"endymion" wrote in message
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Before anyone says anything...... Gas and LPG are not options here. No
mains gas and nowhere to site the LPG tanks with H&S regulations. The
price of oil makes that not worth the outlay. I will probably have to
open up a fire place and put coal in although the cost of that is
considerable now ( having checked it recently and noted that several of my
neighbours have just put in storage heaters changing from oil) or find
cheaper heaters.

Have a look at air sourced heat pumps (e.g. the air conditioners in B&Q but
find somewhere better).
You get about three times as much heat out as the power you put in and they
don't cost that much.
Bear in mind they will cost you more if you use them to cool in the summer.