New heating & water heating system options

[Morrisman]

Underground gas tank? We have either oil or calor gas round our way (nearest gas main 6 miles) all are above ground tanks and yes some are in front gardens due to new rules - as opposed to the rules in place when our bungalow was built (1992), hope I never have to replace the oil tank.

I have a tank in the back yard, except it’s out of certification and can’t be replaced without putting it bang in the centre of my new workshop, new spacing rules.

Hence why I was thinking of burying one in the front yard. Several places around here have them.

If you have a suitable system it keeps the installation cost down, you will need a new style very very insulated water tank. We used engenera for our system, can recommend them as suppliers and installers.

My central heating seems fairly new, and not even sure I want/need a hot water tank, if the unit will supply enough to do washing up. We have no bath tub, an electric shower, and a modern self heating washing machine. I shall research Engenera. s
And when/if daughter goes back to uni there is only me and dog here.

We are running at £40 per week for everything, that includes two women working from home with the assocaited washing machine and tumble dryer running every day, cooking lighting, water heating. The bungalow holds at a pleasant 18.5c and nothing to change refill or carry. There have been at least three other installations in our village after ours so it must be getting popular.

That sounds good to me as i’m paying £72 every two weeks or so for this gas, plus about £50 a month electric as I supplement the central heating with a fan heater when I first get up on cold mornings. We have no gas oven either, just a two burner hob we rarely use, that will be replaced with Induction when the time comes.

 

[Morrisman]

to give you an idea of what you need half of this set up

oh and electric isnt a clean alternative as its dumped elsewhere from you to somewhere else

I don’t actually want a hot tub, the shower is enough for me. And i’m not bothered about green, clean, or any other new age drivel, I just want an easy/lazy life.

 

[RonMig]

We are running at £40 per week for everything, that includes two women working from home with the assocaited washing machine and tumble dryer running every day, cooking lighting, water heating. The bungalow holds at a pleasant 18.5c and nothing to change refill or carry. There have been at least three other installations in our village after ours so it must be getting popular.

As the OP, you jumped from April2020 to today, so I've no idea what system or components you opted for - maybe this was covered in a different thread, but if so I didn't see it, so for me (and maybe for others) it would provide "closure" to see it defined in This thread, please?
£40 per week seems like a good number to me...

 

[gaz1]

its not the hot tub reference its to heat water in a central heating system reference same thing really

both do the same job

 

[Lazurus]

As the OP, you jumped from April2020 to today, so I've no idea what system or components you opted for - maybe this was covered in a different thread, but if so I didn't see it, so for me (and maybe for others) it would provide "closure" to see it defined in This thread, please?
£40 per week seems like a good number to me...

We ended up with an 8.5kw ashp coupled with the new type of water tank which is totally insulated and now fitted in the loft with all the electronic gubbins that runs and monitor the system. There are 8 radiators, and a remote thermostat which you can move to what ever part of the bungalow is appropriate, I set it at 18c and the system does the rest, no pulse heating, no cold spots in the property no noise of a boiler when it is running. The full system including the radiators was fitted and commissioned in two days by a team of three lads who travelled up from Basildon each day and stayed untill it was finished on the last day. it is different from traditional boilers in that it is "on" all the time, you just set the temperature to what suits and forget it. No timers or anything else to worry about. Each rad has a thermostatic valve to fine tune each room if required. Plentiful hot water, better water pressure now the tank is in the loft. On top of this is a yearly service contract and a few hudred quid a quarter in the from OFGEM to use our "energy data" to advertise the benefits of renewables. For us it suits us to a tee.

 

[Lazurus]

I am sure the weekly cost will drop dramatically when or if the summer arrives.

 

[Morrisman]

I am sure the weekly cost will drop dramatically when or if the summer arrives.

I don’t recall having such a ‘cold streak’ the last few years, nor do I remember ever having this much snow in such a short period. I don’t like a hot house, but I don’t want to be shivering, so the heating is on at 17 or 18c for 12 hours a day usually.

 

[Morrisman]

its not the hot tub reference its to heat water in a central heating system reference same thing really

both do the same job

I do get it, an electric water heater, heating the water in the central heating....... which is why I’m thinking it would be a splendid idea, just replace my gas combi heater with an electric heater.

 

[Gareth J]

Worth checking out the Octopus Agile tariff?

If going down the all electric route, and you can incorporate some kind of thermal store....and can use this to buffer around the regular spikes mid afternoon, could be a fair bit cheaper than simply on demand heating. Especially if the store can be inside the heated envelope.

Again, no calculations to back this up but seeing as you're considering all electric without a flexible tariff anyway, might work out better.