ᐅ Replacement of Old Night Storage Heaters with Modern Electric Heating Systems
Created on: 9 Nov 2017 08:18
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MaxPower90
Hello everyone,
I own and rent out a 20m² (215 sq ft) apartment, which is heated by a night storage heater from 1995. The unit looks quite ugly, and controlling a night storage heater is very inconvenient since you basically have to select your desired heating output a day in advance. Additionally, it has a fan, and my tenant keeps complaining because the noise bothers her.
I could have the unit removed for €100 and install a modern electric heater for another €100. In my opinion, this makes sense, as I believe the new heater would operate more efficiently than a 20-year-old night storage heater. Night storage electricity costs about 20 cents per kWh here, compared to regular electricity at around 25 cents per kWh. The savings aren’t huge, and choosing this option limits your choice of electricity providers quite a bit.
How do you all assess this situation?
I own and rent out a 20m² (215 sq ft) apartment, which is heated by a night storage heater from 1995. The unit looks quite ugly, and controlling a night storage heater is very inconvenient since you basically have to select your desired heating output a day in advance. Additionally, it has a fan, and my tenant keeps complaining because the noise bothers her.
I could have the unit removed for €100 and install a modern electric heater for another €100. In my opinion, this makes sense, as I believe the new heater would operate more efficiently than a 20-year-old night storage heater. Night storage electricity costs about 20 cents per kWh here, compared to regular electricity at around 25 cents per kWh. The savings aren’t huge, and choosing this option limits your choice of electricity providers quite a bit.
How do you all assess this situation?
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Bau-Schmidt12 Nov 2017 16:41Direct heating is a type of electric heating where heat is transferred directly to the room. In the form of fan heaters, radiators, or radiant heaters, this technology is usually not cost-effective as the primary heating system. A modern electric heating solution is a heat pump.
Bau-Schmidt schrieb:
Direct heating is a type of electric heating where heat is released immediately into the room. In the form of fan heaters, radiators, or radiant heaters, this technology is usually not suitable as a primary heating system. A modern electric heating solution is a heat pump.This concerns a 20 m² (215 sq ft) apartment with night storage heating.
Leave it as is.
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Bau-Schmidt12 Nov 2017 17:11MaxPower90 schrieb:
The control of a storage heater is really inconvenient because you basically have to select your desired heating power a day in advance. How do other heating systems handle this? What is the purpose of having a control system?Alex85 schrieb:
This is about a 20sqm (215 sq ft) apartment with storage heating.
Forget it. There is no remedy for resistance to advice.Except for a tenant with deep pockets. Whoever lives there faces high utility costs or, put differently, a high tenant turnover.
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Bau-Schmidt12 Nov 2017 17:34Alex85 schrieb:
and you want to retrofit a 20sqm (215 sq ft) area with a heat pump and underfloor heating? Nonsense times ten! I never said that. How is the rest of the house heated? What is wrong with a modern storage heater?Similar topics