Electric Central Heating

[2sp_]

My mum is looking at moving house. She's found the (almost) perfect house but it has electric central heating.

She would like to change this...

So my question is, what would be the best system to go for, and roughly how much would she have to spend.

It's a 3 bedroom bungalow, think it was built in the 70s or 80s. There is no gas plumbed into the house at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it is in the street.

Any advice would be gratefully received. Even if it's to tell her to keep looking!

[Old_Geezer]

Personally I don't think I could be bothered with the expense of ripping existing out to put in new until it needed to be done.

As for what is best, well gas is normally piped to you, if it's not to your mum's place that may well be why the c/h is electric. I'd expect it to cost to get put on the grid. Oil needs to be stored and ordered and delivered. (I don't know if know can do so with c/h bottled gas. Not heard of it but there again I'm no expert.)

I suspect it depends on what you are looking for.

[2sp_]

Thanks OG. I would be inclined to leave it until it needed replacing, but I think she's worried about the cost of running an electric system.

At the moment she has LPG, and the gas is delivered to the tank in the garden. It's quite expensive, but I guess all energy bills are steep.

[coccinelle]

Quite honestly, the way that fuel prices are rising more and more, electric C/h may become a cheaper form of heating. Is it electic c/h or individual electric radiators?

[BRIGHT SPARK]

IMO....Get a quote for the gas connection and a gas heating system.I would say a gas system will pay for itself in 5 years against an electric system.....and its a lot more controllable ...and it will add value to the property.

[2sp_]

The schedule states that it's electric central heating. I've not actually seen the house myself.