We are often asked about how to choose the right type of water heater  - for example, in a 2 bedroom apartment. The requirements generally vary because of the amount of occupants and their lifestyle.

When adding an extension to a house, building a conservatory or just increasing the size and number of radiators in your house, you might find that your existing central heating boiler is overloaded. The net result of this is that particularly in cold weather, your radiators do not get hot enough, and your whole house suffers as a result.

The standard way to deal with that is simple to replace your current boiler. But of course, this can involve a significant cost, and it’s always painful to replace something that still has many years’ life in it.

Well, there is now a very simple an inexpensive solution to this. It allows you to increase the capacity of the system by simply adding a new, small, electric flow boiler. These are now available from manufacturers such as Amptec (Heatrae Sadia) and Trianco in a range of capacities.

For example, if you are adding a conservatory which will have a couple of radiators, adding one of these in to the heating circuit (they can be added in anywhere)

There are a few different ways to heat water for homes, whether that’s for a bungalow, mansion or a flat, they all follow the same principles. The main choice that needs to be made is how to heat water for appliances around the house, on demand (instantaneous) or from storage.

Elson Water Heating

Elson Water Heating is a range of water heating products and hot water solutions that is expanding. They have been established for 90 years. In 2019 Elson Water Heating, will be celebrating their 100^th year. Where they started out as South Shields Plumbing Company. This name changed to Elsy & Gibbons in 1923 as they invented a combination tank which was called the Elson tank.  From this is when the name Elson formed and what they then started to trade under.

The Megaflo range of water cylinders is vast, and along with the huge number of variants comes confusion. The diverse range of Megaflo cylinders shouldn’t be shied away from. There are only a few details you need to take into consideration when choosing your Megaflo.

Knowing whether you need a direct or indirect cylinder is vital when looking to purchase one. Although the difference isn’t hugely complicated, it has a massive impact on the way the water is heated. Many people get confused at whether they need a direct or indirect cylinder and usually leave it to their plumber, however hopefully this will clear some problems up.

The recovery time of a water heater, which is how long it takes for water to heat up after it has been exhausted from electric water heaters, is something we get a lot of questions about.

We have demonstrated 3 of the most common wattage types of water heater, and included heating recovery times for capacities from 5L up to 120L for each. The temperature rise used in our table is 50°C, for example from 10°C to 60°C.

Being one of the UKs most popular brands of heating products, we are proud to announce that we are now stocking the new Trianco Aztec electric boilers.

It is estimated that over 4 million houses in the UK are unable to connect to a mains gas supply.