Changing from electric storage heaters to gas central heating

elljay01

Hello,

I bought a one bedroom, ground floor cottage flat 2 years ago. It only has two old storage heaters (look fairly old, think they were installed by the council years ago when the flat was under their ownership. One heater is in the livingroom and one in the hallway. The first winter was fairly mild so I didn't feel they cost so much, but as last winter was very long I found it very expensive. I pay £64 per month and also had to pay extra as I was a couple of hundred pounds in debit on my account.

They do a great job of heating the house for the first few hours of the day, but in the evening the heat is wearing away and the house can be pretty chilly.

I'm looking at the possibility of installing gas central heating so I would need a boiler and 4 radiators (bedroom, hall, living room and bathroom). The flat already has a gas supply.

I'm looking to find out if anyone on here has done this and could give me an idea of the costs. I will be looking at getting quotes but I am looking for a rough idea of the cost so I am at least prepared with what to expect.

I've had a look at other threads but could only find ones where the house/flat had no current gas connection and I already have this so wouldn't have this cost. If it has already been asked, I apologise and if someone could point me in the right direction of the thread, that would be great.

Thank you!

p.s. I live in Scotland

macman

Anything between £3 and £4k? 4 rads is a very small system. Depends what type of system you go for-are you looking at a combi or conventional boiler? Do you currently have an immersion heater?
It will take you some years to recover the capital cost in lower running costs, but you will probably recover all of that in the increase in the value of the property come sale time.
The alternative is to upgrade to more modern and controllable storage heaters. If properly set up the heat should be available in the evenings.

elljay01

Thanks for your reply. I am also considering looking at simply upgrading to more modern storage heaters as this may also be less upheaval. I imagine some redecorating would be required after having the heaters ripped out and a new gas system installed! thanks again.

tim9966

Yes I did this myself 2 years ago. It cost a little over £3,000, and took 4 days to fit. I used a local firm to get it fitted.

I didn't bother to remove the old electric storage heaters, so if my boiler did ever stop working (it's still under warranty) I would still be ok as I'd have a back up system.

macman

tim9966 wrote: »

Yes I did this myself 2 years ago. It cost a little over £3,000, and took 4 days to fit. I used a local firm to get it fitted.

I didn't bother to remove the old electric storage heaters, so if my boiler did ever stop working (it's still under warranty) I would still be ok as I'd have a back up system.

But I hope you are not still using your old E7 tariff with a gas CH and DHW system?