central heating in 1-bed flat

May 11, 2004 6 Replies

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Andy 22 years ago

hi all,

I've recently bought a 1-bed basement flat (kitchen, living room, bedroom, small bathroom) which has electric (not storage) heaters - the bathroom heater is just a fan heater mounted on the wall. This all makes the air very dry not to mention eating electricity and notbeing very efficient. The hot water is heated in a big boiler but rarely gives enough hot water to fill a bath. What I want to do is take the bath out and replace it with a good shower and hopefully make some space by taking out the boiler as well (seeing as it isn't much good).

What can I replace this system with? I'd like something more economical and the ability to control it centrally but I don't know whether to have the heating separate from the shower.

any advice? what sort of cost am I looking at for any solutions?

thanks Andy

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sPoNiX 22 years ago

I have used this type of thing before now with great success:

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BigWallop 22 years ago

Took the words right out of my mouth. These units will give you a great economical heating system and hot water on demand, so they are ideal for a situation like yours.

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Pete C 22 years ago

Hi,

Do you have gas?

cheers, Pete.

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John Stumbles 22 years ago

'boiler') to provide DHW?

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BigWallop 22 years ago

They can be controlled by their own internal flow switch to give instant hot to any appliance or heating system they are attached to. They're basically a slightly bigger version of an instant electric shower heater so they are very slim line and not as big as a normal gas boiler with heat exchanger and a tank inside it. On heating systems they only run when the water has cooled enough to bring the thermostat back on-line and they work best on well lagged systems. But I suppose that's also true for gas heated systems as well. They're quite economical to use really.

I suppose they could be controlled from a storage tank and thermostat configuration as well but I've never had the opportunity to try that with them yet.

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Lobster 22 years ago

Consider very carefully before removing the bath; the lack of one is a real minus when it comes to selling a property (never quite understood why, but most or all estate agents would agree. No reason why you can't have a decent shower over a bath tub!

David

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