Changing from Gas heat and water heater to electric...how hard and about how much money would this cost?

Question

I'm looking at this house that is all electric except the water heater and heat (Water heater heats the water for the heat also)....how hard would it be to change this to electric.

Answer 1

GG certainly offers valid clues. My issue might be that GAS is most often the most efficient and least costly power source on the planet.

The Gas company/ utility company can disconnect you. An electrician can run off 220 lines, depending on your service limits.

It might be impossible here to give you any accurate amounts as to cost for the makeover; Which would include not only the service change, but the trades; as well as the new appliances.

Steven Wolf

Answer 2

I haven't run the numbers lately, but in the past, this move would have dramatically increased your utility costs. Have you checked out the operating costs of electric heat vs a gas fired boiler?

Most people do this conversion the opposite way, they run a gas line in to avoid paying huge electric bills. But I realize not every part of the world has that relationship between gas and electric costs and perhaps the efficiency of electric for heat has improved.

The other responder is correct, you'll need 220volt lines to electric heat. Make sure your electric service is 200amp as well or you might crowd your service a bit if its only 100amp. if you have 60amp service, you'll need to upgrade that at a considerable expense, perhaps $2,000 or more.

Answer 3

If this is the only problem, call a plumber and ask how much to install a new gas water heater. Then have it installed even if you need to raise the price by $1000. This is a small amount when considering a 20 years loan and it then is included in the mortgage. Go to one of the big box stores and price gas heaters, they are not that expensive. I suspect the problem here is the hassle with the seller having to deal with the issue or you doing it.

Answer 4

With just having to buy new heating and air equipment and new water heater several thousand.
Then you also would have to check to see if your electrical service is big enough for the added load.
If not a service upgrade ballpark price $1500.00.
This is usually a job to consider when a unit has to be replaced.

Answer 5

Going to electric heat and hot water will be more costly to use. Typically electric is more expensive than gas for these functions. To convert to electric heat and water at least two, 220V circuits will have to be added to your electric panel and wires run to the new units. You may want to verify your panel has room for these, otherwise you will need to increase the size of your electric panel which is expensive in itself.

Answer 6

Hello,

I don't think it's hard to change gas water heater to electric water heater if you would like to use one electric tankless water heater.

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Answer 7

A side from what the other guys have said, in an all electric house, when the power goes out so does everything else.
That's to big of a risk for me.

Answer 8

I know people who have electric heat and the operational cost is outrageous I would opt for something else, research your options further before you make any decisions.

Answer 9

It depends on how much power you have available at the panel. If you have places to install 220V breakers and a way to route the wires then it shouldn't be too much trouble.