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What is the cheapest form of heating?

Gas is generally much the cheapest form of heating, but its cost depends on a number of factors, including your supplier, tariff and boiler.

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We’ve put together loads of heating comparison tables over the years, with prices per unit of fuel and kWh per unit, but we thought it might be useful to write a blog in practical terms everyone understands. What does each heating fuel cost to run over the course of a year and therefore what is the cheapest way to heat your home?

These cost estimates come from Sutherland tables and are based on the example of space and water heating for a 3 bedroom house in South East England. Bear in mind that the prices of fuels will tend to be vary somewhat across the UK. Another thing to take into account is sustainability. What is cheap will not necessarily be what is good for the planet!

So lets kick off – what is the cheapest way to heat your home?

The cost of heating your home with electricity (standard tariff)

Electric radiators, DHW cylinder with immersion heater

Assumed 90% off-peak usage.

Annual cost: £1838

If used correctly, Economy 7 can be a cost-effective way to run storage heaters. The cheap rate relies on you charging your heaters at night with energy from coal power plants (which can’t be switched off). This said, Economy 7 will not be around forever, due to the decommissioning of the UK’s coal plants and nuclear power plants – therefore we would probably looks to replace storage heaters with another type of electric heating rather than installing costly like for like replacements that may become redundant in the next few years.

Storage heaters and electric fire, DHW cylinder with immersion heater

Annual cost: £1054

The cost of heating your home with gas (British Gas)

Single tier rate

Gas is generally much the cheapest form of heating, but its cost depends on a number of factors, including your supplier, tariff and boiler.

Condensing boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder

Annual cost: £769

The cost of heating your home with gas (alternative supplier)

Direct debit

Condensing boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder

Annual cost: £766

The cost of heating your home with LPG propane (bulk)

Boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder

Annual cost: £1279 Condensing boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder Annual cost: £1056 The cost of heating your home with oil The main thing that makes heating oil different is that it is stored onsite rather than coming from the grid. The price of oil hasn’t changed for a few years now, and is currently quite cheap. This being said, it could change at any minute – and no-one can say how much by . Boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder Annual cost: £700 Condensing boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder Annual cost: £576 The cost of heating your home with a ground source heat pump Underfloor DHW cylinder with immersion heater Annual cost: £709 The cost of heating your home with an air source heat pump Underfloor DHW cylinder with immersion heater Annual cost: £827

The cost of heating your home with wood pellets

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A sustainable fuel burned in a biomass boiler. The amount of carbon dioxide released during combustion was actually absorbed while the tree was growing, so wood pellets are essentially carbon neutral. A biomass boiler works in a similar way to an ordinary boiler, but it is bigger because it has to hold the wood pellets. It’s probably easiest to store these at your property. Maintenance is easy – just empty the ash from time to time and put it on the compost heap.

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Annual cost: £992

The cost of heating your home with house coal

This one’s pretty straightforward – you probably know how it works. An open fire is a lovely thing in many ways, but coal is a relatively expensive option.

Open fire with back boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder

Annual cost: £1266

The cost of heating your home with anthracite nuts

Anthracite is a hard coal containing relatively pure carbon which burns with relatively little smoke. It has a high heat output and is slightly cheaper to run than house coal, due to its greater efficiency.

Room heater with back boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder

Annual cost: £1143

So what is the cheapest way to heat your home?

Here’s the list of heating fuels, starting with the cheapest:

Heating oil with condensing boiler Heating oil with non-condensing boiler Gas (alternative supplier) with condensing boiler Ground source heat pump Gas (British Gas) with condensing boiler Air source heat pump Wood pellets Economy 7 storage heaters LPG propane with condensing boiler Anthracite nuts House coal LPG and non-condensing boiler Electric (standard tariff) This is not an exhaustive list so feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about other forms of heating!

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