House is in the UK, very isolated and no chance of ever getting mains gas. I wondered if a central and water heating system run off oil or cannister gas, a log burning aga, solid fuel aga or anything not mentioned is particularly better and more economical than the other. Any advice would be helpful. I havent even considered solar or any other eco possibility~but am open minded to suggestions as long as affordable.
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Log burning fire with a boiler I would have thought
an estimated 70 per cent of self-builders have to find an alternative fuel to heat their home. The other options are Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG or ‘bottled gas’), oil and electricity. Solid fuel can also be used, although the majority of self-builders choose this for a supplementary form of heating – eg. Wood burning stoves.
Oil is the cheapest, followed by mains gas, LPG and then electricity. Running costs will also be determined by the efficiency of your heating system. At the centre of this system is a boiler or cooker which burns the fuel to provide both space heating and hot water.
BY far the cheapest form of heating is obtained by geo-thermal.
Not as star warsy as it sounds, there are many variations on this available now and comparable prices to conventional heating.
An element is sunk beloew the surface of the ground, either horizontally or vertically, which draws the latent heat in the earth and transfers to a water system which heats your home.
Very ecological and a lot more common than you think.