Your aging heating boiler is costing you money
Your aging heating boiler is costing you money
Central heating is the most common form of heating in most dwellings in the United Kingdom. Whilst most are running well their energy economy could be better with a few minor alterations to the houses heating controls. First Of All, a time switch or heating programmer allows you to set heating and hot water to come on only at times when needed. Specifying the periods when energy is actively being used will greatly cut your bills.
Room warmth level thermostats can also be installed to switch off the central heating when a particular temperature is achieved. You will only be heating the room to keep it at the ideal warmth level. Each areas heat level can be separately moderated by adding radiator thermostat valves. This is a commended way of keeping the bedroom temperatures lower than that in the ground floor areas.
energy consumption levels are higher with elderly heating boilers. A gas boiler has a typical life-time of fifteen years. The latest heating boilers tend to have much better gas efficient ratings and use heat exchanger technologies to trim their gas consumption. You may be able to achieve economies on your heating bills of up to 40% by fitting a condensing central heating boiler. They extract heat from the exhaust gases and use it to heat your water. You may be qualified for a award to fit a condensing central heating boiler and it is worth speaking to a heating adviser to look into this.
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