If you have been considering replacing your boiler in the never to distance future, here are a few things you should take into account.
The boiler inside your home will normally supply you with all the warm water and heating that you'll require but, some supply just the hot water or heating only, if this is actually the case then consider replacing your boiler with a new one that will heat both together.
The old type boilers would normally work with a hot water storage tank located in the airing cupboard, this tank stores your warm water so you could have a supply of hot water as and when you needed it, as the water was used the boiler would start to reheat the water.
The problem with the old type boilers is they're very expensive to use, around 40% of the running costs is wasted through the boiler flue. That's a lot of money to throw down the drain.
The great thing now though is that all new boilers are highly efficient condensing boilers and they should save you somewhere around 35% on your fuels bills, that's a big saving when compared to old boilers. So when it comes to replacing your boiler you will start to save well on the running costs.
Today there are many types of boilers to pick from, you have heat only boilers, which are open vented, where you still keep carefully the small tank in the loft, the water is still heated with a storage tank.
https://www.scsplumbingandheating.co.uk/ have system boilers which works on ruthless, the tank in the loft is removed and the machine is pressurised. This kind of boiler is really a little better on the efficiency side due to there is no heat loss through the expansion pipe. The water continues to be heated via the storage tank.
Now we arrived at the most famous of boilers which is the combination boiler. For those people who don't know just what a combination boilers is, let me explain.
The combination boiler supplies bot warm water and heating with no need of experiencing any storage tanks. The problem though is many people hardly understand how they work.
Let me explain, the combination boiler can only just supply so much hot water at a time, if you were in the shower and someone opens the hot tap in your kitchen, you may notice the shower turns cold.
The reason being the boiler can only heat the water at a particular rate per minute.
You will never go out of hot water, it will continue to heat as long as you will find a demand.
When the boiler is working for both heating and hot water, the hot water will need priority on the heating, as soon as no more warm water is necessary the heating will come back on.
These boilers were originally created for small properties like flats, but soon everybody wanted one fitted without understanding how they work.
For this type of boiler to work properly you must have a good incoming water main pressure, next the gas supply has to be of the correct size. There are so many boilers fitted on the market with the wrong size gas pipe, yes the boiler will continue to work, but it will never reach the full efficiency it was designed for.
Replacing your boiler could be a little stressful not knowing which boiler to select and any improvements that require to be done.
Any new gas boiler that is installed today must for legal reasons be registered, therefore the days of asking the guy down the road to replace your boiler are over, unless he is gas safe registered.
With the internet open to the majority of us now, you can do a search for a local company on replacing you boiler, you need to find information on some local companies. Ensure you visit a company that's gas safe registered.
As soon as you find someone request a home stop by at discuss replacing your boiler, ask as much questions as possible about what is involved with replacing the boiler, it's best to check out three different companies to help you compare the expenses and what is involved with replacing your boiler.
Once you find someone to replace the boiler, arrange a starting date and time using them, There is one essential thing you should do, which is check them out on the gas safe register.
They may be advertising that they are registered, but to confirm just go directly to the register and check, it's so easy to do.
Unfortunately there are many claiming to be registered that are not, and usually you will discover the cost a lot lower that a registered company.
Should you use a company that is not registered, you are breaking the law plus the company.
Worst scenario should something happen and you also need to claim on your home insurance you may find the insurance is void as you used a non registered company.