Electric Central Heating (NOT Night Storage)

happyface2010

just to add on above post -- the quote of £4500 is included as follow:
Supply Fusion Electric combi boiler
All Radiators
In line inhibitor
Cross over
Cleaning chemicals (power flush)
Trvs
Wireless room stat
All new pipework

Remove hot water tank and pipe work
Alter all existing pipework
Power flush system
Install all new pipework and radiators
Fit boiler and new hot water pipework
Commission and test boiler

To avoid being rip off, I thought to ask you guys in this forum. There will be 1 medium size and 1 small size radiator and a small towel rail radiator for the flat. Thanks again.

HappyMJ

Personally I'd just go out and buy 7 2kw heaters and dot them around the flat. You'll get the same output at 14kw. Even if you get some really expensive and nice looking ones with timers and thermostats it shouldn't cost any more than £700. Standard convector heaters will only be £20 each. It'll be a lot cheaper than shelling out £4,500 on that lot and no maintenance to pay for down the line. If one breaks chuck it and get a new one.

Did you say 32sqm? You'll only need 3 maybe 4 radiators to heat that small space. Avoid the wet central heating.

sandfields

@happyface2010; that seems extraordinairily expensive. I've just had my system converted from a stored hot water cylinder system to a combi boiler set up. The radiators were already there, of course, but the cylinder, storage tank, associated pipework etc had to be removed, new pipework installed, power flush etc. I got a mate to do it, and had a top job done for £1800. This includes a Bosch 24 kw boiler. OK it's mates rates, but £4500 is pricey for such a small installation.

If I were you I'd get down my local boozer and start asking round. My local acts as a de facto Labour Exchange for builders and tradesmen. As an electrician myself I probably get 50% of my work through this route. For your job I don't think you should be paying more than £2,500.

This 9Kw Heatrae is a lot less than £2000! Ooops! not allowed to post links!

Pincher

A 32M2 studio is 5x6.5m.

Just get an oil filled electric heater.
Store it away in the summer.
£80, sorted.

amtrakuk

Nadinew wrote: »

my electric bill last year for 5 months, oct- feb was £1600. I use 3 storage heaters and heat a tank of water up every night. i was devastated. I hate electric heating.

£1600 is ALOT of electric, have you checked for drafts, insulation, modern hi efficiency jacket round your hot water tank etc?

amtrakuk

harry911 wrote: »

as any one got these german or italian electric radiators fitted and can you connect them to economy 7 or not

I am not sure of the individual models, however generally oil, clay panel filled heaters (Not Storage heaters) have finite amount of storage capabilities. If they are anything like oil filled radiators, they only hold about 10-20 minutes of heat when switched off.

There are a few companies on the web that sell their heaters for hundreds, something to be mindful of are they are no more efficient than any other heater, that includes cheap oil filled radiators. Some companies claim they only cost pence to run, again, Unit for Unit they are as cost affective as cheap heaters, also I suspect their "Test Labs" they ran these tests in maybe much highly insulated than the average house.

amtrakuk

HappyMJ wrote: »

Personally I'd just go out and buy 7 2kw heaters and dot them around the flat. You'll get the same output at 14kw. Even if you get some really expensive and nice looking ones with timers and thermostats it shouldn't cost any more than £700. Standard convector heaters will only be £20 each. It'll be a lot cheaper than shelling out £4,500 on that lot and no maintenance to pay for down the line. If one breaks chuck it and get a new one.

Did you say 32sqm? You'll only need 3 maybe 4 radiators to heat that small space. Avoid the wet central heating.

Something to be ware of (from experience). If using plug in heaters, do not overload the ring main! Average ring main is 6Kw or 25 Amps

sandfields

A ring main is 32 amps.

I would go with the oil-filled rads myself.

jon_eastwood

Hi all,

We're looking at buying a house (2 bed mid terrace cottage with attic room) which is fitted with wet underfloor heating powered by an Amptec electric flow boiler.

Does anyone have any experience of this type of scenario, and what the running costs are?

Coming from a 2 bed flat with GCH, we're concerned it will be horrific to run! :-S

Cardew

jon_eastwood wrote: »

Hi all,

We're looking at buying a house (2 bed mid terrace cottage with attic room) which is fitted with wet underfloor heating powered by an Amptec electric flow boiler.

Does anyone have any experience of this type of scenario, and what the running costs are?

Coming from a 2 bed flat with GCH, we're concerned it will be horrific to run! :-S

Depends what you term horrific!

All electrical heating is expensive.

http://www.miketheboilerman.com/Electricflowboilers.htm