Moving to an all electric house no mains gas.

j2011

I may be buying a house that has no gas. It has old, over 40 years or more, night storage heaters on economy 7.

The heating is not all that great, even the sellers admit that, so my options are:

replace the night storage heaters with modern night storage heaters.

Just use oil filled electric panel heaters in the bedrooms and hall and an electric fire in the lounge, without economy 7.

Put in an LPG or oil boiler and radiators.

Which would be cheaper to run oil or LPG?

This is for a 3 bed bungalow.

Also there is someone in the house all day.

andyrpsmith

j2011, do a search for andyrpsmith posts where I give my complete experience, costs and how I saved £1000 in moving from storage heaters and Southern Elec E10 tariff.

OK I have found the text:

[FONT=&quot]This is what I decided to do last year to save £1200 per year. The house is listed, 350 years old and electric only, no cavity walls and then single glazed.

1). Move away from storage heating (disable meter) and Southern electric E10 tariff which was 12.1p normal and 8.93p off peak to OVO fixed at 8.61p for everything.

2) Use good quality oil filled heater with thermostat and timer (use energy meter to ensure heater set up to provide minimum running costs based on settings for each room with heating elements and thermostat. Meter shows that it is slightly cheaper to run heater at 2.5KW setting than 1KW or 1.5KW - this will depend on size of room and heat loss via windows & walls).

3) The thermostat and timer are essential to ensure low as possible running costs. Each room to set to come on and off to meet the needs of who is home.

We have also just installed secondary glazing which of course has greatly improved noise and heat retention of each room.

My annual usage is about 25000KWH so even a small change in tariff is important.

[/FONT] 2008/09 Heating (storage heaters) 13382KWH = £1183
2008/09 All other electric 15271 = £1847
Total for year £3030

Change to OVO fixed tariff for everything 8.61p

2009/10 23232 KWH total for year £2000.28p

Saving £1030

Assume normal electric same each year at 15271 then:

Storage heating used 13,382 units (Four heaters)
Oil filled heaters used 7961 units (Five oil and two convection)
[FONT=&quot]When using electric heaters the thermostat and timers are key.

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j2011

Ovo do not supply my region.

LittleVermin

j2011 wrote: »

I may be buying a house that has no gas. It has old, over 40 years or more, night storage heaters on economy 7.

The heating is not all that great, even the sellers admit that, so my options are:

.........
Put in an LPG or oil boiler and radiators.

Which would be cheaper to run oil or LPG?

Discussion of the LPG route on the Bulk LPG / ... thread (it's at/near the top of the LPG & Heating board) ... you might start with my post at http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=39135016&postcount=418

Installing your own tank - rather than renting it - costs around £1500, I've learnt.

With oil you can shop around, with bulk LPG unless you own your own tank you are tied into a 2 year contract with the supplier which owns the tank.

Costs of a kilowatt hour of energy on Notts energy website: http://www.nottenergy.com/energy-costs-comparison3

Pincher

j2011 wrote: »

Also there is someone in the house all day.

Sounds like storage heaters to me.

Check out wall hung split air-conditioners (heat pump) to provide evening boost. I would try one for the lounge, for around £1,200.
If the electricity consumption and heat pleases you, add more.