& general thoughts
The Governments Net Zero outlines that 17% of all CO2 emissions supposedly come from home heating, 4% is from gas boilers using Methane (Natural Gas) and 13% is from Oil and other fossil fuel heat sources. (source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/heat-and-buildings-strategy/heat-and-building-strategy-accessible-webpage ) These are very interesting figures when you consider just how much media attention is going toward the push for moving away …
Boiler modulation (also called boiler turn down ratio) is arguably the single most important factor in a boiler or heat pump for efficient and money saving function. Lets assume the average heat requirements of a house is approximately 7KW (this means it needs to have 7KW of heat pumped into the house to maintain a given internal temperature when it …
A simple one for an old uncared for system: I received a call for a property with a coupe of radiators not getting hot like they used to…this often happens with a central heating system that is old, without a filtration system and has not be cleaned in a long while. Essentially the radiators rust and grey/black sludge (magnetite) builds …
As a boiler nears the end of it’s service life (approximately 10-15 years) they often start to wear out and components fail. Sometimes they are simple to fix, sometimes it is a futile effort to chase down and soon becomes uneconomical to repair so ends up being more affordable in the long run to simply have a new boiler fitted.# …
Kent again for a combi boiler swap! Landlord owned property for a boiler that, as usual, was very old, leaking terribly from it’s PRV and fouling central heating water all over the outside wall. The flat itself was pretty small and the cupboard the boiler is located in even smaller…I am not a terribly small chap. This day was a …
This one was a while back toward the end of last year. We were tasked with relocating the gas boiler from the kitchen to the loft which meant a vertical flue in this case, hot water cylinder removal, loft cisterns removal, running a new gas supply pipe from the kitchen, through the rear wall and up the outside of the …
We do like a system conversion. This one was an old back boiler unit (where the boiler is within the fireplace behind the gas fire, which incidentally was condemned by another gas engineer) with a hot water storage cylinder in the bedroom airing cupboard and two large water cisterns in the loft. Our task was to free up the airing …
This.Was.A.Huge.Job. The team I worked with on the planning, design and installation of this one were something else. They have far more experience than I do and really tested my knowledge and skills ( I made sure to give them a good laugh slipping over in the muddy garden though)! View this post on Instagram A post shared by @icyhotltd …
We were over in Kent on a new combi boiler swap (the old one was over ten years old and had already been repaired a few times to try and keep it going) and whilst we were there, the Landlord called and asked if we could go and have a look at another of their properties with a hot water …
When a boiler fires up early morning we don’t notice, take them for granted and just carry on. When they fail to fire we are quick to notice and quick to complain about them! Another simple fix on another old gas boiler. The call came in and the report was that the boiler made a noise like it wanted to …
