Replacing old storage heaters

weebryan

I live in a 2 bedroom flat, kitchen and livingroom downstairs, concrete floors and 3 concrete walls ( 2 external 1 Internal to flat) in both rooms, also a drying area bellow so very cold and exposed. I have 2 storage heaters 1 in lower hall 1.7kw and 1 in living room 3.5kw the (furthest outside room)

Up stair 2 bedrooms and bathroom with just 1 storage heater 3.5kw in hall The main bedroom is the furthest outside room(above livingroom) 3 concrete walls and second bedroom has 3 concrete walls but only 1 is external so main bedroom is pretty cold and the hall tostie warm.
so the internals of the flat is ok but the rooms are cold all the time cause they face out and have black mold and lots of condensation during winter

So the heaters i have are all manual and made by Creda from the early 80's as i strugles to source parts so about time to get new ones

I was looking at the creda eco response as these are auto and just have to set the temp but would this work of the eco7 as the controls are electric and the power to the heaters cut off during the day

Also if i did get heaters i would move the upstairs hall heater into main bedroom and add new heater to second bedroom and have 2 big heaters at lower level of flat do think this would work and help with the mould/condensation?

So is the creda eco response a ideal heater for me or is ther others i should use. I recon £1000 could give the flat a new heating system from 4 heaters?

weebryan

I have done more research and used the dimplex website which has full details.

If you want a central heating system ie dimplex duo or credas eco from storage heaters you need off peak and peak electricity going to all heaters and also wires for the controls to the box that controls the zones/timers which is great set and forget

But i just have redeorated the flat and not willing to rip up floorboard and coving to re-wire new cables for heaters so i am going for the dimplex xls which has auto outputs aswell as manual which will do me

if anyone has these heaters whats there experince like with them are they worth it? Do they save you money

My current heater outputs dont work they stay closed and have to jam the flap with a screw to open them and they dont retain any heat, at late evening they are virtualy cold and hot in the middle of the night

Ada3050

I was thinking last of year of changing my old ones for this type so would be interested if they are any better.
In the mean time you can obtain spares from http://www.storageheater.co.uk/default.htm

Not used them myself but kept the URL just incase.