Pdlewis
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 08:37 AM |
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OT: replacing warm air heating
another random question.... 
Has anyone replaced warm air heating with a wet system? we are looking at a new house but it has warm air heating, after living with it for a period i
do not want to go back to it.
im interested in any problems with this or anything i should be aware of?
I know it is going to mean taking up all the floorboards and adding rads which would remove some room space so there would be alot of cosmetic work as
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 09:43 AM |
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I did just that a few years ago, partly because the warm air heater had been replaced and didn't work as well as the original, partly because
the heating didn't reach some of the rooms that had been added to the house, and partly because we had a separate gas water heater that was
reaching the end of its life. The heating was also expensive to run.
The changeover was a bit tricky as the downstairs area had a concrete floor. In the end a fair number of the upstairs floorboards had to come up, and
I do have a few more pipes running around the downstairs skirting boards than I'd like. Got used to them eventually, and hardly notice them
now. It was a lot of upheaval though.
Don't regret the change, as our gas bills went down a lot immediately while the house was much warmer.
Choose your boiler with care though - we have a Baxi and it's needed regular attention. Most people on this site recommend either Worcester
Bosch or Vaillant, which are a little more expensive but far more reliable.
Good luck!
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lsdweb
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 10:00 AM |
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To save on visible pipe runs, you could try running the pipework in the air ducts. Pretty easy to do with plastic pipe I should think. I've had
Worcester and Vaillant and both have been good and reliable.
Wyn
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