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’.
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.
Installing solar heating kits purchased from a DIY outlet or builder’s merchant will be beyond the expertise of all but a minority of highly competent DIYers. So the temptation will be the ‘BIY’ route – buy from the superstore and get in a local tradesman to fit them. But the Heating Helpline, a consumer advice service backed by the HVCA, the government recognised trade association for heating and ventilating engineers, warns homeowners that this can end in disaster – with too many “rip off” rogue solar heating installers operating in the UK.
Bob Towse, technical consultant to the Heating Helpline, comments, “With low cost solar heating kits now available from DIY multiples, coupled with the huge rises in household energy bills over the last two years, more and more homeowners will want to convert what has so far been purely an interest into actual action by getting solar heating installed in the home.
“But we urge homeowners to be cautious about how they go about this – Consumer Direct, the government funded advice service, has received hundreds of complaints from homeowners about their solar heating installations.
“It’s clear that rogue traders are fully exploiting the rising demand for solar heating but homeowners should only use reputable, reliable tradesmen for such installations and steer well clear of the rip-off tactics of the cowboy installers.
“It’s also worth bearing in mind that there are Government grants to help with the costs of installing solar water heating technologies – but to be eligible for a grant a homeowner should use a competent installer and certified products. So visit the Heating Helpline website (www.heatinghelpline.org.uk) to find a reputable engineer today.”
The Heating Helpline provides consumers with free, impartial advice on every aspect of home heating. On the website homeowners can put in their postcode and it will produce a list of reputable heating engineers in their chosen area.
Visit the Heating Helpline website at www.heatinghelpline.org.uk or call 0800 840 4069.
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.
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.
