Hi,
We have just bought a section in Red Beach (north of Auckland) and are in the process of looking at all the options regarding which builders to use.
So, during our deliberations so far we have come to realise that the water heating systems that come as part of the build cost are all woefully inadequate for our needs (which aren't excessive by the way!). Basically we want to have a system that can provide enough piping hot water for a house that has 2 baths and 2 showers, whilst not costing the earth. The electric systems that we have seen are fine if you shower once a day and never have a bath, but from what we have seen, there are only 2 viable options:
Heatpump based water heating system
or
Gas based condenser heater.
The only problem with the latter is that we dont have access to mains gas and what we dont know yet is whether we could feasibly use bottled gas to power the gas system?
Has anyone had experience of either of these systems for heating their water?
Well sorry to ramble, but advice or help is always in abundance on this forum!
Cheers.
Tim