What kind of father sacrifices his children in order, he thinks, to win an election

Ilovecheese

But it is going to have to be afforded one day not so far in the future. A way will have to be found.

All new homes should be built with solar panels and alternative form of heating imo.
I don't understand why that is not compulsory.

Converting older homes might be a much longer process.

I think these problems are often found with retro fitted systems. We are lucky that ours was designed for the property when it was built. For maximum efficiency you need to have them running continuously, but a thermostat in every room, as we have, means that the heating only comes on when the temperature drops below what you’ve set. For heating water we find the immersion heater is better, just programme it to come on and off to suit your needs and boost if necessary,

I don’t agree that this will have to be afforded one day ilovecheese. A vast amount of the country’s housing stock is reliant on oil or gas heating. The cost of converting every such property, not necessarily producing good results, is unimaginable. Much as I love my air source heat pump, I wouldn’t want a retro fitted system imposed on me if I had oil heating (which is the only alternative out here in the sticks unless you have the space to be able to comply with the regulations for having a tank of calor gas).

We had ducted warm air heating in our first house, I loved it. never had any kind of dust problem. A lot of the ducts outlets wee in the ceiling, so no radiators cluttering the walls and it was very efficient.

I have onged for anther house with warm air heating ever since.

However warm air heating did get a bad name because it was adapted as a cheap heating system in council houses and flats. Tese systemss had only two outlets, one in the hall and one on the landing and relied on peole leaving all the doors open to let heat circulate. They often had in adequately sized boilers to eat the air so rapidly got a bad reputation and were phased out. A shame because when done properly the systems were very good.

Yes, we had a ducted warm air system years ago. It sucked air in as well as blowing it out, so it did tend to collect dog hair on the filter, but it was cosy and efficient (& cheap to run).