Heating the home - gas or electric??

jfrazer

Hi all, im new to the forum, we are moving into a semi-detached small bungalow, and the whole house needs doing up... its currently got a back boiler system in the chimney and a bunch of radiators throughout the house?

Its only my wife an I living there, is it more cost effective to take out all the radiators and back boiler, and heat everything electrically - i.e those single slim heaters, that you see in alot of new builds and flats these days, that can be switched off individually etc... If we did this option, how does the water get heated for baths and washing up etc?

or our we best of financially in the long wrong, sticking to a combi boiler and radiators?

The third option would be underfloor heating?

I look forward to peoples advices? Many thanks

Premier_2

Gas cental heating will always be cheaper to run than electric (ignoring any new fangled ways like heat pumps)

If you don't have a gas central heating, you'll have to heat water using an immersion heater.

Installing new electric heating will probably be less expensive in terms of capital outlay compared with a new gas central heating system ... but see how much of the existing system is re-usable.

dannymccann

I would say a properly installed new central heating system (in an old property by the sounds of it) will also increase resale value should this be an objective of yours - I know when we were looking for a house if it said electric heating it didnt matter about the location, price (to a degree), size, condition etc we automatically said no

spiro

Another vote for GSH. I would also retain the open fire as you could fit a wood burner, these can burn 'logs' made from pulped paper which is then compressed and dried. You can get tool (hand compressor) to make these yourselves.