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April Raine

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In a gas heated house what is the best to heat the airing hot press cylinder? If heated with the gas then it is cold after a bath. What about immersion or what about a shower and keep the gas to heat the airing hot press.? Would a daily shower cost a lot in esb?
 
There have been some discussions on the most efficient methods of heating water, see here (okay some of it turned in to a maths class). But should get you started.

by the way - your message isn't all that clear. The hot press is warm because of loss of heat from your hot water cylinder. I've read it as you want to know what is the best method of heating water. - Don't forget, regardless of which method you heat your water, if you have a bath, that clears the hot water tank.

You can look up all approximate prices for electricty appliances on their web site see [broken link removed]
 
Thanks will check the link
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There have been some discussions on the most efficient methods of heating water, see here
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by the way - your message isn't all that clear.
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sorry
The hot press is warm because of loss of heat from your hot water cylinder.
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hot press warms but gets cold after bath so how to air clothes?
Don't forget, regardless of which method you heat your water, if you have a bath, that clears the hot water tank.
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yes, I undersatand that so that is why i was thinking of getting an electric shower installed and using the cylinder to air clothes. The electric shower water does not come from the cylinder does it?
You can look up all approximate prices for electricty appliances on their web site see [broken link removed]
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Thanks
 
Okay - so what you're really looking for is some way of dry clothes?

unless your hotpress is huge - mine isn't, you won't have room to spread out the clothes and as they'll be in contact with each other you'll get limited drying.

Get a dryer! They're designed to dry clothes. Of course a clothes horse works well - which is what I use.

Again - do a comparison using the esb calculator - you can directly compare a dryer to running the emmersion.
 
There's another whole post discussing this.

I put them straight from the machine on to it - I open the windows a lot and do about 2 loads a week. I've no condensation problems.

Keeping your emmersion on to air clothes I would consider extravagant.
 
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There's another whole post discussing this. .
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link? or is it the one you gave
I put them straight from the machine on to it - I open the windows a lot and do about 2 loads a week. I've no condensation problems. .
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ok thanks i might try that

Keeping your emmersion on to air clothes I would consider extravagant
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how do you air them then if you don't mind my asking
 
April Raine said:
............... what is the best to heat the airing hot press ............................then it is cold after a bath.
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To gain some heat in the hot press you can remove some of the black insulation that covers the various hot pipework in the hotpress (if any). Do this slowly over a couple of days to test and only in winter when heating is on.

The heated water in your cylinder is escaping and making the press nice and warm. If as you say after a bath it goes cold there must be a lack of insulation in the ceiling above the hot press and/or a lot of holes letting the heat out if your noticing a heat loss after having a bath. Using fibreglass insulation pack up all the little holes and ensure there is insulation above the press and you should notice the heat holding for much longer.
 
Even with a water tank with a factory fitted "sprayed on" lagging jacket and lagging on the pipes the hot press should still be warm. At least that's my experience.
 
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