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I live in a 3 bedroom mid terraced 1900's miners cottage, with no mains gas supply in S Wales. We have a gravity fed hot water system heated by a solid fuel stove. Its costing us £115 a month for coal and we're using plug in electric radiators to keep the living room warm while the water gets up to temperature (giving us high electricity Bill's too). We want to replace the system with something more efficient. We've been told LPG bottles are too expensive, air source heat pump sounds difficult because in wales the pump has to be 3 meters from the edge of the property (not really doable as we are mid terraced), I think oil prices will sky rocket in the not so distant future and a plumber has told us that an electric system will demand more power than we can supply. If anyone has any recommendations, advice or ideas to help me out, I'd really appreciate it!
Bonus question; I've been quoted £8000 to have external wall insulation put in, is it worth doing and is this price a rip off?
*its worth noting that we have loft insulation and double glazing but I think that's it as far as home insulation goes.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Rich
I live in a 3 bedroom mid terraced 1900's miners cottage, with no mains gas supply in S Wales. We have a gravity fed hot water system heated by a solid fuel stove. Its costing us £115 a month for coal and we're using plug in electric radiators to keep the living room warm while the water gets up to temperature (giving us high electricity Bill's too). We want to replace the system with something more efficient. We've been told LPG bottles are too expensive, air source heat pump sounds difficult because in wales the pump has to be 3 meters from the edge of the property (not really doable as we are mid terraced), I think oil prices will sky rocket in the not so distant future and a plumber has told us that an electric system will demand more power than we can supply. If anyone has any recommendations, advice or ideas to help me out, I'd really appreciate it!
Bonus question; I've been quoted £8000 to have external wall insulation put in, is it worth doing and is this price a rip off?
*its worth noting that we have loft insulation and double glazing but I think that's it as far as home insulation goes.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Rich
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As for the bonus Q, it will take you a long time to recover £8k expenditure in energy savings. Whether it is a reasonable price, I can't say as you do not give enough details. I suggest you get a couple more independant quotes and that should give you an indication if it's the right order of magnitude.
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