Replace storage heaters?

Kerr1992

Hey Folks,

New to this forum but hoping it can provide plenty of advice :-)

We live in a small 1 bed end terrace house near Edinburgh. The house is electric only on an eco7 tariff so we have storage heaters and a water heater that also heats the water during the night.

Our storage heater downstairs went ping a few months ago so have been using an oil filled electric heater to heat the downstairs. This has resulted in a new £145 per month electricity bill from Scottish power :-O

This is no good so we are wondering whether it is best to go to normal electric panel heaters and change the electricity tariff over to a normal one. Or to replace the storage heaters and keep everything the same.

We are planning to put the house up for sale within the next few months so not looking to spend a fortune.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks
Craig

molerat

Storage heating will be the most economical form of electric heating and IMO a house with storage heating will be more saleable than one with panel heaters. Have you not looked at getting the old heater repaired, they are not complex machines and just about all parts are available for even the oldest of them. Replacing them is not really economical, the only advantage is that newer ones look a bit prettier.

Owain_Moneysaver

One new storage heater will be comparatively cheap to replace (you can get them for almost nothing second-hand)

If you are selling you will have to produce an energy efficiency report and Scottish standard sale terms warrant the heating system is in working order at the date of exchange, so a small outlay will avoid problems later.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

did you have the storage heater turned up full or the vents covered drying clothes over it.

Sounds like the thermal cutout has 'pinged', not expensive to repair.