Would this put you off?

thorsoak

My DD lives in Connecticut, with winters which drop to -17C - and the central heating in their house (5 bedroom, 3 bath, 3 recep, kitchen, basement) has warm air heating blown through ducts in each room. Works well for them - but of course the price of oil over there is still so much less than ours.

atolaas

I'd never buy a home with a warm air heating system. When I rented a home with this installed, I either baked or froze! I didn't find a happy medium that I could live with.

Davesnave

atolaas wrote: »

I'd never buy a home with a warm air heating system..

Never?

As I said earlier, if you are buying, and this is the only thing between you and a potentially wonderful home, it's not that difficult to change to a different system.

oldbaldman

If I was renting yes it would put me off.

If I was buying, it would not put me off.

In the BSOT replacing a WAHS with a GCHS is not a lot of money.

obm

Dr._Shoe

Itiswym obm.

archie9uk

Thank you all for your replies. Clearly opinion is very divided!


Maybe I should have explained why I was asking the question. I have inherited a part share (with my parents) in a house with a warm air heating system. We intend to let the property out, and my Dad thinks we should replace the heating system first. There is nothing wrong with the existing system - the boiler is fairly new, and the house is always lovely and warm - but my Dad feels it would put people off. Whereas I think it wouldn't make a significant difference (on a semi-detached property with a rental value of around £550 pcm), and wouldn't be worth the considerable expense....

Better_Days

I considered purchasing a property with warm air central heating. Two things put me off - the lack of knowledgeable engineers in the area to repair it if it went wrong, and the expense to remove it and put in a wet system. Some WACH systems have asbestos in the ducting which needs specialist contractors to remove safely.

Whoops, sorry also meant to add, if you are renting it is not worth replacing a working and reasonably new boiler.

r2015

I tried selling my house with warm air heating a few years ago, I got no takers after a year, yet the identical houses to mine who have put in radiators all sold without any problems.

There were approx 30 properties in the scheme built with warm air heating I am one of the few who still have it.

Not for much longer if I hope to sell my house and downsize.

Even the solicitor recommended changing it.

There is also the disadvantage of 2 pilot lights wasting about £100 of gas a year.

pinkshoes

Had one, and replaced it with gas central heating.

Hot air systems are not good for those with asthma, and the house constantly felt dusty!

r2015

It costs more on electric as the fan needs electric to push the air out, so out bill can get quite high in winter.

Central heating with radiators require a pump to push the water round, is this so different, I don't know?

The fan is a lot bigger than a water pump, mine uses 250 watts when running at full speed.

I calculated that it used about 2 kWh a day based on difference in electricity usage between winter when the heating is on and summer when it is off.