Electric Central Heating Tariff Options

thorganby

Caitykinss wrote: »

Honestly, I'm not 100% sure it is all electric. Everything looks identical to gas central heating, with combi boiler etc. The radiators look like normal gas radiators but have thick cables coming out of the back, rather than pipes. Maybe I've just got it completely wrong and it is gas, things certainly don't add up, but my partners dad was absolutely certain (he's not a plumber/gas engineer!).

I think that your partners dad maybe wrong if he has never seen micro bore pipes to radiators before e.g.



If like this they are not cables but flexible 10mm water pipes.

Robin9

Caitykinss - time for some photo's I think. - the "boiler", radiators and your meters.

Use a site like Imgur but make a deliberate mistake in the link.

Gerry1

Turn off the gas supply and see whether the radiators go cold ! Do they have bleed valves?

Caitykinss

thorganby wrote: »

I think that your partners dad maybe wrong if he has never seen micro bore pipes to radiators before e.g.



If like this they are not cables but flexible 10mm water pipes.

This looks very much like the solution. Our radiators are just like this. Image link below from the background of a photo I had on my phone. I'm not at home right now so can't take a better one.

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Mister_G

Caitykinss wrote: »

This looks very much like the solution. Our radiators are just like this. Image link below from the background of a photo I had on my phone. I'm not at home right now so can't take a better one.

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Yes that's a microbore wet system with a conventional radiator.

Caitykinss

So I have gas central heating and I can calm down?

In that case retract all previous information and everyone go about your normal lives!!

Simplycito

Caitykinss wrote: »

I'm after a bit of advice about the energy supply for our new house. We moved in a few weeks ago and have finally completed the switch over from our old supplier, Octopus, who we were happy with in our previous property. What we didn't realise until after we'd started the switch was that we actually have electric central heating and (I think) boiler, not gas. (We didn't know this before moving in and realising we have cables coming out of the radiators, not pipes!).

From the research that I've done, I've realised that electricity is much more expensive than gas, and therefore we need a supplier with a cheap electric tariff. We do have a gas supply, as we have a gas hob, but that's it so will be using minimal gas.

Should I be considering going for different gas and electric suppliers? Is think likely to get me a cheaper electric rate? Or, as we don't know how much electricity we will be using over the winter, is it best to just stick with a joint supplier and a direct debit that will cover both and balance each other out?

Does anyone have experience with this kind of boiler/heating system?

Thank you

What did the EPC indicate about this property, which presumably you saw, read and considered, before you decided to accept this property?

I wonder if there is an MSE article about how to find the best supplier(s) for you??? If noit, perhaps you could contact MSe and suggest they write one.

But I'm sure there already is at least one by now, MSE have been here over 15 years. Try doing a search

Simplycito

Caitykinss wrote: »

This looks very much like the solution. Our radiators are just like this. Image link below from the background of a photo I had on my phone. I'm not at home right now so can't take a better one.

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That's a water filled radiator, but no one can tell what type of boiler you have.

But surely, if this is a property you purchased, you were given estate agent's particulars (which are not to be relied upon) and then you checked the property yourself to ensure you knew what you were buying, and then employed 1 or more experts to survey those parts of the property you are not experienced enough yourself to examine fully.