Taking out storage heaters and putting in oil heating

windmilllane · 13-09-2018 10:00AM #1

We have seen a house we love but it has storage heaters. They are really olds need replacing. We are thinking of changing it to oil heating. Has anyone done this in a 3 bed semi. Just wondering of cost etc. Was it worth it. The pipes would have to go along walls rather than did up floors. Thanks

13-09-2018 10:09AM

You are going to end up ripping holes in floors and walls to run the pipe work. Could be a good time to insulate with warm board if the house needs extra insulation?

Consider a gas boiler instead?

Mrs OBumble · 13-09-2018 10:13AM

You also need to consider security for the oil tank: it can be a very expensive form of heating if your oil gets stolen regularly.

Arecthe storage heaters actually broken, or kust ugly? Covers could be a lot cheaper.

windmilllane · 13-09-2018 10:15AM

Is gas more efficient. We have seen another house with gas but it’s from a communal tank. I’ve heard it can work out more expensive than mains gas

Claw Hammer · 13-09-2018 12:08PM

windmilllane wrote: »

Is gas more efficient. We have seen another house with gas but it’s from a communal tank. I’ve heard it can work out more expensive than mains gas

I would go for
1. Mains gas.
2. Oil fired with concealed tank and boiler
3. New electric heaters.

to convert to oil fired from electric males having to install a boiler and an oil storage tank and allow for access to refill the tank. I would put the tank into a shed with a locked door. I would also keep the boiler under lock and key. It is very disruptive in a house to retrofit central heating. Ideally, radiators should be installed under Windows which means the pipes have to traverse the entire floor of the room to reach the radiators.

AppleBottle · 13-09-2018 01:24PM

We have storage heaters in our apartment at the moment and find it so expensive! I think the guys above are right being all the work that would need to be considered if you want to switch. But I don’t believe it can’t be done. I would be in favour of gas over oil and electric also.

Taking out storage heaters and putting in oil heating

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