[benandclare]

Heres a thought - does any one have gas central heating fitted in their NZ house or have had it fitted??

Esp in Christchurch area - let us know your experiences.
ta

24 days til we move in to our new house ....not that i am counting or anything :clap :raebanana :clap :raebanana

Ben and Clare

PS full update when on line properly - still at the internet cafe.

[Brijan]

Hi guys
we have a Brivis gas ducted warm air c/htg system, these are probably the most common, good for single level dwellings but not so good for multi level houses.
Brian

[M&J]

We are moving into our house in December, it is an old farmhouse that has been restored and it has diesel fueled central heating. The boiler and tank are under the house and they have used old radiators from the local school. it looks really great.



We are on countdown till me move in.

[Carol]

Hi guys
we have a Brivis gas ducted warm air c/htg system, these are probably the most common, good for single level dwellings but not so good for multi level houses.
Brian


Yeah - we've got the same I think (havent we Brian?) - and our downstairs room doesn't really get the warm air although it's got a duct.

I would never ever have another house in NZ without central heating!
Preferably gas - but of any description.

[Brijan]

Yeah - we've got the same I think (havent we Brian?) - and our downstairs room doesn't really get the warm air although it's got a duct.

I would never ever have another house in NZ without central heating!
Preferably gas - but of any description.

More or less the same system just a little older, but whose counting:D

[benandclare]

We are moving into our house in December, it is an old farmhouse that has been restored and it has diesel fueled central heating. The boiler and tank are under the house and they have used old radiators from the local school. it looks really great.



We are on countdown till me move in.



Lovely kitchen :clap

Will aslo consider diesel

Cheers

Ben

[IanW99]

Hi guys
we have a Brivis gas ducted warm air c/htg system, these are probably the most common, good for single level dwellings but not so good for multi level houses.
Brian

What is the problem with them in multi level houses?

We have a Brivis gas ducted system as well, and don't have any problems with heating downstairs.

For those that are thinking about having this type of system installed, if your house is multi level, then consider the 'zoning' option which allows heating of zones independently e.g. you can start by heating the whole house in the morning, just downstairs during the day and then bedrooms in the late evening - this is meant to be the most efficient way of running these systems.

Ian

[benandclare]

Has any one experience of solar panels?

[richard]

Heres a thought - does any one have gas central heating fitted in their NZ house or have had it fitted??

Esp in Christchurch area - let us know your experiences.
ta



There are at least two companies that install central heating in Christchurch. We had a quote for our 4 bedroom house when we bought it 2 years ago and it was around 15k. Both gas (bottled) and diesel were offered as an option.

We just went for a heat pump and oil heaters in the bedrooms in the end but now wish we had gone for central heating.

[Brijan]

What is the problem with them in multi level houses?

We have a Brivis gas ducted system as well, and don't have any problems with heating downstairs.

Ian

Our house is built on a concrete slab so the only option was to put the furnace in the roof space, i was restricted to the upstairs to position the return air duct as my garage door would not be able to open if i had brought it down to ground level this means that the cold tends to sit in the hall without moving, i have a heat duct running down through an upstairs room to downstairs for the bedrooms but it would give a far superior performance if the return air duct was low down, this is a common problem when retro fitting heating into existing houses, when building new it can be designed in:)

[IanW99]

Thanks for the explanation Brian, others may find it useful if and when they upgrade.

Ours was built in and as you say, the return air duct is low down on the ground floor.

Having said that, our last house (designed new), the return air duct was upstairs (as were most of the rooms), but the two bedrooms downstairs still had good heating.

Ian

[benandclare]

got plenty of good advice at the home show yesterday :)

Plus info about foam cavity insulation to stop it leaking out:clap
Diesel looking the current favourite so will be giving that one a critical look once we are in ... two and a half weeks to go :clap :clap