Gold shield electric heating?

eclectichoney

I'm looking at a house that has gold shield electric heating and i've no experience of it myself as we currently have oil central heating. I was wondering what people's experiences of it were, in terms of cost and giving out heat??

thanks a lot

Borzoi

eclectichoney wrote:

I'm looking at a house that has gold shield electric heating and i've no experience of it myself as we currently have oil central heating. I was wondering what people's experiences of it were, in terms of cost and giving out heat??

thanks a lot

Pricewise is okay

Effectiveness though is rubbish. Most of the heat is given off during the day when the house is less likely to be occupied - during the day my apartment is toasty, by evening it's just tolerable. Generally poor flexibility.

drunkmonkey

Know this is a Zombie thread but has anyone any experience with this kind of heating system. Looking at a house which the only heating installed is this "Gold shield heating". To me it just looks like there's mini storage heaters in every room but from reading this article it sounds like there's more to it https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/localnotes/goldshield-heating-system-is-a-popular-option-27371043.html

Any thoughts on it should I budget in a new heating system or is it fine. It's a 3 bed semi with a D2 rating built just under 20yrs ago.

Stoner

drunkmonkey wrote:

Know this is a Zombie thread but has anyone any experience with this kind of heating system. Looking at a house which the only heating installed is this "Gold shield heating". To me it just looks like there's mini storage heaters in every room but from reading this article it sounds like there's more to it

They are usually panel heaters in the bed rooms, no storage element or bricks, so you set the timer on them to hear the room close to bed time

They would be in the night rate either so you use them during the day or night if needed.

One of the storage heaters in the living room usually has a built in panel heater to use whenever you want

drunkmonkey

So there just panel electric heaters, nothing fancy about the way they were installed or house was built then?

Stoner

drunkmonkey wrote:

So there just panel electric heaters, nothing fancy about the way they were installed or house was built then?

No, generally that's all they put in the bedrooms.

1 KW in the box room, 1.5 in the others

I think they will have the built in timers too. They are alright, cheap but they work' pop it on for 10 minutes and the room is warm

Nothing fancy in the cabling, possibly the three bed room.panels on one 20amp MCB.

The storage heaters are cabled back separately, there be a night rate meter, a stat and a contractor on the fuse board/ consumer unit to switch them in


Usually, usually usually!!!

A 400W SH in the hall

A 1.8 to 2KW in the living and dining room
A 2 KWish Combi (SH and PH) in he living and dining room

FX 20 Fan heater in the bathrooms and toilets, again these work 24/7