If you have been considering replacing your boiler in the never to distance future, there are many things you should take into account.
Discover more within your home will normally give you all the hot water and heating that you need but, some supply just the hot water or heating only, if this is the case then consider replacing your boiler with a fresh one that will heat both together.
The old type boilers would normally utilize a warm water storage tank located in the airing cupboard, this tank stores your warm water so you would have a supply of warm water as so when you needed it, as the water was used the boiler would begin to reheat the water.
The problem with the old type boilers is they are very expensive to use, somewhere around 40% of the running costs is wasted through the boiler flue. That is clearly a lot of money to throw down the drain.
The great thing now though is that new boilers are highly efficient condensing boilers and they should save you somewhere around 35% on your own fuels bills, that's a big saving when compared to old boilers. When it comes to replacing your boiler you will start to save on the running costs.
Today there are many types of boilers to select from, you have heat only boilers, which are open vented, where you still keep the small tank in the loft, the water is still heated via a storage tank.
Then you have system boilers which works on ruthless, the tank in the loft is removed and the machine is pressurised. This kind of boiler is a little better on the efficiency side because of there is absolutely no heat loss through the expansion pipe. The water continues to be heated via the storage tank.
Now we come to the most used of boilers which is the combination boiler. For all those people who have no idea what a combination boilers is, let me explain.
The combination boiler supplies bot hot water and heating with no need of having any storage tanks. The issue though is lots of people don't understand how they work.
I want to explain, the combination boiler can only just supply so much warm water at a time, if you were in the shower and someone opens the hot tap in the kitchen, you may spot the shower turns cold.
The reason being the boiler can only just heat the water at a certain rate per minute.
You will never run out of hot water, it will continue to heat so long as you will find a demand.
When the boiler is doing work for both heating and warm water, the hot water will take priority over the heating, when no more hot water is required the heating will come back on.
These boilers were originally designed for small properties like flats, but soon everybody wanted one fitted without focusing on how they work.
For this kind 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. You can find so many boilers fitted on the market with the wrong size gas pipe, yes the boiler will work, but it will never reach the entire efficiency it was created for.
Replacing your boiler could be a little stressful not knowing which boiler to choose and any improvements that require to be done.
Any new gas boiler that's installed today has to by law be registered, therefore the days of asking the guy down the road to displace your boiler are over, unless he is gas safe registered.
With the internet available to most people now, that you can do a search for a local company on replacing you boiler, you need to find details of some local companies. Ensure you visit a company that is gas safe registered.
As soon as you find someone request a home stop by at discuss replacing your boiler, ask as much questions since you can about what is involved in replacing the boiler, you need to check out three different companies in order to compare the costs and what is involved in replacing your boiler.
Once you find someone to replace the boiler, arrange a starting date and time with them, Now there is one very important thing you need to do, and that is check them out on the gas safe register.
They might be advertising that they are registered, but to verify just go to the register and check, it's so easy to accomplish.
Unfortunately there are lots of claiming to be registered that aren't, and usually you will find the cost a whole lot lower a registered company.
Should you use a company that's not registered, you are breaking the law plus the company.
Worst scenario should something happen and you also need to claim on your own home insurance you might find the insurance is void as you used a non registered company.