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Electrical Heating

There are situations when traditional forms of heating, gas or oil are impracticable or impossible. The traditional solution has been night storage heaters but they are not very controllable and cannot give heat on demand. Electric storage heaters are a less expensive way of using electricity to heat homes than fan heaters, oil filled radiators or radiant electric bar heaters, all of which use on-peak electricity. Storage Heaters use electricity supplied at a cheaper night-time rate to store heat in special heat-retaining bricks. These then give out heat slowly and are designed to keep warm for the whole of the following day. You can only get cheap night-time electricity if you are on an off-peak tariff  and this may involve adding a second electricity meter if you do not already have one (and paying an additional standing charge).

Modern, slim-line storage heaters often have a charge control (or an automatic charge control) which adjusts the amount of heat stored overnight. An automatic charge control does this by measuring the temperature in the room (or more rarely, outside the house) and if it is milder, stores less heat (saving money in the process). If the storage heater has a manual charge control, you will have to make this adjustment yourself.

Many people like to take advantage of storage heaters for background heat, but find that in the middle of winter they still need to supplement the heating by a direct electric heater, such as a fan heater which means having other forms of heating (electric fires). This can be both costly and unsightly but there are now alternatives.

The 21st century solution

In recent years technology has advanced at such a pace that the traditional night storage heater is now costly, inefficient and unsightly but DHS believes that it has a number of highly efficient and cost effective solutions. There are over 2million homes in the UK which cannot have gas or oil heating

• Electric boilers are capable of providing both hot water and heat to radiators
• Electric boilers are highly efficient (up to 99.7%)
• No flue required
• System is connected to a mains electricity supply

There is a huge variety of electric boilers, central heating systems, hot water systems and showers.

Why DHS?

Our professional friendly staff have decades of experience between them and can help you find the solution.

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