Save with a gas combination boiler
Save with a gas combination boiler
It appears that each month gas prices are going up resulting in higher gas heating bills. If you use gas central heating your gas boiler is a large user gas and large proportion of your gas bill. Fortuitously help is at hand, fitting a new replacement condensing gas combination boiler could lead to a significant reduction in your gas bills.
A central heating gas boiler needs to be able to provide sufficient hot water to heat your house and provide hot water for laundry. A boiler does not last for ever and that the normal life-time will be fifteen years. Although your boiler at home may only be ten or 12 years old it could be wasting energy. Many old boilers are ranked as a G on the SEDBUK scale, where A is the most cost-effective at 95-98% and G the least cost-efficient boiler at 20-30%.
As your present central heating boiler reaches the end of its life there is an increased likelihood that you will save on your heating costs if you replace it. A new boiler should lead to a large reduction in your gas costs. If you do replace your boiler you could look at a gas combi boiler which is ideally suited for the smaller home or properties where there are a limited number of people in the home. With a combi boiler you can get rid of the hot water storage cylinder saving space as it will heat water when you need it. Hot water is immediate but if someone runs a hot tap while you’re taking a hot shower you may find that your hot bath becomes colder.
A average central heating boiler will use a hot water tank to store hot water it develops during the day. You will get heat loss and energy releases even though the hot water tank is insulated. If you have a smaller home you will find that you could have other uses for the place that the hot water cylinder takes up.
A combination boiler only heats water when hot water is called for and is consequently far more economic than gas boiler types which use a storage tank. A combi condensing boiler is even more efficient than a standard gas combination boiler as it extracts heat from the hot exhaust gases and uses it to heat water. The extracted heat is then used to heat water saving gas usage.