Advice on new boiler and what type

[Bahadur]

i need a new boiler for a 6 bed room house and 4/5 bathrooms and i want to run under floor heating for the ground floor which is about 5 rooms. Also what is cheaper gas or oil. if you can help i would really appriciate it.

 

[aplombier]

Get a plumber in to advise u
You will need room size and,heat loss calculations and hot water flows / demands worked out.
You just asked an open ended question like how long is a piece of string !!!
also which gas - natural gas or LPG verses the oil

 

[lame plumber]

natural gas cheapest, then oil then lpg then go for system boiler and unvented cylinder, dont even let anyone mention combi, and DO NOT buy your boiler fm wickes or B&Q, intergas is a good mid range make

 

[erj]

agree 100% with lame plumber, plus a secondy return on the hot water

 

[SimonG]

Why ask between gas and oil. It's a no brainer if on mains gas?

 

[Bahadur]

thank you lame plumber i will take this on board when i buy a new boiler. The house is in the sticks so have no natural gas. Thanks

 

[aplombier]

Use oil in that case. As LPG expensive

 

[Gray0689]

Bulk tank LPG is about same as oil now

 

[Gray0689]

What area are you in
There may be a member near you to advise further

 

[Bahadur]

i'm in Great Witley, Worcester

 

[Fishpond]

Ground source heat pump could be an alternative especially if you have underfloor

 

[Gray0689]

Ground source heat pump could be an alternative especially if you have underfloor

Only if the underfloor was speced for geo thermal calculations

 

[Fishpond]

Only if the underfloor was speced for geo thermal calculations

Correct (I assumed it was a new install - but it's not clear from the OP)

 

[Griffo]

LPG much cleaner and easier for the customer, especially if let to run out / re light.