Heating recommendations please

leapyear

ATM, we have no heating as such. We are currently using some portable electric heaters in various rooms around the house, and have been using the immersion heater for baths and boiling the kettle for washing dishes.
I can rule out solar panels, burning fuel e.g. coal, and gas due to the amount of structural work that would be done to the house.
Can anyone recommend electrical heating, without too much work to the house? Economy 7 wouldn't be right for us.

Ultrasonic

Why wouldn't Economy 7 be right for you?

Gerry1

A very strange choice unless you have money to burn.  Nothing is more expensive for heating than day rate electricity.

QrizB

leapyear said:

Can anyone recommend electrical heating, without too much work to the house? Economy 7 wouldn't be right for us.

Honestly? No, I can't.

• Expensive to install but cheapest to run would be a heat pump. An air-air multi-split might work for you (see this thread) but a conventional wet heat pump system will involve just as much work as gas CH would.
• Next cheapest to run would be storage heaters on E7, but you've ruled those out for an undisclosed reason.
• If you eliminate both of the above options, you're left with daytime-rate panel heaters of various types.
• Last in the pecking order is wet electric central heating, the most expensive option and still requiring gas CH levels of works.
  

theoretica

What is your lifestyle?  Moving around or staying seated in one place?  Some people mention halogen heaters which are directional - like heatlamps.

markin

Not in anyway money saving on running costs, Infrared panels, Mirrors, Pictures.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teploceramic-Infrared-Thermostat-Mounted-Standing/dp/B07XDZMV9B/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/995x1195-Thunderstorm-Picture-Infrared-Heating/dp/B08MTT5XLR/

Single/multi unit Air cons will actually save Money on running costs.

Reed_Richards

leapyear said:

I can rule out solar panels, burning fuel e.g. coal, and gas due to the amount of structural work that would be done to the house.
Can anyone recommend electrical heating, without too much work to the house? Economy 7 wouldn't be right for us.

You have really backed yourself into a corner here.  You could try a fan heater instead of a radiator as you can point the hot air directly at you if you are sitting down.  I cannot see any other option that does not involve structural work.

Alnat1

Arctic sleeping bags, go round your mates for a shower and fill a flask with hot water while you're there?

leapyear

After reading your replies, I'm getting the feeling we have been given bad advice. We were told that anything but electric heating, would involve structural work to the house which in the long run, would cost more than our electric bills. We were also told, Economy 7 wouldn't be right for us because of the amount of electric used during the day (peak price) would cancel out any savings made with economy 7 storage heaters.
We still don't know what is best for us, but thank you to everyone for pointing things out - definitely lots to consider.

Alnat1

Short term the structural work would cost but over the long term would save a lot more. Depends if you're planning to stay long in that property.

Gerry1

The best for you will undoubtedly be mains gas central heating with wet radiators.  It will have the lowest running costs and improve the value of the property.  If you go for electric panel heaters or, even worse, an electric boiler, potential buyers will run a mile.

Add plenty of insulation at the same time, oversize the radiators and don't use microbore pipes so that a heat pump can be used in the future without too many alterations.