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Warm air heating

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noddyholder · 09/01/2010 14:31

can anyone tell me anything about this?Is it expensive to run and how does it heat water?TIA have never come across it in all my years doing up houses and need a short masterclass on it Help!

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dexter73 · 09/01/2010 14:41

We have this. We have just had a new system installed and it was from this company. There is lots of info on their site. The water heater is heated by gas and you can run radiators off it. We find it very cheap to run and the heater never goes wrong. Our old one we had replaced was over 30 years old.

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noddyholder · 09/01/2010 15:56

Thanks will take a look.Can you have the warm air thing and hot water without radiators?I like the idea of more wall space

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dexter73 · 09/01/2010 19:39

Yes you can - that is what we have. I would quite like to have radiators upstairs but dh isn't keen.

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noddyholder · 09/01/2010 20:13

How warm is the house and what is it like for £ Sorry for all the questions!I looked at that website and it had lots of info Thankyou

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dexter73 · 09/01/2010 21:19

We live in a 3 bed terrace and it keeps our house lovely and warm. I think it is quite economical. We pay £14 a month for our gas (heating and gas hob) but we don't have the water heater at the moment, we have an immersion heater. The water heater can be added to our heater very easily at a later stage if we want to get it.

spiralqueen · 10/01/2010 16:41

Have had warm air heating for over 10 years and will be sorry to lose it when we move.

No radiators so very few problems in locating furniture so as not to block heat.

Running cost (heating & hot water for 2 bed house with baby so keeping place toasty) just over £30 per month + £40 for annual service. Additional maintenance (replacement bits) has been less than £500 over the 10 years.

Comes out very well on HIPS reports.

Heats up the house very quickly.

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noddyholder · 10/01/2010 16:45

Thanks for all your messages all sounds good Why don't more people have it!?

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dexter73 · 10/01/2010 16:58

It is very popular in America. My mum and dad had it in all their houses when they lived there. I'm not sure why it isn't more popular. I like that we have no radiators downstairs but would like to get them upstairs for drying things on if I can persuade dh!

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noddyholder · 10/01/2010 17:21

I think it looks fab No radiaitors is an interior designers dream for furniture positioning!

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somewhathorrified · 10/01/2010 20:07

I had this when I rented and hated it with a vengeance. It heats the room well enough but it's really dry air iykwim. Also found furniture placement was limited and it wasn't cheap to run as the water heater was really expensive and was tank based. Ofc having said all that the system wasn't exactly new so it may have improved since.

dexter73 · 12/01/2010 15:29

We don't have a problem with furniture placement as our grille is only about 12" long, so the furniture can go anywhere apart from in front of it. The grille is right next to the door so we wouldn't have furniture there anyway.
I don't notice the air feeling dry but then I always let fresh air in even when it is freezing!(I have a bit of a thing about open windows - we only kept the bedroom window shut for 2 days last week).

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noddyholder · 12/01/2010 17:09

Do the internal doors have to have vents in them?As that could look terrible

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dexter73 · 12/01/2010 17:58

No we have normal doors. The grille is just to the left of the door as you go into the living room. It isn't very noticeable.

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