I've been looking at flats/apartments, and some of them have electric storage heaters. What are they like? How do people get on with them? and what are the running costs compared to gas central heating?
2006-07-02 10:06:27 · 12 answers · asked by nemesis 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
hi there, storage heaters can be expensive and difficult to repair, most storage heaters i have worked on show a number of faults. and are not as efficient as gas central heating. my advice to you would be to instal gas heating, we did in our house, we plumped for a combi boiler and running costs were greatly reduced and the house is a lot warmer.
2006-07-02 10:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I have one and I have to agree with the previous answer, they are a pain.
In 10 years I have never managed to fathom it out, fortunately I tend not to feel the cold so I rarely use it.
The main problem with them, mine at least, is that it stores heat overnight using cheap rate electricity. This is fine in theory. However if there is a sudden cold snap and you want some heating you cannot get any until the timer on your meter clicks to cheap rate electricity, meaning that if you wake up to a cold room you have no heat until the heater switches on at midnight.
2006-07-02 10:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by John H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my old house had them , i didnt find them that expensive to run leckie was about £8 - 10 a week , didnt open the vent ever to let heat out just stored it constantly and house was always warm, when you do open the vents costs you more to heat it back up , usually overnight before it got to right temperature , my gas heating is couple pounds cheaper but my electricity is about the same price now without them
2006-07-02 13:18:28 · answer #3 · answered by jackie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Storage heaters will never get your house as warm as gas central heating, and are pretty dangerous if you have kids, and they are the most difficult things to remove if you decide to get rid of them
2006-07-02 10:10:30 · answer #4 · answered by Begbie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Section 11 of the 1985 Landlord & Tenant Act says 11 Repairing obligations in short leases. (1) In a lease to which this section applies (as to which, see sections 13 and 14) there is implied a covenant by the lessor— (c) to keep in repair and proper working order the installations in the dwelling-house for space heating and heating water.
2016-03-27 01:29:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are expensive! Tend to eat the electricity.
Not sure what the comparison is to gas.
But I found it quite expensive and took a while to heat room from cold.
2006-07-02 10:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by linkysplinx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a flat, they work fine, and are much cheaper to run, the better the insulation, the better they work. Had them in a flat once, was really cosy, had them in a 200 year old cottage and they may as well not have been there!
2006-07-02 10:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by Tefi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
storage heaters are very good at using up valuable space in a small flat, but little else.
2006-07-02 20:54:32 · answer #8 · answered by Chimp 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mine are quite cheap to run but they dont really heat the flat very well. i would go for gas if i were you
2006-07-02 10:13:20 · answer #9 · answered by pebs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know a huge amount, but i was just house hunting and my friend said to avoid them like a plague as they were such a pain to work.
2006-07-02 10:09:57 · answer #10 · answered by Helen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋