Which central heating and water system in village with no gas ?

[mikeimp]

I am renovating a small 3 bedroom cottage. There are 2 average bedrooms and 1 small plus kitchen and bathroom with shower over bath.

There is no gas to the village and so I am thinking electric. I am selling the property when complete and so a cost effective solution that I can fit myself but not too expensive to run.

 

[jtsplumbing]

Have a chat with nabours , see what some of them are using, you will get no end of answers on here from ground source, to oil, If your thinking of LPG then the tank and supply to the house is free, what type of hot water, well depending on water supply anything from conventional tanks in roof & hot water cylinder, to combi or unvented cylinder , if you go for gas then option of gas cooker / fire / boiler, oil would be boiler with electric cooker/fire all electric heating could be costly to run, and what about power cuts, with gas you would still have cooker / fire, with electric will supply cope with load ? and so it go's on, depends on what you intend spending and what you hope to make on sale, + depending on what system you fit how quick will it sell ??

 

[mikeimp]

The cost of an oil tank is too much and a lot of work. I think LPG will put buyers off and so I am leaning towards electric. I have arranged a new water supply so that should be fine. So any suggestions for a good electric system would be helpful.

 

[JCSPLUMBING]

If you have good mains pressure then an unvented cylinder on economy 7. Could even buy a solar version for future proofing

 

[mikeimp]

Do you recommend any particular manufacturer ?

 

[JCSPLUMBING]

Megaflo are decent. I've also fitted range tribune by kingfisher. there all up to the job

 

[stevetheplumber]

electric will put of more buyers than lpg

 

[TVP&H Ltd]

Oil is more expensive to install, but upto 50% cheaper to run. If your willing to do most of the labour work the cost of tank install is considerably reduced. Fitting an external oil combo will also help save space indoors.

 

[gassafe]

I would not buy a house on electric heating, defs the most expensive to run & not really a fan of electric fan type heaters on the walls!

I would go oil or even Lpg!

 

[jtsplumbing]

No good thinking along the lines of what you want ! it's what's going to make it easy to sell, 3 bed cottage, if stuck for space LPG combi with rads, free storage tank and pipe work to property, or oil but boilers tend to be expensive, As gassafe also pointed out all electric would put of a lot of buyers

 

[gmartine]

The OP has already said he's going to DIY it so he's not going to spend thousands on a decent heating and hot water system.

Get an electrician in to wire up some wall mounted oil panel heaters and an electric shower.

 

[thompsonbrown]

The cost of an oil tank is too much and a lot of work. I think LPG will put buyers off and so I am leaning towards electric. I have arranged a new water supply so that should be fine. So any suggestions for a good electric system would be helpful.

If you think lpg bottles will put customers off, wait to they find out the running costs of an electric heating system.

 

[mikeimp]

Is lpg comparable in cost to run as oil?

 

[Ray Stafford]

LPG is much more expensive than oil.

Oct 15 rates, LPG was 6.26pence per kw/h. Oil was 3.51p, slightly lower than mains gas. Electricity at standard rate was over 15 pence per kw/h. Its cheaper on off peak tariffs, but still prohibitively expensive.

There is no solution which ticks all your boxes. Electric will be quick and easy to install, but the running costs will (rightly) put buyers off. All other solutions require significant investment.

 

[Worcester]

Oil is currently lowest price for 8 years - 29.2p/litre = cheaper than mains gas / kWh at the moment.

Having said that, if you are 'doing up' a small cottage, so long as you are bringing it up to a decent insulation level, then I'd go for an Air Source Heat Pump. - What emitters are you considering - rads or underfloor heating?

Who is your target buyer? Old or young, nest builders or empty nesters? Both will appreciate the long term reduced running costs. And allow you to charge a premium price for the propoerty.

Oh and you / they can get the additional capital cost over an LPG/Oil boiler) paid back by the Government.