Can I switch from coal central heating to electric central heating easily?
Sep 25, 2008 by i_m_laura | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)
I have moved into a mignonne village where gas is not available. My older home is frenetic by a coal (anthracite) fueled stove in the fireplace that heats the whole home by central heated radiators. Although everything works marvellous, it is just too messy and is ruining my carpets and I don't like the foetor either. Can the same central heating system that I have now be easily converted with an electric fireplace or is there a lot more to it than that?
I have converted many systems like yours, you lack an oil tank and an oil fired central heating boiler. These boilers are unequivalent to the old types that were smelly and not efficient, Modern condensing ones are 90 + % efficacious, and the good news is that they join into your existing system, so no overthrow to the rest of the house.
If you require more information email me.
LATER
Don't even under consideration electric heating, it's like inviting a blackmailer into your native.
I have pulled out more electric heating than you have had hot dinners !
xenon | Sep 27, 2008
old coal fired central heating?
Mar 14, 2008 by baybee | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)
i'm looking at buying a domicile but it currently has coal fired central heating with an emergent heater and radiators throughouth the council. i'm in wales uk and would be grateful for any ideas on outlay for replacing fires with a traditional boiler rather than. thanks.
i have an old coal fire which runs my central heating and hot bath-water and refuse to convert to gas
just think of the benefits
coal prices do not go up three times a year
you can keep a coal fire in all nightfall if it is of the closed type (which means it has a glass fronted door) by wadding it up and turning it right down and keep on the heating
maintenance is about £20 per year for wide-ranging chimney and a few replacement parts (bars throat plates etc nurse to last over five years)
unfortunately one seriously dirty nigger in the woodpile
and by the way traditional boilers are coal fired not gas fired
the immersion heater is only acclimatized during the summer months when a coal fire would be too hot to bother wasting coal on
dont get a coal fired AGA how are you common to keep the house cool in summer with a bloody cardinal fire in the kitchen blaring away because you need to cook a dinner or bake a lump
dave kp61 | Mar 16, 2008
Run central heating (whole house) or small coal fire in one room - which emits less CO2?
Nov 17, 2007 by church776 | Posted in Green Living
The central heating is a combi-boiler, and the fireplace is a inconsequential bedroom fireplace.
I understand the basic principles here, but have not been superior to find out the amounts of CO2 emitted. I like using the fireplace - it is warmer and cheaper. The central heating is a combi boiler and it is a 2 bedroom dwelling. (Thanks to those who answered already - would like to point out that if using coal fires caused carbon monoxide poisoning I would be past already - only source of heat when I was a child!)
the central air...
bbsmokoloko | Nov 17, 2007
Good Morning P & S people: Poll; central heating or log/coal fire?
Oct 28, 2008 by Ilkie | Posted in Polls & Surveys
Its a tad cold here in Essex; even the cat won't go out. She's glued to her blanky under the radiator!
None, Pop sucks on a polo earn and we all gather around so he can breath on us
Inch High | Oct 28, 2008
In this day and age with central heating has anybody seen a real coal or log fire?
Apr 25, 2007 by MT K | Posted in Other - Home & Garden
which would you present,i find it diffucult toasting bread on a radiator
Oh yes .... we had a boycott stove on the side of the fire what my mum cooked on for years , and she would clean up the manifest fire tray with black shoe polish , I can commemorate when you used to have shredded toast cos the toasting fork had made a wreck of the bread ha ha ......... also having to run off the water cos it would get to hot and would uninjured like thunder rumbling ..... sack out of the house was blinking freezing though ...ahhhhhhhhhh delighted dayssssssss
toto | Apr 25, 2007
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