Posted by TK on December 29, 1999 at 08:34:00:

In Reply to: DIY Central Heating posted by Peter Phillips on December 28, 1999 at 20:17:28:

You need to have the house sized for the size boiler and amount of baseboard in each room. You also need to decide how many zones you desire before you go much further. Oil will have about 140k btu's compared to LP which has about 96K btu's. In my area oil is cheaper then LP but oil does require a little more maintenance.

: I have just purchased a large mid 6o's 3 bed bungalow with storage heaters.The place is freezing cold by late afternoon and as the village has no gas I was considering putting in oil or bottle gas central heating. First I would like info on running cost of bottle gas(not bulk) verses oil and some one who could design a system that with the exclusion on the boiler I could fit myself over the summer-I have a motor enginnering back ground and can do most plumbing without difficulty.The property need much more than we though doing to it and therefore we cannot afford to have it supplied and fitted.

• Comfort-Calc

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