Electric Rads 2011 and efficiency

david4791

Hello,
I have 3 rads on gas heating system in my house which have never worked despite numerous plumber call outs, Im now considering replacing them with electric rads. Many suppliers of electric rads now state there is no comparison with new efficient electric rads Vs the old fashioned storage heaters, any advice out there?

BryanF

david, is there a chance, that its not your heating system,and that its actually your building fabric's lack of insulation.. storage heaters working on night time elec are an option but if you've got a gas system installed it seems odd to me that it all isnt working.

1. how old is the system?
2. how old is the house?

david4791

Built ten years old, same rads nit heating, air locked in system

BryanF

there must be a way to release the air from the system? seems mental to me to be put in elec rads due to air lock

david4791

It's a closed system and the plumber cannot seem to get air out of system, he normally arrives and closes down all rads bars the air locked ones to flush the air out, it works for couple of days then back to same again

Troy McClure

That sound like you have a small leak somewhere. maybe under the concrete. If you have been using the same plumber I would get another guy in to take a look at it (someone who has no relationship to first plumber). Ask them what they think and if they can 'fix' it. If they say yes then insist they do.
There is a problem here thats not getting fixed and you would be better to focus on that than change. I would see that change as a step back wards.
We have gas heating and the system is 20 years old and is fine.

david4791

Hello Troy,
The problem rests with qualpex piping too, this pipe was introduced in last decade and is a nuisance, the problem is the pipe distorts when heating on in shape like a radio wave on a graph ie peaks and troughs thus allowing air pockets in the troughs, thus never with a rigid copper pipe.