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[littlemiss]

Heres one for you guys................ would it be cheaper in the winter to use air-con that heats or to have central heating fitted? If central heating oil or gas, which is cheaper?
see what would i do without you

[Hazza]

Personally, I go for a gas heater. In my old place, I used to light up a log fire!

[littlemiss]

we were going to have a fire built in our house but have recently change the contacts and bought a bigger house that is almost finished, so now we are looking at alternatives, im not a fan of the gas heaters, sometimes they can be a bit fumey and i havent got the courage to light them myself incase i blow myself up! I know ridiculous but im a woman anything is possible! so its either A/C or central heating, i just know nothing about the cost of either.

[cyprusgrump]

The great thing about central heating is that it covers all areas – bathrooms, staircases, halls, etc. whereas split a/c units are only in the main rooms.

So, c/h probably costs more (although the split a/c units aren’t very efficient) but gives better overall comfort IMHO.

As for gas or diesel, I think the cost works out about the same although for a large house you need quite a large gas tank. Ours is just 500 litres which is too small for our house and lasts just a couple of weeks.

[littlemiss]

sorry cyprusgrump do you mind me asking how big your house is, mine will be a 3bed house 170 m2 plot

[mountainman]

Hi Littlemiss

Whether aircon units will provide heat for you in winter will depend largely on the winter air temperature where you live, if you are up in the mountains -forget it.
Another consideration for/against aircon you will need to look at how much power the units need to run, if you only have single phase electricity supply you may need to upgrade to a three phase supply.

Currently LPG gas heating is the cheapest to run and may become even cheaper if the rumoured supply of natural gas from Syria becomes reality.

I installed gas ch in our house and also have a woodburner, this works well for our situation at 600m above sea level.

[cyprusgrump]

sorry cyprusgrump do you mind me asking how big your house is, mine will be a 3bed house 170 m2 plot

Not at all… it is about 320m² although about 70m² is below ground and doesn’t require heating.

[littlemiss]

well im in frenaros ( well will be ) so not in the coldest part of cyprus for winter, as for electic im not 100% sure what you say means, but i just know i will have electricity like everyone else, i didnt know there were different phases, lets just say its normal LOL whats LPG gas heating? See im really a bit dumb where all this is concerned this will be my first home so you are speaking to a complete amature

[cyprusgrump]

LPG = Liquid Petroleum Gas.

Gas in other words but there is no mains gas here so you have to have it delivered by tanker – in our case every two weeks during the winter.

[littlemiss]

thanks grump, ah so my house is smaller so it would prob be ok how much is it to fill the tha tank?