I Want To Shut Off My Oil Heat Boiler And Use Electric Radiators For Heat. How Do I Prevent Pipe Freezing?
Posted on | January 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
I have a cheap and smelly oil heat boiler. It sends hot water to my old radiators for heat and provides hot water to our kitchen and bathroom. It has no hot water tank. I have no gas service. Plumber told me gas conversion could cost from 6 to $10K. Because my oil bill was $600 a month last winter, I want to go all electric. I plan to use electric radiators throughout my home. For hot water, I will install tankless point-of-use water heaters. The only problem is how to keep my pipes in the basement from freezing in the winter time since the boiler will be off.
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January 10th, 2010 @ 8:32 am
I would imagine that the electrical upgrade is going to cost you plenty also so if you want to add 5kw heat for the basement just to prevent freeze up it should not impact cost that much.