Electric or gas central heating

BlahDeBlah

Hello.
im looking for some advice, and / or any practical opinions based on experience please.

I bought a house earlier this year and currently seeing my first winter. 

The house has electric upstairs - electric shower, storage heaters in bedrooms. And gas downstairs- gas fires.
There is a water tank in the loft.

I was holding off making this decision with all the energy prices being very volatile. But think I should maybe just bite the bullet.

Should I arrange for full central heating and get a boiler fitted? Or are costs balancing out and maybe just go for electric radiators instead?

I’m hoping someone can help sway my mind one way or another as I just feel a bit clueless! 

Thanks in advance 

grumbler

I think now electric heating is prohibitively expensive.

That said, all radiators are switched off in my bedroom.

FreeBear

Personally, I'd go for gas. But for a new installation, specify radiators & plumbing with an eye on the future when ASHP is cost effective. This means over sizing the radiators by 50% or more, and thinking about where an ASHP might be located and running the pipes with that in mind. If you have a decent level of insulation and good, well fitted DG windows, the radiators can be mounted on internal walls.

In days of old, it was standard practice to site radiators under the windows so that the rising heat would counter the cold air around the window.

lesalanos

Do you qualify for any of the grants for installing central heating for the first time?

fenwick458

If I were you I'd put in a new gas system boiler, and a Mixergy hot water cylinder. put radiator pipework in 22mm and fit bigger radiators then it will be "heat pump ready" for 10 years time.
you could go for an ASHP now and get the £5000 grant, but you'd just be hoping that by the time it starts to go wrong there are enough trained people and spare parts because as it is there isn't