Heating Advice

BrookCottage

Purchased an old bungalow in December and need some heating advice please.
Heating was oil run by Stanley Cooker which I have now got rid of as it was extremely uneconomical to run as it was only 46% efficiency and not practical for cooking especially in Summertime.
House is old cottage 60 years old with extension 30 years old. Single glazed windows which wee cannot afford to replace until 2/3 years time.
Sq footage is 1342.
I'm not sure whether to go for modern condensing oil boiler or switch to calor gas which would have to be tank installed in garden.
The fireplace is closed up and we have to get a non boiler stove installed in the next 3 weeks ass we are totally without heating at the moment.
Can anyone give me advice re choosing oil or gas I want a economical installation and to run as we don't have any savings left so things are very tight.
If we end up going with oil heating I will get a bottle gas cooker.
Note there is 7 double rads and 2 single size rads.
Thanks

scudo2

Impossible to say without seeing job. No idea of labour involved, so our prices could be way off. Id say call a good local plumber for advice, it's free.
Or tell us what area your in and we might be able to help.

BrookCottage

Hiya I know I'm not looking for instant quote I'm looking from advice from someone that was in same position and recommendations from plumbers on best solution

scudo2

BrookCottage wrote: »

Hiya I know I'm not looking for instant quote I'm looking from advice from someone that was in same position and recommendations from plumbers on best solution

50/50
I perfer oil due to reliability and long life.
Others perfer gas.
Calor is more expensive than natural gas.

Dtp1979

BrookCottage wrote: »

Hiya I know I'm not looking for instant quote I'm looking from advice from someone that was in same position and recommendations from plumbers on best solution

I'd go with gas and zoning your heating into 3 zones ( living area, bedrooms and hot water ). I prefer the modulation capabilities of gas over oil and this works particularly well when the system is zoned. Plus, you can't steal gas from the tank!!

Dtp1979

Marbuild wrote: »

Hi,

I can recommend he can supply new generation heating for you, its cheap to install, maintenance and run.
You can save loads of money. He can give you free quote as well.

Bye bye

Idbatterim

I'd go with gas and zoning your heating into 3 zones ( living area, bedrooms and hot water ). I prefer the modulation capabilities of gas over oil and this works particularly well when the system is zoned. Plus, you can't steal gas from the tank!!

also arent the NG or LGP boilers far cheaper than oil? they are also far cleaner and without the stink that comes from oil. The gas boiler can heat instant unlimited water on demand too!

My dad is German and when doing up our house over 20 years ago, simply put in a NG boiler, it heats the rads and also instant and unlimited hot water for the taps, the newer boilers have dmh i.e taps priority... There are also no tanks in the house at all i.e. immersion or in the attic...

Dtp1979

Idbatterim wrote: »

also arent the NG or LGP boilers far cheaper than oil? they are also far cleaner and without the stink that comes from oil. The gas boiler can heat instant unlimited water on demand too!

My dad is German and when doing up our house over 20 years ago, simply put in a NG boiler, it heats the rads and also instant and unlimited hot water for the taps, the newer boilers have dmh i.e taps priority... There are also no tanks in the house at all i.e. immersion or in the attic...

What your thinking of is a combi boiler that does both heating and instant hot water

BrookCottage

Thanks for all the advice.
In terms of gas as I live in the country there is no main gas to connect to so it would be the tank which I think is LPG? Not sure am waiting for a calor rep to call me to come assess

Dtp1979

BrookCottage wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice.
In terms of gas as I live in the country there is no main gas to connect to so it would be the tank which I think is LPG? Not sure am waiting for a calor rep to call me to come assess

What area are you based? There's some good guys on here that could be recommended

BrookCottage

Innishannon Co. Cork

Dtp1979

BrookCottage wrote: »

Innishannon Co. Cork

Pm scudo2 on here. He's based in cork

scudo2

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Pm scudo2 on here. He's based in cork

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(not mine)