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Are dry ceramic wall heaters a modern version of storage heaters, i've just got an old cottage that i'm going to renovate, it has old storage heaters in each room aswell as an open fire (coal type).

There's no gas supply to the area as it's in the country and i didn't want to go down the route of having a gas or oil tank fitted.

Does anyone have experience with dry ceramic wall heaters are they economic to run, do they store heat, i've been round the electrical factors and the two type of heaters they do are rointe and farho but they are not ceramic.

What's the best product to use for electric heating these days as the last storage heaters we had was when i was a kid in the 80's.
 
Ceramic core heaters have a very limited storage capacity compared to storage heaters, they only even out the rapid temperature changes and retain some heat once switched off.
Heaters that operate on ceramic elements tend just be normal heaters with a slightly different method of producing heat.
The proposed modern alternative to storage heaters is heaters that both store heat off peak and provide heat during peak hours, I am not certain of their operating characteristics.
From my point of view an automatic storage heater with an attached convector heater is the best choice still. Basic technology for storing heat but easier to run than the old type as they are meant to compensate for outside temperature and your expected ambient room temperature and you have convection heaters (at higher cost to run) if you run out of stored heat.
However a lot of people are just converting to standard electric heating and not using economy seven, this is probably best if you have a well insulated house, so it may pay to consider additional insulation of the walls whilst renovating.
 
replace coal fire with a multi fuel burner with back boiler.. add radiators and burn any old wood/chipboard, and crap.
 

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