What heating system is best.... choosing a heating system?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:39 pm
I'm confused..... well not confused but I need some help in choosing a heating system.
My home is having an all new central heating system and domestic hot water installed. There is no gas supply to the property and the original form of heating was by oil.
Ground floor heating will be done by under floor heating and 1st floor is radiators.
its a 3 bedroom house with 2 bathrooms with the possibity of a 3rd on-suite at a later date (though this will probably be an ecetric shower)
I've been looking at Heat pumps (Air source and ground source); wood pellet boilers; LPG, and oil fired boilers with solar panels. Other options may include a Raybrun or similar that could heat DHW aswell as be used as an oven.
Then there are thermal stores which seem a good idea for winter time, but in the summer do you just end up with a huge tank of very hot water that is not used?
I'm really lost and have no idea which route to go down. Has anybody got any good advice for me and have had experience with less comon systems such as the heat pumps and thermal store?
Are there any other kind of heating methods that i haven't discovered yet?
any help/advice will much appreciated
My home is having an all new central heating system and domestic hot water installed. There is no gas supply to the property and the original form of heating was by oil.
Ground floor heating will be done by under floor heating and 1st floor is radiators.
its a 3 bedroom house with 2 bathrooms with the possibity of a 3rd on-suite at a later date (though this will probably be an ecetric shower)
I've been looking at Heat pumps (Air source and ground source); wood pellet boilers; LPG, and oil fired boilers with solar panels. Other options may include a Raybrun or similar that could heat DHW aswell as be used as an oven.
Then there are thermal stores which seem a good idea for winter time, but in the summer do you just end up with a huge tank of very hot water that is not used?
I'm really lost and have no idea which route to go down. Has anybody got any good advice for me and have had experience with less comon systems such as the heat pumps and thermal store?
Are there any other kind of heating methods that i haven't discovered yet?
any help/advice will much appreciated