FYI, hot air heating can cause problems for people with breathing problems
or asthma, as it blows lost of dust particles around from within the vents
etc.
Mara

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Ron wrote:

Hi I live in a 1991 built semi with 3 bedrooms and the heating system is
gas fired warm air by Johnson and Starley. It is again starting to get
noisy, I must by a can of WD40. I already had the fan replaced a few
years ago.

After discussing(arguing?) it with my wife she has said that she never
liked the heating anyway and wants to replace it with radiators. I was
wondering if there was any sites that compare the merits and costs of
running the 2 systems and also if anyone knows if radiators would be
cheaper to run than the present warm air system? I spend about £360 a
year at present on gas for the heating and hot water and cooking and
wonder if the running costs of radiators would be significantly cheaper
or dearer. I was wondering if there would also be a saving on my
electricity as I assume running a central heating pump would consume less
electricity than a dirty great big fan.

Also because of the constant hot water( there is no automatic on off
switch for the hot water other than manually turning the thermostat down)
I have a power shower. Would I still be able to use this if I got a new
more efficient hot water system or would I need a new shower. I used to
have radiators in another house and when they first came on they used all
the hot water until it heated up again as I found out when I started to
run a bath just as the timer switched the radiators on, but that was a
coal fired system.

Another cost saving would be that I would no longer need a maintenance
contract with Scottish gas as there is less to go wrong with a radiator
system than a warm air system.

I have a garage attached to the side of the house so I would hope that
the boiler could be situated there.
So I am looking for some advice and suggestions from people who have
changed from hot air to radiators or anyone who wants to chip in.

Thanks Ronald


In principle I find that use of warm air eliminates cold spots a bit
better than rads and therefore should be a little cheaper..

The devil is in the detail though.