Recommission old oil boiler?

captainhindsight_2

snowscreamer wrote: »

Wow... Extraordinary.

Maybe if you were a bit switched on and made good investments in your home renovations your tag line would be very different...... I think that speaks for it's self....

snowscreamer

captainhindsight wrote: »

Maybe if you were a bit switched on and made good investments in your home renovations your tag line would be very different...... I think that speaks for it's self....

The savings we will make using oil rather than electricity will wipe out our debt in 3 years. I'm just being prudent by paying it off sooner.
I'm also done with this 'debate'; you obviously have a bee in your bonnet about your particular favourite central heating solution.
Probably best for you to go find someone who gives a ....as they say.

captainhindsight_2

snowscreamer wrote: »

The savings we will make using oil rather than electricity will wipe out our debt in 3 years. I'm just being prudent by paying it off sooner.
I'm also done with this 'debate'; you obviously have a bee in your bonnet about your particular favourite central heating solution.
Probably best for you to go find someone who gives a ....as they say.

Caught a nerve.... there is no possible way over the life time of the boiler oil is cheaper than a renewable.

Example is heat pump with a assumed spf of 2.7 so say circa 4p/kWh capital cost for a 10kw installation £7 k for a decent heat pump , 15000kwh per annum is circa £9k over 7 years so over 20 years this equates to a cost of £10k. Oil say £2,5k install cost, oil is low atm so say £4p/kWh this gives a total cost of £14.5k.

So based on my very low assumptions about oil you would be £225 a year better off with a heat pump.

But in reality the savings would be greater as the gap between oil and electricity widens, also the possibility to generate your own electricity with solar pv going even greater savings and the spf would likely be higher than I have assumed.

A heat pump has less maintenance no reliance on fuel deliveries, held to ransom by oil companies deciding what they want to charge and when and your doing your bit for the environment.

You are wrong and are misleading people who come on here for advice because you are not prudent enough or switched on enough to look at the situation logically

If you don't give a ........ About saving money why are you on here?

Silent_Dancer

@captainhindsight pellets take up three times the amount of space per kw than oil.

captainhindsight_2

Silent_Dancer wrote: »

@captainhindsight pellets take up three times the amount of space per kw than oil.

What's your point?

Silent_Dancer

captainhindsight wrote: »

What's your point?

My point is you were claiming that pellets were easy to store.

captainhindsight_2

Silent_Dancer wrote: »

My point is you were claiming that pellets were easy to store.

They are.... Doesn't take up much more floor space than an oil or lpg tank just slightly taller

tonyh66

captainhindsight talking of his/her hindhole. I looked at biomass before installing oil. pellet storage needs more space than an oil tank FACT, also pellet boilers are not low maintenance, you need to clean them out regularly. They have many moving parts which can and will go wrong. Heat pumps need well insulated houses and are almost useless in extreme cold weather. They can be noisy and need an external wall space to be fitted to.
So renewables are great if you have a modern well insulated house with loads of space where you can site a hopper, oil is still the best 'off grid' low maitenance solution available.

captainhindsight_2

tonyh66 wrote: »

captainhindsight talking of his/her hindhole. I looked at biomass before installing oil. pellet storage needs more space than an oil tank FACT, also pellet boilers are not low maintenance, you need to clean them out regularly. They have many moving parts which can and will go wrong. Heat pumps need well insulated houses and are almost useless in extreme cold weather. They can be noisy and need an external wall space to be fitted to.
So renewables are great if you have a modern well insulated house with loads of space where you can site a hopper, oil is still the best 'off grid' low maitenance solution available.

Non of that is true.

My 50kw heat pump in my grade 1 listed solid walled house with radiaters works fine.

I have a biomass boiler in my offices and many of my renterdproperty, requires very little mainance and the stores are 2x2 base with deferent heights.

Renewables installed correctly and designed correctly can be applied in almost every situation

You are talking out your A**e as you know very little about the technology and its applications

Smiley_Dan

tonyh66 wrote: »

So renewables are great if you have a modern well insulated house with loads of space where you can site a hopper, oil is still the best 'off grid' low maitenance solution available.

No heating at all is the best low maintenance solution, if that's what you're interested in, therefore install more insulation and air-tighten (installation requires careful consideration though).