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Heating Advice for Flats

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  • 28-05-2014 4:35pm
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    Mr.David
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I am potentially purchasing a terraced redbrick house in Dublin city that is split into 4 separate flats. Currently, the heating system (gas fired I think) serves the house as a whole and the landlord pays the bill (~10k/annum!!!), as people waste the heat when they do not have to pay for it.

    If I purchase the property, I want to make each of the four units self-contained. The wiring in the property was recently re-done, so it has the day-night meters etc as far as I know. I was thinking I could put electric storage heaters in each apartment and electric showers and then each apartment would pay their own bills.

    My question is, does anyone have any alternative suggestion? Perhaps it would be possible to leave the current system in place but have flow meters on the hot water pipes at the entry to each apartment?

    Any advice appreciated.


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    shane 007
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    Gas systems in each with a combi boiler. 4 gas meters with each paying their own bills.
    People generally shy away from electrically heated apartments due to the inherent high running costs & poor performance. They are always a day away from the heat you require & working professionals want heat when they get home, not when they are at work which is when storage heaters give off their heat.


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    DGOBS
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    David, the house in fairness would need a site visit to look at the possibilities.
    If you went for gas in each, you'd end up repiping the heating system, and new gas lines and boilers to each apartment.

    Possibly in this situation electric heating would be the simplest solution.
    Maybe electric showers and and under sink electric water heater for the kitchen


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    Mr.David
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭Mr.David


    Thanks for the advice guys


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