Efficient and economical

[sunflower]

Hi, If you lived in a 70's built house.....no chimney, also now no central heating, how would you heat the house? Electric? Gas? Calor gas?

[franbee]

Apparently the price of electricity is much more competitive now, so off peak storage heaters might be the answer.

[jazzactivist]

I have been thinking about this a lot recently, franbee, as we think that we may end up moving into a 1960s or 70s house. I think that 1970s houses are probably better at containing heat than older houses. First, I would make sure that the loft, floors and any wall cavities have the highest level of insulation possible. Then I would install well fitting internal shutters on the big windows. I would ideally go for solar panels and electric heating, either radiators or underfloor, to generate my own background heating and keep costs down. And then top this up with a couple of movable calor gas heaters. This is just my pondering at the moment, but I think that not letting heat escape, generating your own low level background heating, with an extra blast when needed should fit most people's lives.