I had economy 7 storage heaters many years ago and they were a nightmare. Mugs game. I ripped em out and installed gas central heating.
I had economy 7 storage heaters many years ago and they were a nightmare. Mugs game. I ripped em out and installed gas central heating.
They work fine here the only drawback is at the start/end of the cold weather when you are having to think ahead 24 hours about switching them on or off. The Warm Air is a good top up and handy for a blast of instant heat. House is cavity wall insulated, double glazed and loft insulated so retains warmth well.Originally Posted by lastlid
I'm glad I left behind broken pumps, thermocouples, sludged up radiators to bleed.
Pikey 7 also means low dishwasher and washing machine running costs
Exactly. How's your weather forecasting skills?
How do you heat your hot water?
And I am sure you will find that gas central heating is cheaper than Pikey 7 storage heating. It certainly was in our case.
I have storage heating now on the equivalent of economy 7 and can't wait to get back to gas central heating.
The biggest and cheapest source of heat you can harness is from the sun so get yourself a south facing house with a lot of windows. It worked for me. Big semi with huge glass double glazed bays - we got the sun in through our windows all day long. Didn't need heating for half of the winter.
I'll stick to our south facing detached with expensive double glazing
But then you have spoilt it by going kuripot on the heating with the storage heaters.
How many times have you switched your storage heaters on overnight to find that its a glorious sunny day outside and the stored heating is wasted?
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