Electric vs lpg

[Millsy 82]

My girlfriend and myself are looking at a property which has no heating in which isn't too much of a problem, but as with most villages around me there is no mains gas so that limits our choices.

We can't have oil as there is no where to put a tank so that's ruled out (which would of been my choice)

So it's electric heating or LPG.

The problem with LPG is siting the gas bottles (no where for a bulk storage tank) as I can put them in the back garden but someone will have to be in every time we have a delivery or I can put them outside the front door but they are a bit ugly. The plus side I can have a gas cooker!

Or electric I've only ever fitted the slimline boilers but I've heard they are expensive to run. Or air heat source pumps but they are pricey!

 

[oz-plumber]

Have you considered reverse cycle airconditioning?
Roughly 1 kW electricity converts to 3 kW heating or cooling.

Not the most pleasant heat - but its heat.

 

[jtsplumbing]

LPG heating run off bottles is going to be expensive, just running a gas cooker would be ok, some form of electric heating maybe your only option depending how much you have to spend !

 

[Millsy 82]

LPG heating run off bottles is going to be expensive, just running a gas cooker would be ok, some form of electric heating maybe your only option depending how much you have to spend !

I know it costs a fortune and I always recommend going for oil in these circumstances but unfortunately can't get a tank anywhere.

 

[Millsy 82]

Have you considered reverse cycle airconditioning?
Roughly 1 kW electricity converts to 3 kW heating or cooling.

Not the most pleasant heat - but its heat.

Never considered it as I have never heard of it.

Will look into it later on.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

No space for a tank in the ground ?

 

[SimonG]

No space for a manufactured steel tank. Had some weird and wonderfull tanks. Foot wide, six foot high and ten foot long.

 

[Millsy 82]

Front garden is about 1.5 Mtrs by 2 Mtrs with a window looking out on to it, so wouldn't get the distance for oil tank, back garden is only slightly bigger.

If I was going to pay for an underground tank I may as well pay that bit extra for air heat source.

Hopefully it will will only be a temporary (2-5 years) place so don't want to go too mad on it.

 

[Ray Stafford]

I would normally only consider LPG if there was the chance of going on-grid later, or if mobility was an issue (like boats, or mobile homes).

None of the options are going to be cheap to run, but electric is probably the most flexible, and probably cheapest to install.

Isn't reverse-cycle air con is just an air to air heatpump by a different name?

 

[quality]

air to air heat pump is how worcester market there air conditioners, the are over priced and there are more efficient units on the market and much cheaper but they only give you a worm room with no hot water. If the house is only a temporary measure as you suggested a quality system will obviously increase the resale value. Considering what you stated its got air source heat pump stamped all over it

 

[Millsy 82]

I think air heat source is the way forward for it. Shame as I know nothing about it. Lol.

Do you have to be mcs registered to install it?

I don't think the running costs for either would be too bad as we've been to see it on a couple of bitterly cold days and it wasn't cold and all it has now is electric underfloor in the bathroom.

 

[lame plumber]

either bargain the sale price down or look elsewhere, if your there long your pocket will suffer

 

[quality]

I think air heat source is the way forward for it. Shame as I know nothing about it. Lol.

Do you have to be mcs registered to install it?

I don't think the running costs for either would be too bad as we've been to see it on a couple of bitterly cold days and it wasn't cold and all it has now is electric underfloor in the bathroom.

You dont have to be MCS to install a heat pump only for it to qualify for a rhi payment. If you install a monoblock unit as opposed to a split type unit its simply wet plumbing work