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Save with a combi boiler
It seems that every month gas prices are increasing resulting in higher gas costs. To stop the year on year increases you need to look at how you are utilising gas. Fortunately help is at hand, fitting a new replacement condensing gas combination boiler could lead to a heavy decrease in your energy bills.
A central heating boiler needs to be able to provide sufficient hot water to heat your house and provide hot water for laundry. Boilers have a lifetime of 15 years. As boiler engineering advances current models are more efficient than those installed in older homes.
As your existing heating boiler reaches the end of its life there is an increased likelihood that you will save on your gas bills if you replace it. An energy efficient combi boiler can lead to a large decrease in your energy bills. If you have a small home with a moderate call for for hot water a gas combination boiler is probably the best option for you. A combi boiler takes cold water from the mains and heats it as needed thereby doing away with any requirement for the hot water storage cylinder. If you have a gas combination boiler you will find that hot water may not be available in the kitchen if you are filling a hot bath as it heats the hot water as necessary.
A typical gas boiler heats the water and channels it to a storage tank for immediate access. Even though there hot water cylinder may be lagged it will lose warmth leading to waste in the heating system. If you have a smaller home you will find that you could have other uses for the place that the hot water tank takes up.
60 percent heating efficiencies are accessible to you by swapping to a gas combi boiler which will heat water on call for and not require the inefficient hot water storage tank. A combi condensing boiler is more economic than a common combination boiler as it extracts heat from the hot flue gases and uses it to heat water. Using the reclaimed heat to create hot water leads to additional gas savings.
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