Electric v Gas Central Heating

cand81

Hi everyone,

We have just bought our first house -
a 2 bedroom terraced house that only has an electric fire and a
couple of electric panel heaters downstairs and nothing upstairs.
We are looking to put in either electric wet central heating or gas
central heating to the house before we move in.
However, there is no current gas supply to the property so we would
have to look in to that being put in by Scottish Gas.

Is there anyone out there who can advise on the pros and cons
electric wet central heating compared to GCH.
We live in a 1 bedroom flat at the minute that has electric
central heating and it works a treat but would appreciate
others knowledge of it in terms of how easy and expensive
it is to install, maintain and run compared to gas.

Thanks very much in advance for any advice you can give me

Cardew

Welcome to the forum.

If you do a search this has been covered several times including a link to a Daily Telegraph article that stated electric storage heating on an Economy 7 tariff made a lot of sense; particularly for smaller properties.

The storage on Economy 7 is crucial.

The advantages are that it is cheaper to install, running costs are not that much higher(if at all) as you don't have expensive gas safety/servicing costs.
This is particularly so if you are out a lot during the day and don't need to 'top up' at daytime rates.

Gas is without doubt favoured by most people as you don't need to plan ahead for heating/hot water.

There are a lot of firms(including on this site) trying to 'push' electrical heating systems that run on daytime electricity rates - don't be fooled by the figures they use; they are the most expensive form of heating available.

david29dpo

I would go with gas. You will have far more to chose from and most if not all buyers will expect it.