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Electric only home
I am due to purchase a detached 5 bed home that does not have gas supply.
I have no intention of exploring the option of getting gas connected.
The house is heated by electric heaters and the bath & at least one shower are heated by an Immersion Tank (Not sure of exact size, but it is sufficient for one bath per day). This is whilst being heated each night on Economy 7 and no need for boost.
Myself, my Fiance & 4 daughters (aged between 2 & 14) will live together at the property. The two oldest daughters stay overnight 1-2 nights per week.
I feel the current system of one bath per day capacity is not sufficient and should be doubled to at least two.
Is there the potential to get two tanks? (There is space in current location in loft) My thoughts are: one immersion tank that is heated every day and the second is heated only when the hot water requirement for the following day increases?
Is there any recommended companies I can engage with to take a look at how I can best fulfill my requirements?
Thank you in advance.
I have no intention of exploring the option of getting gas connected.
The house is heated by electric heaters and the bath & at least one shower are heated by an Immersion Tank (Not sure of exact size, but it is sufficient for one bath per day). This is whilst being heated each night on Economy 7 and no need for boost.
Myself, my Fiance & 4 daughters (aged between 2 & 14) will live together at the property. The two oldest daughters stay overnight 1-2 nights per week.
I feel the current system of one bath per day capacity is not sufficient and should be doubled to at least two.
Is there the potential to get two tanks? (There is space in current location in loft) My thoughts are: one immersion tank that is heated every day and the second is heated only when the hot water requirement for the following day increases?
Is there any recommended companies I can engage with to take a look at how I can best fulfill my requirements?
Thank you in advance.
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Five women? Large house? Electric only for both heating and hot water? Ouch that's going to be expensive.3
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Highly unlikely that it would be practical to install a 2nd tank, but you may have room to replace the current tank with a larger one.I would suggest the family switches to short showers using less water, as long as the showers are supplied by the hot water tank, not by an expensive electric shower.I have to be honest, a 5 bed house with no gas and a large family means you have to be prepared to support a very large electricity bill. In winter the cost of heating the house is going to vastly exceed the cost of topping up the hot water on boost...I would do some calculations, unless you have Night Storage Heaters, you may find that E7 isn't really the best for your needs. A cheap flat rate might be a better solution...0
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Storage heaters I would imagine. That’s going be the cheapest way to heat the house on electric only.madeye25 said:The house is heated by electric heaters
Any alternative will likely be an expensive install.
Short showers as mentioned on E7 heated water.
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MASSIVE mistake not to consider gas if there's any possibility that it might be available. Five bedrooms and six people will require deep pockets. Even LPG or oil would be better.Heaven help you if there's a prolonged power cut because of storms, Covid etc. At least with a gas cooker you can have a warm kitchen, hot meals, hot drinks and kettles of hot water.2
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If you do have NSH another option to give you more flexibility on the hot water is to look around at some of the more innovative tariffs (often aimed at electric car owners) that have wider off peak hours.EDF for example have a tariff with off-peak periods from 9pm -7am and all day at the weekends...0
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Fitting an instantaneous electric shower would be a major help. If used during the off-peak period, it will use cheaper rate electricity.
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That's fine if all six people can do that, but if the off peak hours are 11:30pm - 6:30am how realistic is it?coffeehound said:Fitting an instantaneous electric shower would be a major help. If used during the off-peak period, it will use cheaper rate electricity.
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danrv said:
Economy 10?MWT said:EDF for example have a tariff with off-peak periods from 9pm -7am and all day at the weekends...In that case they call it 'Go Electric 98', and as they have off-peak all weekend it is not the classic 'Economy 10', but as ever, you have to do the maths.The longer the 'off-peak' periods get the higher you tend to pay in the peak periods so you need to work out if the pattern suits your needs.The key factor though in this case is exactly what type of electric heating the OP currently has...1 -
There's an existing tank-fed showerGerry1 said:
That's fine if all six people can do that, but if the off peak hours are 11:30pm - 6:30am how realistic is it?coffeehound said:Fitting an instantaneous electric shower would be a major help. If used during the off-peak period, it will use cheaper rate electricity.0
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