Electric boiler installer: Edinburgh / East Lothian
Discussion
when we built the extension on our house we looked at the possibility of an electric boiler, but the further i looked into it i was not getting positive vibes you need to make sure the supply to your house can handle the demand from the boiler, and despite what the manufactures say in their glossy brochures these boilers appear to be very demanding on consumption, despite the fact that they are almost 100% efficent, efficency is fine but if consumption is higher its not good particulary when electric is more expensive than gas.
We live outside of town with no mains gas, and ended up going for LPG buried tank, we also put in underfloor heating.
Electric boilers are much more limited in the amount of water that they can heat at any one time. This means that larger properties, or those with higher levels of hot water usage can run into problems.
If you are running underfloor heating and supplying any other outlets showers etc you need to think very carefully.
not trying to be a profit of doom take professional advice, and not from an electric boiler seller, ask an expeirenced plumber or house builder their views on electric boilers.
We live outside of town with no mains gas, and ended up going for LPG buried tank, we also put in underfloor heating.
Electric boilers are much more limited in the amount of water that they can heat at any one time. This means that larger properties, or those with higher levels of hot water usage can run into problems.
If you are running underfloor heating and supplying any other outlets showers etc you need to think very carefully.
not trying to be a profit of doom take professional advice, and not from an electric boiler seller, ask an expeirenced plumber or house builder their views on electric boilers.
Thanks, wise words.
I'm in a tricky position as our house and the adjoining property used to share an air source heat pump that ran the under floor heating and two rads upstairs in each house plus free the hot water tank in each.
Said hot water tank has an immersion on a switch that we used to flick on to boost the hot water temperature on demand as the air source pump generally maxed our around 40degs, which was fine for the heating. Our shower is a cold feed only and we only have electricity to the house.
I've since severed the houses thus one retains the above set up on its own and mine currently has no heat source and an electric boiler is really our only viable / cost effective solution and my thinking is it will be ok to run the heating system and the immersion will be on a timer to boost as and when required for baths / hot water tap.
But yes, perhaps not the best solution but the cottage is small and incredibly well insulated thus I hope that the intended set up works well but yes, I do have some doubts but it's a bit rock / hard place but any input and advice is noted and appreciated.
I will discuss the options again before I commit it finding a good, reliable tradesman to do the job is proving a challenge.
I'm in a tricky position as our house and the adjoining property used to share an air source heat pump that ran the under floor heating and two rads upstairs in each house plus free the hot water tank in each.
Said hot water tank has an immersion on a switch that we used to flick on to boost the hot water temperature on demand as the air source pump generally maxed our around 40degs, which was fine for the heating. Our shower is a cold feed only and we only have electricity to the house.
I've since severed the houses thus one retains the above set up on its own and mine currently has no heat source and an electric boiler is really our only viable / cost effective solution and my thinking is it will be ok to run the heating system and the immersion will be on a timer to boost as and when required for baths / hot water tap.
But yes, perhaps not the best solution but the cottage is small and incredibly well insulated thus I hope that the intended set up works well but yes, I do have some doubts but it's a bit rock / hard place but any input and advice is noted and appreciated.
I will discuss the options again before I commit it finding a good, reliable tradesman to do the job is proving a challenge.
Edited by Davie on Saturday 13th June 00:02
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