Heating and home improvements
With the price of our homes continuing to remain fairly static and likely to do so for the foreseeable future, many are turning to home improvements in place of upgrading to new properties. There are many way in which you can improve your home and to add value to this at the same time, upgrading your bathroom or adding an en-suite or cloakroom for instance.
One area which will improve your home, perhaps lower running costs and almost certainly add value is to look at your heating system. Changing those old radiators usually improves the efficiency and will be a major selling point when the time comes to sell your house at some future date. Modern designer radiators are so much better than their old counterparts in heat transfer and looking through the huge range at UK Bathrooms you will find the best from the top makers. One example is from the Acova range, this is the Altima horizontal radiator which is not just eye catching and a definite talking point, but highly efficient too. The model is available in a range of sizes and finishes and is an example of one of the stunning radiators that can be seen at the UK Bathrooms web pages.
Mar 12 200915:34 pm
SteveMar 12 2009
5:00 pm
I recently installed a wood burning stove with a back boiler to heat my house and water, as I was sick of the rising costs of gas. It cost me around 3K all in to buy the Stove and get all the necessary plumbing and wiring done. I have worked out that in 3 years i should be about evens on the cost of gas and my outlay for the stove. I manage to acquire my wood for free :p but i think it costs me about 1 full weekend a month to get the wood and cut it all up and store it, but its all worth it when i see that my gas registers as 0 on my bill.
Due to having a new stove I had to have a heat safe put in so i opted for a heated towel rail which really kicks some heat out and has made a massive different to the temperature in my bathroom which is rather large anyway.
JamesMar 18 2009
11:59 am
At least your making use of fallen tree’s Steve and not just letting then get chipped.
I always have an eye out for fallen trees at the side of roads or whatever. It’s a great way for free heating.
I would probably say that to heat my house this winter has cost me about £30 in diesel and then my time i managed to get quite a stock of logs for burning.