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Buying a House with Old Fashioned Air Vent Heating.

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  • tizerbelle
    tizerbelle Posts: 1,921 Forumite
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    It is crap, expensive and the place will be cold. There is no upside to it at all.

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    It is great, economical and the place will be warm. There is no downside to it at all.
  • iolanthe07
    iolanthe07 Posts: 5,493 Forumite
    We had this system 35 years ago when our daughter was a toddler. I liked it and cannot understand why it is not more popular - it is space saving and economical, though it does dry the air out a bit.
    I used to think that good grammar is important, but now I know that good wine is importanter.
  • We live in a rented bungalow with this type of heating and really like it. It warms up quickly and while you can hear it running it is less noisy than the back boiler central heating we had in our last house. It does dry the air but we have found that just stops the condensation you normally get from drying clothes etc. I guess you could buy a humidifyer if you find it drys your throat? We have not been here that long yet so no heating bills but i definitely have it on for less time than in the old house, about an hour in the morning and two in the evening (we are out all day) so it should work out cheaper.
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