Alternatives to storage heaters ?

tomstickland

buy them from the local electricity company

Buy them from a builder's merchant type place.

robby-01

tomstickland wrote:

It uses daytime electricity though, whereas storage heaters allow the use of electricity that's at least 1/4 of the price.

The op asked for alternative forms of heating to storage heaters that is what I gave .Of course that system uses daytime electricity.It gives you heat on demand just like a gas system,
If you want to use cheap electricity go ahead and heat your house with storage heaters,ask yourself why are they so universally disliked.

Sammz

I'm also looking for alternatives. Got two storage heaters that used 4500 units last winter and cost me a fortune. Wouldn't have minded so much but they were so rubbish that used an oil filled radiator as well!

baldelectrician

I think storage heaters have a bad press, mainly as jo public has not ben informed how to use them properly.

I have wired gas, oil, electric, coal and LPG heating systems. They all have their plus and minus points.

Sammz
Do you alter the settings on your storage heaters daily?
You should turn the 'boost' or 'output' settings down to the lowest setting before going to bed, and turn them up when you come in at night. Otherwise you will have a lovely and warm house for you coming home from work and be chilly later on at night.

The 'input' or 'charge' should be varied the night before, when you go to bed.
If it's forecast to be really cold the following day then you turn it up, or down if it's milder.

The boost opens a flap inside the heater which allows air to pass through and heat out, so if you close it (turn boost down) then the heat stays in until needed. If you don't use all the heat during that day then the heater will use less electricity the following night to charge.

Sammz

baldelectrician wrote:

Sammz
Do you alter the settings on your storage heaters daily?

Yep. There wasn't even much heat in the mornings. I'm not sure if the positioning of the heater and the size of the room had anything to do with it. Or maybe just faulty heater?

emg

I have storage heaters and know how to work the boost etc, always close them before i go to bed but still have a house that is hot all day (while Im at work) and has lost its heat by the evening. I hate storage heaters!