Electric central heating

Location
cornwall
Any advice on eletric central heating we looking to put heating into the farm house I like the idea of eletric radiators but not sure what it's like any advice will be good thanks
 

Timbo

Member
Location
Gods County
Any advice on eletric central heating we looking to put heating into the farm house I like the idea of eletric radiators but not sure what it's like any advice will be good thanks

Unless you have a massive solar array, electric heating is about the most expensive way of doing It bar none, and in a farm house that's bound to be poorly insulated, will bankrupt you.
 

renewablejohn

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Location
lancs
Unless you have a massive solar array, electric heating is about the most expensive way of doing It bar none, and in a farm house that's bound to be poorly insulated, will bankrupt you.

A farm house does not have to be poorly insulated. If you can get the farmhouse to near passive house standards then electric becomes viable especially if you can do an on farm hydro system.
 

Ffermer Bach

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Livestock Farmer
At the moment electricity is the most expensive I believe, however, thinking about the future, I am guessing we wont be able to use oil or gas/LPG so we will be forced to use electric heating, I guess it will then be electric for an air or ground source heat pump, or a log fire. No central heating on here yet, only the log fire to heat the house, however the combi boiler still heats the hot water.
 

br jones

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At the moment electricity is the most expensive I believe, however, thinking about the future, I am guessing we wont be able to use oil or gas/LPG so we will be forced to use electric heating, I guess it will then be electric for an air or ground source heat pump, or a log fire. No central heating on here yet, only the log fire to heat the house, however the combi boiler still heats the hot water.
Am yet to see how the majority of people are going to afford to remove gas and oil boilers,or all have electric cars as they are expensive ,put an lpg boiler in and by time we have to remove gas and oil it will be 25 years down the line
 
Location
cornwall
Cheers for replys I did not know there was such a thing has electric boilers what I should of asked about is electric radiators that have clay bricks in that with thermostats in that come on and off south west heating supply them
 

Frodo2

Member
Cheers for replys I did not know there was such a thing has electric boilers what I should of asked about is electric radiators that have clay bricks in that with thermostats in that come on and off south west heating supply them
Night storage heaters may be OK if in house all day, Basic idea is heat up through night on cheap electric and release during day. Fir most it result in a warm house during the day (when your at work) and a luke warm house at night when your at home watching telly.

If it's your own home and you are going to be staying for a few years I would put in a proper central heating system. It really transforms the house.
 
Location
West Wales
We’re slowly converting our radiators over the Haverland ultrads. They know how to charge!! But they sense and learn apparently. For me the ability to control from an app to in effect make it central heating was the big draw.
 

Mur Huwcun

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
North West Wales
Mate has a 2 year old electric boiler. That hes taken out. Was 2k. Yours for £650

There’s a 12kw one here somewhere from a letting house we had. Would warm up really quick but eat electricity for fun. I had planned on fitting it in this house as a backup for oil heating system but we went GSHP. It’s still here somewhere and is just an inline heater similar to a power shower.

EDIT: here’s a photo of it!!
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