Temporary Heating

[richo106]

Hi All

 

I am needing to get some heat in my house, things aren't drying as they should which is causing a few issues

 

All my heating system/tanks/UFh etc is ready to go I just need to connect my ASHP up to it, however I need to render behind it first but the rendered keeps letting me down/fobbing me off and with the bad weather coming up for the next couple of weeks there is no sign of it being done yet

 

What are the best options to get some heat in my house? I am not living there but there most nights. Is it just case of electric heaters?

 

Many Thanks

[Bramco]

Does your UFH buffer tank have immersions in it?  (If not, why not?)

If so, connect these up to heat the buffer tank - if you are on a cheap night rate, get timer(s) to do the buffer tank heating at night and set your thermostats to call for heat during those hours.

Before out ASHP was installed we ran the whole house this way. And there's plenty of people using in line water heaters to do the same thing.

 

Simon

[Conor]

Yeah, your buffer should have a 3kW immersion in it, and if not can be easily fitted. You can then simply turn it on, turn the thermostat down to about 40 then just set your pumps on. 

 

If not, we used 1.5kW blow heaters - one on each floor timed to run overnight. Worked a treat and cost about £100 for the month or so they were running, along with a couple dehumidifiers.

[JohnMo]

Or a Willis heater?

[Conor]

Actually, if the primary driver is drying, get some cheap dehumidifiers and just leave them run. They kick out a bit of heat as well. More efficient and effective than space heating. We bought 5 from Screwfix for about £120 and sold them on a year later for about £90 each.