Ive just purchased a house with one of these in each room and that is currently not in use Evidently when Council closed down the geothermal heating in many areas in Rotorua people switched to radiator heating. ( I think that what theyre called) . I was told they run on gas.
Does anyone know if theyre worth reconnecting to use as a cost effective way to heat a house ?
8anna8,
Jul 30, 2:42am
I think you will find it was the geothermal that heated those radiators. The bore has no doubt been blocked long ago so they may as well be removed.
biggles45,
Jul 30, 5:04am
Put a gas boiler in to run the radiators and hot water, radiators are the best form of heating and cheap to run.
james63,
Jul 30, 8:12am
thanks it may have a gas boiler already theres a lot of gear in a small room ajoined to the garage Ill give a gas company a call and see if they wiill come and check it out for me
amasser,
Jul 31, 1:49am
Do you know the efficiency rating? Thinkt I heard recently that it wasn't great.
jubrei,
Jul 31, 11:26pm
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Thanks for drawing my attention to this. I guess most companies selling heating equipment would talk me into upgrading. Rotorua can get very cold during the winter months therefore l need to make sure l get good efficient heating
biggles45,
Jul 31, 11:33pm
That will depend on the actual boiler. We lived in UK for many years and all houses had gas central heating with radiators, extremely warm houses.
budgel,
Aug 1, 3:48am
Did they have them running all the time? In my experience radiators provide good constant background heat. They are not good at quickly bringing a cold room up to a warm temperature.
golfaholic2,
Aug 1, 4:03am
Dont take them out just yet .
Production recently started of a log burner which is suitable for feeding radiators .
May be some time before they look at getting them authorised for general use . but it's worth keeping in mind
blondinie,
Aug 2, 1:31am
golfaholic2, keep us updated on that please, its sounds great
biggles45,
Aug 2, 2:12am
We had them running all the time. Others had them on for maybe a couple of hours am, then 4 pm onwards. Depends on lifestyle I guess. Remember UK houses are double brick or stone (ours was 18 inch thick stone) and it would be rare to find one without double glazing, so little heat loss. It would make sense here to make sure the house is fully insulated and possibly double glazed before investing in quality heating. Our house here has full insulation, mostly double glazing and is very warm, our heating is on 24/7 through winter - our highest bill so far has been about $180 (gas and electric combined).
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