shonaged Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Does anyone have experience in heating 1950s concrete Mass building and could recommend best type of heating for this type of building?I need to update heating as have old style storage heaters costing me a fortune!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector's House Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I'd look at massively upgrading the insulation before throwing cash at new heating - with rising leccy prices you can only win in the longer term by stopping the heat getting out in the first place. I speak from bitter experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 A lot will depend on the thickness of mass concrete you're dealing with, but agree with Hector's House, stopping heat escaping (and cold draughts getting in) is a wise first stop. Insulating will go a long way towards that (and also help a lot with wall condensation issues that many mass concrete buildings are notorious for). I live in a 70's mass concrete number right now, and previously lived in a 30's one, and neither have been particularly expensive to heat, but both have walls a foot or more thick. Not all are that thick though (have met one or two flat roof ones with walls barely that), in which case insulation alone might not be enough, and looking at some form of cladding or building a second skin of bricks etc to create a cavity wall might be the way to consider going. shonaged 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonaged Posted July 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Thanks I have loft insulation but no cavity walls . Walls not that thick may need to go down the external cladding route ? Expense as do.t have a lot of money to play with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector's House Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Check out the grants available, Heatwise should be able to help. The rules changed last year and properties now seem to have to show a certain percentage of carbon saving to qualify for free (or discounted) insulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_H Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Agree with above, check out options, see what you can do with insulation. I understand that for houses like your where straightforward insulation isn’t an option, that the Scottish Government’s Green Homes Cashback scheme has recently been extended to help. In cases that qualifies, 75% grant giving up to £6000 cashback could be available. The older Green Deal options are still available - up to £500 is available for a boiler, up to £400 is available for (more straightforward) insulation measures, and up to £300 is available for “other measures†are still available. Be careful you go through all the right hoops, get someone who knows to advise. Main points as I understand it; starting point is a Green Deal Advice Report by an approved assessor; the work you want to do has to be one of the recommendations in that report; and the work needs to be done by an approved installer. Approved installers for the internal/external insulation may be thin on the ground. But get advice. shonaged 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonaged Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Thanks for the information I will look into it propery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenCoutts Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Here are details on Cashback schemehttp://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/scotland/Take-action/Find-a-grant/Green-Homes-Cashback-Scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Our Dad built a house within the walls of the cottage we had in town. Lining the innerwalls with reflective material and insulation on batons made a huge difference. The key was to maintain an airflow around the innerside of the external stone walls. These in places were 60 cm thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonaged Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Thank you for your help I am hoping to get something sorted out soon . There seems to be several different ideas about the best WYoming to deal with this type of construction . I will need to decide the best option that ion f o r us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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