Heating water - issues with timer/immersion

Eager_Elephant

Hi

Not sure if this is the right place to post but I hope it is.

We are privately renting a property which is oil heating/hot water and electric.

We moved in over the winter and used the oil for heating and hot water and kept everything on a timer.

When a relative moved in (a month after us) he noticed that his shower did not have hot water in the mornings. I rung the estate agents and all they could say was that the shower had been a problem for years.

I have since discovered that if I have the immersion heater on this will heat the water for the shower. Obviously this is costing a fortune because it does not have a timer and sometimes I forget to switch it off all day. The timer for heating and hot water was switched off months ago when I realised - I thought it was better to save on oil if my elec bills are going to be high!!

The house is about 15 years old and was built with 1 bathroom with shower over the bath. Sometime over the last 10 years a shower has been added to a bedroom and it now has an ensuite (toilet plus sink). I am guessing it has been connected incorrectly hence why we get no hot water if we try to heat by oil only.

Obviously it would cost a lot to be rectified which I am sure the landlord would not do but is there anything I can do about the immersion like a timer.

I appreciate the best thing to do would be to more organised with switching it off in the mornings and on again in the evenings. As it is I have to leave it on all night to ensure hot water in the morning when if I had a timer I could put it on for a few hours in the early hours of the morning which would be sufficient.

Thanks for any help you can give.

EE

ormus

you can buy 3kw timer/programmers for about 45 quid.

maybe better to fit an electric shower?

Owain_Moneysaver

You can use something like this if you don't need preset times but don't want to leave it on all day.