Put simply, ‘house’ coal and wet wood will be banned by 2023Burning coal in open fire banned in the green and pleasant land from today.The lucky ones will have mains gas, the unlucky ones can freeze like brass monkeys or take the knee to OPEC. How is one expected to keep one's mansion warm?
Depending on the size of the mansion, but it really shouldn’t be £10’s of k for a oil or lpg system I’d have thought even on a big place £10k would get a lot of it doneI have electric storage heaters and open fires in a listed 600 year old house. A sensible heating system will cost £10000s and I have a landlords agent to deal with.
I think some people should think more on the effects of the regulations they come up with. But then in your suburban terrace with gas on tap you don’t need to worry about the peasants in the countryside
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Depending on the size of the mansion, but it really shouldn’t be £10’s of k for a oil or lpg system I’d have thought even on a big place £10k would get a lot of it done
Would you not be better modernising the electric heating?It’s large not huge, thatched roof 2 foot thick walls or lath and plaster and some that cannot be touched because of the listing.It’s the labour as well as the practical side that puts the price up. I am prepared to pay a large proportion of what’s needed. Just need a few more years to persuade the landlord to agree.
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Without knowing more its difficult to advise a solution but my 300 year old listed farmhouse is totally heated by biomass and the new rules will not make any difference to that.I have electric storage heaters and open fires in a listed 600 year old house. A sensible heating system will cost £10000s and I have a landlords agent to deal with.
I think some people should think more on the effects of the regulations they come up with. But then in your suburban terrace with gas on tap you don’t need to worry about the peasants in the countryside
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Would you not be better modernising the electric heating?
What floors have you got ?It’s large not huge, thatched roof 2 foot thick walls or lath and plaster and some that cannot be touched because of the listing.It’s the labour as well as the practical side that puts the price up. I am prepared to pay a large proportion of what’s needed. Just need a few more years to persuade the landlord to agree.
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With solar as cheap as chips I would retain the electric for the 9 months of the year when solar is useful as these old houses require a lot of heat. The more that you can get for free the better. As for open fires do you actually mean open fire or fireplace with a stove in it. Chimneys are a wonderful way of removing all your expensive heated air and throwing it into the atmosphere whilst replacing it with cold draughts. Does not have to be like this but a lot of owners of old properties do not recognise the problem and then put in oversized heating systems to compensate for the problem rather than remove the problem.Would you not be better modernising the electric heating?
think you'll find it was many many pollutants around in the 50's that caused those fogs steam loco's being one of them not just household fuelI grew up in London and the fogs were terrible, everyone burned coal.
They say around 145million electric cars in the next decade will be sold,heat pumps etc ,the power companies are going to have to do a lot of upgradingEveryone will ultimately have to have air or ground source heating, new builds by 2050, though some homes unsuitable. Something to consider. https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/2016/02/pros-and-cons-of-air-source-heat-pumps
Everyone will ultimately have to have air or ground source heating, new builds by 2050, though some homes unsuitable. Something to consider. https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/2016/02/pros-and-cons-of-air-source-heat-pumps