Sep 12
Today sees the launch of the first Gas Safety Week, 12th – 18th September. It is being run by the Gas Safe Register and aims to raise public awareness of gas safety and encouraging people to take care of gas appliances.
Gas appliances can cause gas leaks, explosions, fires and carbon monoxide poisoning (see our project on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning). Advice from the Gas Safe Register includes making sure you have any gas appliances serviced regularly and have an annual gas safety check and make sure only a Gas Safe registered engineer does any work on your appliances (and check their ID card).
Don’t forget you can always find a plumber or heating engineer via our Find a Tradesman page and you will receive up to 5 free quotes from reliable and insured tradesmen in your area.
May 05
This may not be as daft as it sounds – but as most people are likely to have switched off their central heating for the summer months, now is probably the best time to do any maintenance.
It’s not that long ago that the majority of homes in the UK didn’t have any kind of central heating, although forms of central heating have been around since Roman times.
Central heating really became widespread in the 1970′s fired by affordable gas boilers. A survey of households in 2004 revealed that approx 7% of homes were without central heating – a figure that is likely to have fallen further.
So, as you contemplate the sunshine outside, think ahead and get your system serviced or updated in good time for ‘central heating switch on day’ in the Autumn.
Click through here to find a central heating engineer.
Mar 18
I need thermostatic control unit to open and close a 3 way valve
the valve is labelled 220VAC but seems to have a common line at about 170VAC and the Open or Close lines at 220VAC when operating
recommendations please
Jan 21
DIY Doctor would like to welcome Honeywell to their website.
They are supporting a new project page on Wireless Heating Controls which gives helpful advice on how you can use these controllers to reduce your home’s energy consumption. Fitting a wireless thermostat is one of the simplest and cheapest ways of improving the efficiency of your heating system.
Honeywell are the leading supplier of domestic heating and combustion controls in the UK, with products including time, temperature, gas and water controls.
Nov 17
Glow-worm has launched the UK’s first hydrid renewable heating system, a unique piece of technology to the homeowner market which provides impressive carbon and cost savings to the homeowner.
Read more about it on our News page.
Glow-worm is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of heating appliances and renewable technologies, focussing on reliable, efficient products that help to save water and protect the environment.
www.glow-wormheating.co.uk
Oct 20
Vaillant is celebrating the launch of its Facebook page by giving-away one of its market leading ecoTEC plus 831 boilers, absolutely free! Simply become a fan of its page before 30 November 2010 and you could win the prize.
Type Vaillant UK into your Facebook search bar or visit the link http://www.facebook.com/VaillantUK and click ‘Like’.
Jul 29
Domestic central heating product supplier Trianco Heating Products went into administration on Friday 16 July. Installer training company Trianco Training Services are independent of Trianco and are not affected by this recent development. Trianco Heating Products have gone under with the loss of 43 jobs.
Installers, service engineers and end users can still get limited technical advice from “sites.google.com/site/triancohelp/home”
It’s basic and limited to email, but there are some good links on the site and literature for all Trianco products can be made available.
Jun 25
The Government’s Boiler Scrappage Scheme may have come to an end in England, but you can still save £400 on a new boiler through Southern Electric.
For a limited time, Southern Electric are giving customers the opportunity to scrap their old inefficient boiler for a new ‘A’ rated one and save £400, and they are also offering two years free gas boiler and central heating protection, worth £405, when you sign up.
For more information and to find out if you live in one of the Southern Electric’s gas bolier installation areas, or to arrange an appointment from a Southern Electric Technical Advisor click here and then follow the relevant links.
Jun 01
DIY Doctor would like to draw your attention to a new project page called ‘How to Save On Your Heating Bill’ which is brought to you by Scottish and Southern Energy.
As has been discussed on the Blog before, one way to reduce costs is to invest in a new A-rated boiler. If you currently have a G-rated boiler (and if it is over 15 years old, it quite possibly is), it may only be converting 72% of it’s fuel into heat. What a waste! In fact a new boiler could save you as much as £235 a year off your bill.
Then there is the environmental effect. If everyone in the UK installed a new A-rated gas boiler, the saved energy compared to a G-rated boiler would be enough energy to heat 3.7 million homes for a year.
If you are looking to replace your old boiler soon, Southern Electric are offering a great deal at the moment. For a limited period, the company are giving customers the opportunity to scrap their G-rated boiler for a new A-rated boiler and get £400 off the bill. They are also offering two year’s free gas boiler and central heating protection, worth £405 when you sign up!
For more information take a look at their project page.
