{"id":206,"date":"2015-12-10T13:28:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T13:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:47:08","slug":"heating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/?page_id=206","title":{"rendered":"Heating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cedar Chase was designed with warm-air heating. This is relatively unusual in the UK and it got a bad reputation in the 1960s because it was often badly installed. Ours works well if it is properly maintained, and does have some advantages over radiators:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Does not take up wall space<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Produces heat very quickly when starting from cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can be used to blow cool air in the summer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Boilers were not very efficient in the 1960s though, so if you still have an original Lennox G4 you should try very hard to replace it as soon as possible: something like 40% of your gas bill is going straight up the chimney. Several houses now have modern condensing boilers driving warm-air heat exchangers as well as providing hot water for the taps and underfloor heating in the bathroom. Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/energy-review-2008.pdf\">Energy Review 2008<\/a> (PDF) <em>Updated 6th Jan 2009<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/heating-replacement-ideas-201702.pdf\">Heating Replacement Ideas <\/a><em>Updated Feb 2017<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hle.ods\">Heat Loss Estimates<\/a> (OpenOffice spreadsheet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hle.xls\">Heat Loss Estimates<\/a> (Excel spreadsheet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Replacement-Heating-System-at-23-Cedar-Chase-v1.0-.pdf\">New 2016 heating system at No.23<\/a> (PDF document) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Time and technology move on though! In early 2022 gas boilers are starting to look less of a good idea. Heat pumps have potential for lower bills and lower carbon emissions. They probably won&#8217;t work so well with warm-air heating though, as heat pumps work best when producing a relatively low-temperature output. We also want to avoid having bulky and noisy outdoor units, so we are looking at ideas for ground-source systems. It may be possible to have a ground loop serving the whole estate, which would also provide for summer cooling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cedar Chase was designed with warm-air heating. This is relatively unusual in the UK and it got a bad reputation in the 1960s because it was often badly installed. Ours works well if it is properly maintained, and does have some advantages over radiators: Boilers were not very efficient in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1707,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2335,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions\/2335"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}