Heating for apartment, energy saving tips?

Dan82

Someone may have had same issue as us, currently we have storage heating in our apartment we own, the apartment is more like a townhouse if any anything, or own enterence, garden and decking out the back with side enterence to garden , but the heating is storage heating, it's been in since place was built 6 years ago but cost an arm and a leg and we have a lovely open fire too but durning winter we could 50 euro per week into the open fire and then the storage heating is crazy too, is there any other options we should look at?

Aswel if any one has any energy saving tips or the likes they would be great with the time of year coming around again,

reilig

Dan82 wrote: »

Someone may have had same issue as us, currently we have storage heating in our apartment we own, the apartment is more like a townhouse if any anything, or own enterence, garden and decking out the back with side enterence to garden , but the heating is storage heating, it's been in since place was built 6 years ago but cost an arm and a leg and we have a lovely open fire too but durning winter we could 50 euro per week into the open fire and then the storage heating is crazy too, is there any other options we should look at?

Aswel if any one has any energy saving tips or the likes they would be great with the time of year coming around again,

One tip I would have is about the open fire. Half of the heat produced from it goes up the chimney. A small non boiler stove can be bought for ~€300. It will produce double the heat of the open fire, use much less fuel and be safer. My parents put one in 2 years ago after having an open fire for years and the difference is immence. It will repay itself very quickly. It shouldn't be too difficult to install if your place is only 6 years old.

You could look for alternative fuels for the fire also - Can you burn wood in the city? You could sacrifice a small bit of garden space for firewood storage?

Dan82

reilig wrote: »

One tip I would have is about the open fire. Half of the heat produced from it goes up the chimney. A small non boiler stove can be bought for ~€300. It will produce double the heat of the open fire, use much less fuel and be safer. My parents put one in 2 years ago after having an open fire for years and the difference is immence. It will repay itself very quickly. It shouldn't be too difficult to install if your place is only 6 years old.

You could look for alternative fuels for the fire also - Can you burn wood in the city? You could sacrifice a small bit of garden space for firewood storage?

Great idea on stove, we will be looking into that, we live well outside Dublin so wouldn't be an issue there with burning wood,

We still like to find something instead of the storage heaters, they are killing us in bedrooms and kitchen area

Stove Fan

Dan82 wrote: »

Great idea on stove, we will be looking into that, we live well outside Dublin so wouldn't be an issue there with burning wood,

We still like to find something instead of the storage heaters, they are killing us in bedrooms and kitchen area

How about a small boiler stove and run the hot water and rads from it as well

Something like this:
http://www.stratfordboilerstoves.co.uk/models/freestanding-stoves/eb7-he.html


Stove Fan:)

Dan82

Stove Fan wrote: »

How about a small boiler stove and run the hot water and rads from it as well

Something like this:
http://www.stratfordboilerstoves.co.uk/models/freestanding-stoves/eb7-he.html


Stove Fan:)

Great idea but we have storage heaters not rads

Stove Fan

Dan82 wrote: »

Great idea but we have storage heaters not rads

I know that, I mean rip them out and fit a wet radiator system instead:D

Stove Fan:)

Dan82

Stove Fan wrote: »

Dan82 wrote: »

Great idea but we have storage heaters not rads

I know that, I mean rip them out and fit a wet radiator system instead:D

Stove Fan:)

That would cost thousands , dig up floors and everything, wouldn't save that money over 20 years

shane0007

Dan82 wrote: »

Someone may have had same issue as us, currently we have storage heating in our apartment we own, the apartment is more like a townhouse if any anything, or own enterence, garden and decking out the back with side enterence to garden , but the heating is storage heating, it's been in since place was built 6 years ago but cost an arm and a leg and we have a lovely open fire too but durning winter we could 50 euro per week into the open fire and then the storage heating is crazy too, is there any other options we should look at?

Aswel if any one has any energy saving tips or the likes they would be great with the time of year coming around again,

Check out Farho electric heaters. They are excellent to heat, very economical to run and a very good replacement for storage heaters. My local electrical suppliers stock them but I am sure most others can get them too.

Dan82

shane0007 wrote: »

Dan82 wrote: »

Someone may have had same issue as us, currently we have storage heating in our apartment we own, the apartment is more like a townhouse if any anything, or own enterence, garden and decking out the back with side enterence to garden , but the heating is storage heating, it's been in since place was built 6 years ago but cost an arm and a leg and we have a lovely open fire too but durning winter we could 50 euro per week into the open fire and then the storage heating is crazy too, is there any other options we should look at?

Aswel if any one has any energy saving tips or the likes they would be great with the time of year coming around again,

Check out Farho electric heaters. They are excellent to heat, very economical to run and a very good replacement for storage heaters. My local electrical suppliers stock them but I am sure most others can get them too.

What's the guy you know that stock them? They sound like good idea, is thee much of a saving?

shane0007

Apparently. Anyone who has had them installed have had huge savings over storage heaters and heat on demand rather than heat 24 hours later!

Ormonde Electrical 056 - 776 2498 (Eoin)
I am sure your local wholesaler could also supply them.

http://www.farho.com/en/catalogo/ventajas.php

Dan82

shane0007 wrote: »

Apparently. Anyone who has had them installed have had huge savings over storage heaters and heat on demand rather than heat 24 hours later!

Ormonde Electrical 056 - 776 2498 (Eoin)
I am sure your local wholesaler could also supply them.

http://www.farho.com/en/catalogo/ventajas.php

That plus stove could make massive difference , thanks for all the help,

Now just have to get wall insulation checked and sorted