The neighbour and my wife’s friend are on general chat terms, rather than close friends, so they are not sure.
Most of our radiators are below windows. We also have two reproduction period style cast iron radiators, so from a personal point of view we are a little limited.
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Stafford Bantam CaptainModerator P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Supporter P.L. 20/21 Top 30
To keep us going until fusion becomes a viable product, at the scale we need, invest in more wind, solar, hydro and tidal, coupled with grid storage and smart home storage. Oh, and invest in better insulation, starting with any new builds.Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand... -
Might help the energy crisis but make the housing crisis worse? -
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Retro fitting such things, after a property is built, is so much more expensive.
The adjustments I am making, in my 5 year plan, are mostly based on a payback period of no more than 5 years. I opted not to install solar panels as, because of the shape of my roof, plus the fact I would be retrofitting them, I calculated the payback period to be almost 25 years. A new build, with solar panels incorporated, would achieve a much faster payback period.Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand... -
Sixty years ago installing central heating would have put up the costs, but it has become the industry norm.
Installed at the time of construction would then cancel the cost of retro fitting.
Apparently a retro 3 Kilowatt fit of solar panels would cost between £4,000-6,000. Whereas solar tiles would cost £8,000 - 12,000.
The cost to a builder to install at the time of construction would likely be less.
If I could buy an identical house without solar technology or one which incorporated roof tiles for say £8,000-10,000 I would think it would be worth the hit. -
Of course it would cancel out the cost of retro fitting but it would still add the cost of the initial install onto the price of the house which as a compulsory option takes away some elements of affordable housing. -
Encourage some builders to incorporate them and others won't. Over time the market will decide whether the additional outlay is worth it but people still have choice and a cheaper alternative until the price differences become almost negligible. -
So how many builders now offer new properties without central heating, to ‘bring down the price’?
Perhaps not ‘apples with apples’, but the actual cost is not that much extra.
Apparently the average cost of a new 3 bedroom house is between £245,000 to £365,000. So if it went up to £255,000 to £375,000 as the roof tiles add about £10,000 on the additional cost, given the benefits in reduced energy bills would be very attractive. On the higher end under 3% extra. https://householdquotes.co.uk/cost-to-build-a-house/Oh man! Ad-blocking software has been detected! :'(This website is run by the community, for the community... and it needs advertisements in order to keep running.
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And it's not like central heating, without central heating it's not like there's a meaningfully lower cost alternative to keep your house warm. There is a meaningfully lower cost alternative to get electricity from the grid. -
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