Electric only house

iantojones40

rosyw wrote: »

Having lived in areas without gas for many years I now have a home with the "luxury" of mains gas, and wouldn't be without it.

If you can get the gas connected the price quoted I'd do it, it cost me thousands due to being at the very end of a very long drive, but still worth it, I was using bottled gas before that.

All electric is fine - until there's a power cut, so no heat, light, cooking etc, we were once without electricity for 3 days following a bad winter storm- it wasn't fun and I now have all options covered for the odd days of scheduled maintenance on overhead cables etc.or unforeseen power cuts, a gas hob means I can still cook and make tea/coffee or whatever and a wood burner in the living room means I can also keep warm

So what you're saying is the o.p. should spend thousands having gas connected and GCH installed so that in the event of a power cut they've still got a gas hob to cook with? During a power cut they wouldn't have hot running water or GCH as their combi boiler wouldn't be working.
They could save themselves thousands and still be in the same position as you during a power cut simply by having a camping gas stove on stand by.

marksoton

adindas wrote: »

Made up by whom ? The price I mentioned is the quotation I got for a new CGH installation, including labor, piping, radiator, not just boiler for three bedroom house a few months ago which also include from British gas.

Insurance which include annual service for under £100 ?? Well check it here.
https://www.britishgas.co.uk/home-services/quote/product-catalog/HC4

If you include all spare part for break down it will cost more ...

Why ever would you go to BG? Awful company.

Niv

I do love reading comments that say how gas boilers need servicing every year and 'break down regularly'. I have just moved from a house that had a 35year old back boiler, I lived in the house 11 years serviced it twice - upon purchase and in readiness to sell. NEVER broke down during my 11 years.

vivatifosi

I live in a modern all electric house and it is fine. Gas is not an option for us.

We changed our storage heaters a couple of years back to the new style which have better thermostaticall controls. They keep the temperature much more even and have proven to be cheaper to run.

If we did change, it would probably be to a GSHP, but that's a lot of outlay and hassle when you're already living somewhere. Interesting to hear from someone who has it though.

We're pretty happy with our set up. We have very few power cuts here, possibly because we are in a town and the cables are buried. We can use the convector function if we need more heat quickly, but this is very rare. I should also mention that we are E10, not E7.

rosyw

iantojones40 wrote: »

So what you're saying is the o.p. should spend thousands having gas connected and GCH installed so that in the event of a power cut they've still got a gas hob to cook with? During a power cut they wouldn't have hot running water or GCH as their combi boiler wouldn't be working.
They could save themselves thousands and still be in the same position as you during a power cut simply by having a camping gas stove on stand by.

No,that's not what I'm saying, BUT if the option is there I'd certainly do it! I had mains gas connected as my heating was running on bottled gas - very expensive & nowhere to put a bulk tank, it's paid for itself over the last 6 years. I do have a "belt & braces" approach I'll freely admit, but then I HATE the cold my wood burner was already installed when I bought the house, I also happily paid to have gas put into the kitchen so I could have a gas hob, personal preference to a certain extent, it cost about £500 including the hob, but I've been very glad of it when the power has gone off for hours

Given the choice of an all electric house or one with GCH I'd go for the one with gas - every time!

movilogo

Living in both GCH and Electric only houses, my personal opinion is the electric is better option because

1. it is cheaper than gas (don't compare kWh price but compare with your overall consumption)

2. Electric is more reliable - there is always something going wrong with gas heating

tykesi

adindas wrote: »

It should read £6-£8k for GCH (not £6- £8)
Mind to highlight which one is rubbish ??

All of it.

3 bedroom semi cost me £3700 to have GCH installed in 2013. It has cost £55 per year to have it serviced and shock horror (that's sarcasm BTW) has never broken down.

If you are getting quotes from British Gas to fit your central heating it just proves you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

Please try to stick to threads where you can have a positive contribution.

movilogo wrote: »

Living in both GCH and Electric only houses, my personal opinion is the electric is better option because

1. it is cheaper than gas (don't compare kWh price but compare with your overall consumption)

2. Electric is more reliable - there is always something going wrong with gas heating

More absolute tosh. Current heating been in three years and so far hasn't caused an explosion! I know - I'm as shocked as you are :eek:. Lived in various rentals over the years with boilers 15-20+ years old and oddly never had any issues. But let's not let experience get in the way of wild sweeping statements.

bitsandpieces

Is it a well-insulated new property? If it doesn't need much spending on heating anyway, this may make installing GCH less worthwhile (though it may still help when selling). If the insulation's lousy, GCH may pay off quicker.

If cooking's your concern, you can get excellent induction hobs and electric cookers...

marksoton

adindas wrote: »

I wonder do you have any professional qualification to justify your strong opinion, to compare the work from the British Gas and other Installers ?? Well in internet people could say what ever they want but at the end people are still using British Gas. Otherwise they will not survive ...

Did you compare the works from British Gas with other Installer. What kind of materials, boiler Brand, materials they are using ...

BG are expensive and consistently rated very poor for customer service.

That's all one needs to know.

tykesi

adindas wrote: »

Well in internet people could say what ever they want but at the end people are still using British Gas. Otherwise they will not survive ...

I use British Gas for the supply of my gas and electricity. I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole to install a GCH system. As marksoton says, it's common knowledge they are extortionate.

A friend of mine is an installer for BG and told me an equivalent system from them would have been over £6.5k. As I say, my trusted Gas Safe registered plumber did the same job for £3.7k.

You've still not explained how the rest of your original post on this subject isn't complete rubbish.