Installing the best boiler brands

Highgrove Plumbing.com only installs energy efficient A rated boilers from the best names in central heating: Baxi, Ideal, Potterton, Worcester Bosch, Vaillant, Glow-worm and Keston.

If you have an older boiler, every time it starts up it is wasting you money. And that wasted energy also results in CO2 emissions, which are harmful to the environment. That's why Highgrove Plumbing.com is committed to helping you install only the best 'A' rated condensing boilers, which convert more fuel into energy. This typically means a reduction of up to 35% on your heating bills and a reduction in emissions from your heating.

With all our boiler installations we use a heating power flush machine to clean all the pipes and radiators of sludge and debris in the system, so that the heating system has restored efficiency.

Please click on Heating Power Flush on the Gas Division Menu for more information.

Energy Efficiency and how a new boiler can help

According to The Center for Alternative Energy installing a new or replacement high efficiency boiler typically has a greater environmental benefit than swapping a gas-guzzling 4×4 large family car for a modern Hybrid car or, to use another example, is equivalent to planting 120 trees in your garden.

The rising cost of energy and the need to limit the impact of energy usage on the climate has raised the need for all of us to be efficient in our energy consumption. Another advantage of energy efficient appliances is that they cost less to run!

The sooner you buy a new A rated energy efficient boiler, the sooner you can start saving money on your heating bills.

All you need to know about Combi Boilers

Combi boilers are a specific type of condensing boiler that provide a combination of both central heating and hot water, therefore eliminating the need for a separate tank to store water. The provision of an instant, unlimited water supply means combi boilers are easily the most popular boiler type, accounting for over 50% of all new boiler sales within the UK.

The power rating of the combi boiler needs to be matched to your family’s heating requirements. Heating water ‘on demand’, a major advantage of a combi boiler, improves energy efficiency but limits the volume of water available at any moment.

As Combi boilers do not require this hot water storage heat loss can be reduced from previously stored water. As a result combi boilers can be more energy efficient than other boiler types. And because combi boilers do not store hot water they heat water direct from the cold mains supply as you use it, you get the equivalent of a power shower without the need for a pump.

Factors to be considered before you install a combi boiler

However, a series of limiting factors imposed by combi boilers must be considered before installation of a combi boiler. Such limitations include:

• The inability to run multiple showers or baths at the same time
• Lower flow rate for hot water than a stored water system
• Will not work in low water pressure areas
• Flow can be affected if another water outlet is used

For these reasons, a combi boiler is not suitable in all areas and a site survey is often required to confirm the suitability of the water supply.

All you need to know about Condensing Boilers

Modern boilers known as “condensing boilers” burn gas or oil to heat water in the most efficient way possible. Since 2005 (and 2007 for oil) it has become part of legislation that all new boilers installed have to be Condensing boilers, except in exceptional circumstances.

Despite their higher cost over non-condensing boilers, the efficiency savings can pay back this extra investment in a few years depending upon the size of your property. It is recognized that a condensing gas boiler tends to have an efficiency of around 90% compared to non-condensing boilers of around 55%. This therefore allows for a reduction in fuel costs by up to 35%.

This is achieved via a complex burning mechanism inside the boiler where after burning the gas, the boiler cools the residual heat so that it forms condensation. This condensation will still be hot, so the boiler maximizes this heat too, instead of expelling it straight away through the flue. As a consequence the boiler produces more condensation. This will need to be piped away, normally outside and into your waste water system. For this reason, condensation boilers are slightly more complicated to install.

There are two main types of condensing boilers: - combi boilers and system boilers.