Today was the day to see if everything worked - and for the first hour or so we had to run the radiators at 30 degrees. Seemed a little excessive since it was already about 25 degrees outside, but the radiators needed flushing out before the final treatment was added.
I spent the next hour watching the meter spinning round at a rapid rate, and quickly calculating on my fingers how many units, and how much so far have I spent so far.
What a difference though. We haven't had proper heating for nearly 30 years. Now I have to work out how the timer works.......somehow the instruction leaflet has been lost... hopefully the Internet will help me out and I will be setting this up for the winter.
Next project tomorrow is a new immersion heater for the hot water.
Why isn't your hot water done by the same system? Or is the immersion heater just for back-up? Oooh, and don't forget, there is a push on for loft insulation at the moment (British Gas advertising everywhere in the papers last weekend) which is free if you don't already have insulation (or if it is under so many mms. We had it from our local authority some years ago - had to pay a token £75, and it's brilliant - when it snows, the snow stays on the roof (a sure sign no heat is excaping upwards). Hope you will enjoy a toasty winter!
ReplyDeleteWe would have had a combined system if we had thought ahead. Since we just had the copper immersion installed last year due to it bursting, we thought we would be OK to have a second shower, but apparently our cold water tank is too tiny (there is no roof space to install a bigger one). The only solution is one of these tanks off the mains pressure water....which turned out to be more expensive having the two systems (radiators and hot water). The house is electric only.
ReplyDeleteThe bedrooms are timber framed and were built in the loft space and they are well insulated - in fact it is warmer in winter in the bedrooms than it is downstairs.