Energy

[GrandOldTeam]

I moved out to the sticks in June.

Gas is witchcraft around these parts - whole place only has Oil.

The heating for the house is from a Rayburn. The oven is the boiler ffs. Or something. There's a dial on the oven, you turn that and 1/100 it turns the radiators on. Within 2 hours.

It's starting to get cold and this Rayburn boiler is about as reliable as an Alex Iwobi cross.

I stink. I'm starting to skip showers because I work from home, and it's not worth the hassle of trying to convert oil from a tank outside the house to hot water. I'm not man enough to wash in cold water which I can only assume the rest of Yorkshire do.

Before moving in I thought I'd just throw an Oil Combi Boiler in and I'd be sound. Spoke to a heating engineer earlier who was very critical of Oil Combi Boilers, "now then, they're a flippin nightmayyyre those oil combeees" and he was talking up ground pumps and other hippy ways to get the shower hot.

So my question is.

How long can you realistically go without washing without being a tramp?

How many candles would adequately heat an average size living room?

Where's the best place to get a bed pan and one of those gadgets that you put coal in and put into a bed to warm it up?

And does anyone else live in a land that time forgot and has no gas? What's the best alternative? I'm concerned I could be getting blagged here to install something those freaks who stop traffic want.

 

[Toast]

 

[Lord Buckethead]

In Short.

"I have become a Wool by mistake, do I have to use my bath to travel down large hills now? "

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Pretty certain he's my neighbour.

In Short.

"I have become a Wool by mistake, do I have to use my bath to travel down large hills now? "

From Kirkby mate.

Technically always been a wool.

 

[nsno-chris]

I moved out to the sticks in June.

Gas is witchcraft around these parts - whole place only has Oil.

The heating for the house is from a Rayburn. The oven is the boiler ffs. Or something. There's a dial on the oven, you turn that and 1/100 it turns the radiators on. Within 2 hours.

It's starting to get cold and this Rayburn boiler is about as reliable as an Alex Iwobi cross.

I stink. I'm starting to skip showers because I work from home, and it's not worth the hassle of trying to convert oil from a tank outside the house to hot water. I'm not man enough to wash in cold water which I can only assume the rest of Yorkshire do.

Before moving in I thought I'd just throw an Oil Combi Boiler in and I'd be sound. Spoke to a heating engineer earlier who was very critical of Oil Combi Boilers, "now then, they're a flippin nightmayyyre those oil combeees" and he was talking up ground pumps and other hippy ways to get the shower hot.

So my question is.

How long can you realistically go without washing without being a tramp?

How many candles would adequately heat an average size living room?

Where's the best place to get a bed pan and one of those gadgets that you put coal in and put into a bed to warm it up?

And does anyone else live in a land that time forgot and has no gas? What's the best alternative? I'm concerned I could be getting blagged here to install something those freaks who stop traffic want.

Have you looked into heat pumps? The ones that are buried underground and generate heat from the ground. Think there’s grants around for them.

What insulation blocks

And I’m day 3 without a shower ffs

 

[The binman chronicles]

You've got two choices as I see it move or become a tramp. And if you move you might still become a tramp as no one is going to pay actual money to buy an oil heated house in this market.

 

[Tree13]

How much of a garden do you have? If you've an acre or more, get a ground source heat pump. Less than that, go for air source instead.

Whichever you end up picking, hook it up to PV solar panels and make sure your insulation is up to scratch - heating bills drop drastically, value of property goes up.

 

[Nymzee]

Wet wipes are like 50p for a packet.

That'll keep you clean.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Have you looked into heat pumps? The ones that are buried underground and generate heat from the ground. Think there’s grants around for them.

What insulation blocks

And I’m day 3 without a shower ffs

That's what a heating engineer was talking up mate.

I'm a bit suspicious though - for the reason you say. Is there grants being given away etc to encourage their installation?

All I want is regular, consistent hot water/heating. I'm thinking heat pumps etc are a bit eco which usually means a bit crap.

You've got two choices as I see it move or become a tramp. And if you move you might still become a tramp as no one is going to pay actual money to buy an oil heated house in this market.

Whole villages are oil mate, and the price and demand of property has absolutely rocketed around these parts.

 

[cronullasharks]

Just turn the hot tap on in the shower.

Glad to be of assistance.

 

[Nymzee]

Have you got proper old chimneys to look into a coal fire? My parents hardly ever have the central heating on in winter thanks to one of those. Could also just pay through the nose for space heaters? Or make a fire in an old washing machine drum outside like a scene from Mad Max. Or stick 3 jumpers on.

And why did you move into a house from an American deep south horror film.

 

[chrismpw]

You got a rayburn and a country house- we're obviously throwing too much money at you. Here you are bragging about having cold water too. I bet its even in pipes with a tap.

I found myself contemplating air heat pumps this morning. I heard talk of 20k to install on the radio the other day, so it would take around 15 years to pay off with savings, by my reckoning. Or about 2 years the way gas prices are going.

I don't know if 20k is anything like realistic, or whether it was an installer just trying to normalise a high price on national radio. They are, after all, just reversible air conditioning units.

Ground source heat pumps are the way to go. Hook them up to a generator and they'll still keep you warm in the post apocalyptic world we're heading to in a hand cart.

I don't even have a hand cart ffs. I bet you do, since you're clearly loaded.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

How much of a garden do you have? If you've an acre or more, get a ground source heat pump. Less than that, go for air source instead.

Whichever you end up picking, hook it up to PV solar panels and make sure your insulation is up to scratch - heating bills drop drastically, value of property goes up.

Have you got one/have experience of a ground source heat pump mate?

Paid £700 odd quid for 1800 litres of Oil and was told the property hasn't used any more than that in any 12 month spell which seems pretty decent.

 

[tommye]

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Have you got proper old chimneys to look into a coal fire? My parents hardly ever have the central heating on in winter thanks to one of those. Could also just pay through the nose for space heaters? Or make a fire in an old washing machine drum outside like a scene from Mad Max. Or stick 3 jumpers on.

And why did you move into a house from an American deep south horror film.

Yeah mate - that's what the previous owners were saying.

What can I say though, must be a snowflake generation. It's freezing. Those radiators need to work, and hot water would be most splendid.

You got a rayburn and a country house- we're obviously throwing too much money at you. Here you are too, bragging about having cold water.

I found myself contemplating air heat pumps thus morning. I heard talk of 20k to install on the radio the other day, so it would take around 15 years to pay off with savings, by my reckoning. Or about 2 years the way gas prices are going.

I don't know if 20k is anything like realistic, or whether it was an installer just trying to normalise a high price on national radio. They are, after all, just reversible air conditioning units.

Ground source heat pumps are the way to go. Hook them up to a generator and they'll still keep you warm in the post apocalyptic world we're heading to in a hand cart.

I don't even have a hand cart ffs. I bet you do, since you're clearly loaded.

lol I wish mate.

Seems a straight choice between an Oil combi and ground source heat pump - it's just I've never spoke to anyone who has actually had a ground source heat pump. I wonder how much ground source heat pumps are...