Selecting the right boiler for your property.

Heating accounts for approximately 60 percent of your expenditure in a year on energy bills, so an reliable boiler makes a big difference.

Modern boilers are a lot more efficient for numerous reasons, but their principal benefit is that they're all condensing boilers. All well-managed boilers use up their fuel efficiently, however they inescapably waste some heat via the hot gases that escape up the flue. A condensing boiler offers a bigger heat exchanger, therefore it recovers more heat, directs cooler gases up the flue and is more efficient.

Sometimes the flue gases end up getting so cool that the water vapour within the gas condenses out (hence the name), and additional energy is brought back from the condensing vapour.

What do I need to factor in when replacing my boiler?

When it is time to replace your boiler, you must determine which type of Boiler Servicing in Tunbridge Wells is best for you. Here are some things to think about:
Fuel variety

If you have got mains gas, a gas boiler is very likely to represent the most cost-effective heating choice. Our fuel prices as of March 2016 would suggest that oil heating is at this time a cheaper selection, nonetheless historically oil heating has long been more pricey.

If you don’t have a gas supply to your home, it might be worth considering atype of low carbon heating for instance a heat pump or biomass. Using the renewable heat incentive these might be more affordable overall.

Alternatively you may want to obtain a gas connection to your household. The company which owns and manages the gas network in your region may be able to assist with the expense of acquiring a new connection, and it might even be wholly funded. Contact Energy Networks Association for further information.

Boiler type

Most older gas and oil boilers are standard boilers which have a standalone hot water cylinder to keep hot water, instead of providing it direct from the boiler. When you replace your boiler it is possible to buy a new regular boiler, and continue to keep your hot water cylinder, or buy a combi boiler which doesn't require a cylinder.

A standard boiler is far more reliable when compared to a combi at producing hot water in the first place, however some heat is lost from the hot water cylinder, so a combi could possibly be more cost-efficient overall.

Your hot water usage

Large households using a large amount of hot water are most likely to be best off with a regular boiler, as opposed to smaller families using less might be best off using a combi boiler.

Space in your home

Combi boilers do not need to have hot water cylinders, and thus require less space in your house.

Compatibility with solar water heating

If you’re thinking about installing solar water heating, it’s noteworthy that lots of combi boilers usually are not compatible with this heating system orare not able to use it so efficiently.