COUNTRY GAS - HEATING & RENEWABLES
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WHO WE ARE
We’re heating engineers who really care about the true efficiency of the heating system. Our founder James has 13 years experience within the energy sector as an engineer across electric, gas central heating and low temperature air source heat pumps.
Your heating system is arguably one of the most important parts of your home. When it fails, it triggers frustration and mass inconvenience. For some time now the industry has focused and marketed the heating and hot water of our homes as being all about boiler itself, when in fact it's the whole make up of the system that is responsible.
Boilers themselves are very forgiving, you can install them on the wall and it'll work, you'll get heat to the rads and hot water to the taps and you're happy. But, as we move forward into a fluctuating energy market and a world that is in need of decarbonising, we're conscious that our central heating systems need reviewing and adjusting. We need lower flow temperatures, better controls, heat loss calculations, clean systems and appropriately sized rads. This is what we're about and we're here to help.
A Bit Of Context In A Nuthshell About Condensing Gas Boilers ...
When condensing boilers came onto the market they were labelled with great efficiency. For them to be efficient, they need to condense and the system it goes on to needs to designed well. To maximise condensing within the boiler you need lower flow and return temperatures than you would of had previously with a non condensing boiler. Ideally there should be a 20°c difference (Delta T) between the flow and return.
The problem is most boilers are left in their default setting which can be as high as 80°c flow and 60°c return...and for your boiler to condense the return temperature needs to be less than 54°c - so if your system hasn't been set up properly and you're running at high temperatures, you're loosing efficiency.
This is just one really common design problem that has been identified...and when you mix this in with the other issues such as: incorrectly sized rads, dirty systems, oversized boilers and systems with basic or no heating controls, you can see how things spiral out of control.
What Does This Mean?
This means there will be a few more questions from your engineer when quoting...mainly to do with the property itself and likely a few more changes around controlling your heating and radiator sizing.
We also tend to encourage some client education and signpost common and useful links around topics to help you make an informed decision - we'll then work with you to enable the best outcome. It's not complicated, it's just a few more things to consider!