Advice on new Electric Eco7 heating set up - oil vs storage heaters

anna_11

I have just bought a new terraced 1 bedroom house with Eco 7 and I have taken out the original heating to replace with new. I would like to hear some opinions and advice of the best heating set up I could invest in

THE HOUSE:
Its no more than 700sqf in total across 3 floors. It has been well insulated, has double glazing, and only windows on the front of the house as the back has a railway. 1980s construction, breeze block. 1st floor is a garage (to be converted to bedroom) 2nd floor living/kitchen and 3rd floor bedroom & bathroom. Basically I don't think I will need to use much energy to sustain decent temperatures.
BUGET & NEEDS:
I have a very small budget and have ruled out heat pump and panel heaters (high running cost).
I need a new cylinder and slim heaters (as rooms are tiny)
I want good control, but not sure if that should be from a wireless thermostat or on-heater thermostat.

I like the sound of Dimplex Quantum as the controls seem quite advanced and there is a good boost function. But its quite expensive and I wondered if there was an OEM or cheaper brand with similar spec. Also, I have recently read about oil wall mounted and I like the idea of no fan noise.

Can anyone help with the decision of storage heaters vs oil, and a recommendation for further reading, or research direction. If someone can suggest a setup with model/manufacturer suggestion, thats very welcome!

Thanks in advance for anyone that contributes to this thread!

Cardew

There is no question that at current low prices for oil, it is much cheaper than any form of electric heating - including Economy 7.


Oil is around 35p a litre which equates to 3.5p per kWh. Taking into account boiler efficiency say 4p/kWh.


Even the cheapest economy 7 tariff is around 6p/kWh for 7 hours off-peak and then you pay more for the other 17 hours.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Oil water, Marmite or magic chamotte clay filled, a kW is a kW - all electric is the same cost, the storage heaters and the hot water you ripped out was at about a third of the cost of anything day rate electric.

Assuming you meant oil filled electric :

In a well insulated dwelling, and the usual working week a panel heater system can be a cheap option. Whereas in a retired situation it would be a poor option. No electric option in my opinion is as good as the Quantum, but as you say is very expensive. As a starting point I wanted to point out that a kW in is a kW out regardless of oven, panel, night store, light bulbs or oil filled. Welcome to the forum Anna_11.

Cardew

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

Assuming you meant oil filled electric :

I had assumed 'oil heating' meant an oil CH boiler. On reflection you are probably correct - as is the rest of your post.