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Central Heating options

Currently we have a back boiler which is heated through a coal fire, open face coal fire. The boiler is connected to 8 radiators around the house but it's not very efficient.

Any ideas what sort of other heating systems i could look at?

We cannot get gas where we are.

Thanks
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  • thills
    thills Posts: 100 Forumite
    Air source heat pump, or ground source if you have the land. Look at all the threads on the site.
  • rhodod
    rhodod Posts: 318 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    i have done for days
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    I want my Sledge Book & DVD
  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    If you do not want LPG or oil then an enclosed (glass fronted) solid fuel roomheater with back boiler will be a lot more efficient (~70%) than an open fire, only needs ash emptying once a day and can be left alight indefinately (weeks at a time). Something like
    http://www.parkray.co.uk/HTML/G_Range.html
    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
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