom flat, at moment has underfloor heating - does not work, and is going to get some heaters - they are all electric, what type would you suggest?

thanks

- what type of electric heating they get depends on what type of tariff they are on, or would like to move to
- what type of underfloor ? wet or dry ? will give the group a clue on which tariff your daughter is on
- what you daughter decides will need to last for many many year and carry them over extreme winters

Owain_Moneysaver

greenjade wrote: »

I am new to this thread, and would be really grateful for any advise for my daughter - she has just moved into 3 bedroom flat, at moment has underfloor heating - does not work, and is going to get some heaters - they are all eletric; what type would you suggest?

If your daughter is renting the flat, suggest she tells her landlord to fix the heating to the flat meets the tolerable standard for housing.

If your daughter owns the flat

• and is not at home during the day then £20 convector heaters from Argos, and get the best anytime electricity tariff possible
• and is at home during the day, and can afford the capital expenditure, then storage heaters, and get the best Economy 7 tariff possible. Storage heaters are about £200-300 each depending on size (and it is a big mistake to undersize them) but will cost about one-third of the price of any heater running on peak rate electricity.

greenjade_2

Thanks for your quick replies, they have just bought the flat and not much money - no idea what type of underfloor heating - the property was a repossession, and upstairs neighbours have no idea what type it is - they have not sorted out the provider yet, but sounds as if they should try and go for one that offers off-peak; at present the meter is a key one and very restrictive tariffs and have been told it will take at least 4 - 6 weeks for other meter to be fitted.

There rooms are not that big - is there a formula to work out what size of heaters they should install?

Cardew

Agree with the suggestion above that, assuming the flat is all electric, the cheapest long term solution would be storage heaters.

However bear in mind that you might need changes to electrical wiring in the flat for storage heating.

As a temporary measure until funds are available, simple oil filled radiators and convector heaters from Argos etc(and costing very little money will produce exactly the same amount of heat, for the same running cost, as the most expensive heaters on the market(often costing over £1000 each)

Again you need to check that the wiring/consumer unit is adequate for the heaters. However, as it all electric, that shouldn't present a problem.