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Default Electric storage heaters - how good are they nowadays?

On Nov 20, 3:20 pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:28:39 +0000, wrote:
We *were* thinking of adding a small solid fuel stove at the

other end
of the house in the breakfast room where we do spend quite a lot

of
our time but the costs are just silly - like £6000 for a fairly

small
installation (it does include some hot water with the space

heating,
but that's all).


eh???????


go on do tell - which small stove with optional boiler, flue and
associated "hot" water pipework = 6000?


We were a bit surprised by the price too! However as soon as you
start adding bits up it does start to become expensive.


One could possibly do a small, basic, space heat only, stove for £2000
or so including flue ...


That's all the other posters seem to be refering to. They seem to
have missed the ho****er and space heating by which I assume you mean
a few radiators rather than just heat from the stove heating the room
it is in.

6K does seem a lot but what does that include? Stove, hearth, flue,
thermal store, heat dump, plumbing for DHW, plumbing for radiators,
control system, making good, etc, probably several days labour. As
you say it all adds up.

Don't under estimate the cost of flue liner. The 10m length installed
here cost £200/m + VAT so an single item cost of £2,500...


just re read that.... what's the spec of this then?

stainless? twin wall? 27/28mm insulation between walls? Inner liner
316LStainless steel
Outer case 304 stainless steel? Fully CE approved, complies with EN
1856-1? T600?

Jim K