Gas or electric ?

wim13 wrote on Fri Apr 7, 2023 12:54pm:

Hallo Max en Yvonne  Electrische boiler goed idee en airco die kan koelen en verwarmen ook een goed idee.

Op de badkamer kun je een electrische radiator laten plaatsen. Werkt goed.

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Bj ons heeft Danny design de electrische radiatoren in de keuken en badkamer geplaatst.

Groetjes Annelies en Wim 

RichT wrote on Fri Apr 7, 2023 12:59pm:

It's an interesting question, so a few pointers that will hopefully help your decision process...

New, electric boilers (water heaters) are cheaper to buy & install and more efficient to run than they used to be; but heating water via electricity is less cost efficient than gas. A new gas boiler will be fairly expensive to buy & install and all gas will be phased out in the medium ter...

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...m (10-20 years) and replaced with either hydrogen blend and then hydrogen, or by electric heating (air or ground source heat pumps). So any boiler purchased now should be at least 'hydrogen blend ready' if not 'hydrogen ready'. However, heat pumps won't heat your hot water water to the minimum 60'C required, so you would need an electric boiler or immersion heater anyway.

Air-con that can heat & cool works well - you feel the effect, warm or cool - very quickly and, although Spanish buildings are commonly very poorly insulated, if you're in a block of apartments, you are to an extent insulated by the other apartments.

You could replace the bathroom radiator with an electric heated towel rail for very little cost. You will also gain wall space where the radiators in the other rooms are removed.

Personally, I would go down the electric route and expect to pay around €3,500+.

Hope this helps!

wim13 wrote on Fri Apr 7, 2023 12:54pm:

Hallo Max en Yvonne  Electrische boiler goed idee en airco die kan koelen en verwarmen ook een goed idee.

Op de badkamer kun je een electrische radiator laten plaatsen. Werkt goed.

Read more...

Bj ons heeft Danny design de electrische radiatoren in de keuken en badkamer geplaatst.

Groetjes Annelies en Wim