Hi all
New member here, have been reading through some posts on here and really impressed by the selfless community and great advice being exchanged!
We have recently bought a 200-250 year old granite cottage in Cornwall - it has recently had a redec internally with new kitchen, bathrooms, etc. but is still using oil heating, the boiler for which will need replacing in the next couple of years. It currently has 2 wood burners in the ground floor rooms so would look to mostly use these to heat the house for the time being.
I was wondering if anyone had tips on where to look for heating alternatives - slightly worried given the current climate (pun intended) and what is going to happen to oil prices (and the impending boiler replacement that will be needed).
Has anyone successfully installed an ASHP/GSHP on a solid walled cottage? The increased radiator and pipe sizes would need quite a bit of work throughout to accommodate too.
From reading some other posts on here I gather ASHPs and the like are best used on efficient properties or need to be sized up to accommodate the heat loss through the building fabric, while a pure electric boiler is more expensive to run than oil... I've also seen use of HVOs in place of traditional oil is being looked at in government so perhaps a modern efficient oil boiler may be a good approach?
Any advice/experience on this would be much appreciated, as you can tell I'm a bit lost at the moment in the decision making and there are grants available for ASHPs etc. so would be interested in hearing what the savvy members here have done!
Thanks very much in advance.
