What are the different types of central heating possible?
The main choice of fuels currently commonly available in the UK is from: gas (mains, natural gas) gas (LPG – you need a tank in the garden) electricity oil (you need a storage tank in the garden solid fuel (coal, though some appliances will also burn wood or other solid fuels like briquettes) In your situation I would advise main gas – especially since the house already has a gas supply installed. You could install electric heating – and I used it for over 20 years in my last house – but it is likely to be more expensive than gas and not so convenient if you want to “top up” warmth on cold days or because you use a lot of hot water some days if you do a lot of washing or have people staying and lots of showers run. I think you can safely discount LPG and oil in your situation. A multi-fuel burner in a living room is nice – but they are’t cheap to install and solid fuels are inevitably messy because of the dust, emptying the ash cans etc. So – mains gas then. The next think you need to
