Anyone here just on electricity??

[cml24]

One of my houses in Shetland (no mains gas) was a two bed terrace, reasonable size. Very well insulated, brand new windows etc. Storage heaters downstairs, convection upstairs and electrical under floor in bathroom.

As it was terrace, and well insulated it didn't cost a huge amount to run, including the hot water. We were on an e7 tariff, and a single water tank would be good for tree showers and all the washing up etc for the day.

I've thought of I did build a house, I would aim for a very well insulated property, to the point a few electrical heaters would be more cost effective overall than all the plumbing and boiler requirements etc. Add solar water heating, and the cost wouldn't be too bad I reckon.

[mikeyr]

kurt535 said:

I looked at a house today that runs fully on electric. Gas is not an option.

How big is the house, and does it not already have heating fitted?

Just curious as our terraced house is purely electric, storage heaters which pump out more heat than is needed a lot of the time but can't risk turning them down in case it gets suddenly cold. Still it keeps our bills pretty low especially as we have none of the costs that go with boiler maintenance/replacement.

[kurt535]

Massive thank you for the responses.

I went through costings today based off so many answers you gave and realise it isn't going to be cheap to do. There are restrictions on site making anything other than electricity very hard to achieve so much so, I am likely not to pursue this project. However, your answers have helped me come to this choice so thank you to everyone who took the effort to respond.

[Aerate]

Just my tuppence worth.

Family of four / uninsulated 1950s timber house in the forest / 1000 sq feet / big wood burner with water and heating back boiler / jumpers / solar water panels in summer. Buying dolphin friendly electricity. £65 per month. Plus £150 firewood this winter.

But. Just built a cabin with electric underfloor. We'll see how that works out...

[anonymous-user]

p1esk said:

I've heard that the government was planning to forbid the fitting of gas boilers in new houses with effect from this year, but that they've deferred this plan for the time being. If this is true, what forms of heating were they expecting would be used? All electric, perhaps?

Source? Sounds like fake news to me.

[p1esk]

garyhun said:

p1esk said:

I've heard that the government was planning to forbid the fitting of gas boilers in new houses with effect from this year, but that they've deferred this plan for the time being. If this is true, what forms of heating were they expecting would be used? All electric, perhaps?

Source? Sounds like fake news to me.

This was told to me by the man who has been doing our building work for the past 20 years. He's a very sensible and reliable chap, but I don't know where he got the story from. If the story is true, I'm just wondering what alternative heating systems are envisaged.

Edited by p1esk on Saturday 3rd February 14:25

[anonymous-user]

p1esk said:

garyhun said:

p1esk said:

I've heard that the government was planning to forbid the fitting of gas boilers in new houses with effect from this year, but that they've deferred this plan for the time being. If this is true, what forms of heating were they expecting would be used? All electric, perhaps?

Source? Sounds like fake news to me.

This was told to me by the man who has been doing our building work for the past 20 years. He's a very sensible and reliable chap, but I don't know where he got the story from. It the story is true, I'm just wondering what alternative heating systems are envisaged.

He may be sensible but his story is not true.

Edit to add: he probably saw this article and got very creative

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/n...

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 3rd February 09:48

[mickmcpaddy]

You wouldn't put anything past the government, a brand new gas fired power station has just been built not too far from me, supposedly because its the cleanest and most economical way to produce electricity. So if they ban gas boilers then we have to heat things with electricity which will be bought from the power generating friends of the government that produce it by burning cheap gas.

And people think electric cars will be cheap to run.