The whole heating system has died. It was oil fired, it's suffered multiple troubles this winter, there's no spares available.The whole thing's getting replaced later this year.So, how to get the rooms and house warm meantime?I think my electricity is something around 11p/unit, 5.5p overnight.I've got one storage heater on white meter(?) economy 7.I was thinking: Get 3 1.5kW oil-filled heaters from Argos at £25 each, put them on timers in the bedrooms so they come on all night, and also for a burst in the evening.For the living room, get a radiant or fan heater because people tend to sit and watch 30 minutes of telly, then go to their rooms.For 3 heaters - £7550p/hour for 4 hours in the day = £225p/hour for 6 hours at night = £1.48for the next 60 days = 3.48*60 = £208. Blimey. That's not good.For the bathroom...hmmm....Bother. This is looking rather expensive. Any ideas??

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Boiler died permanently. What temporary emergency heat can I get? Oil filled rads?

Jan 24, 2007 21 Replies

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The Natural Philosopher 19 years ago

Agreed. Electric convectors with thermostats are cheap to buy and work. And are very very safe.

I would not use ANY combustion based heater without a proper flue installed.

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JohnB 19 years ago

Why not buy a temporary replacement boiler from eBay ? Quite a few on there probably get one for less than £100.

Then sell it on when you install the new system

-- JohnB

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