Change from gas boiler to electric booler

chess_010

Is it worth changing a gas boiler around 10years old fully working to a new electric boiler as should be cheaper to heat using electric rather than gas ignoring the environmental gain by doing this 
just want recommendation purely on costs

FFHillbilly

no. electricity is 4 times more expensive than gas.

sarah1972

Pmd the team to move to the energy board 

Petriix

chess_010 said:

Is it worth changing a gas boiler around 10years old fully working to a new electric boiler as should be cheaper to heat using electric rather than gas ignoring the environmental gain by doing this 
just want recommendation purely on costs

When you say 'new electric boiler', if you're referring to a heat pump then the running costs are typically comparable to a gas boiler. However, if you're referring to a conventional electric boiler then the running costs will be far higher. Either way, it's best to stick with the gas boiler while it still works. When it's time to replace it, look at an air source heat pump. 

Martin_the_Unjust

It is almost never worth replacing a fully working boiler, and it’s never worth replacing it with one that’ll cost four times as much to run.

QrizB

chess_010 said:

Is it worth changing a gas boiler around 10years old fully working to a new electric boiler as should be cheaper to heat using electric rather than gas

Assuming you mean from a gas boiler to a direct electric boiler, it could be your costliest mistake of the year.

You'll save £100 a year on your gas boiler service charge.

For a typical property using 12000kWh of gas a year, and assuming you can replace that with 10000kWh of electricity, at current prices of 7p/kWh for gas and 27p/kWh for electricity, the additional energy cost will be £1860 per year. That's nearly two thousand pounds a year extra.