Are oil boilers expensive?
Heating oil and LPG are really common ways to heat a home if you live off the gas grid. The question is, how does it stack up in price terms? It can be a little tricky to know what you…
Can I replace my back boiler?
UPDATE: Please note that since this blog was written, the last model of back boiler has been taken out of production. You may be able to find a back boiler at a plumbing merchants but this will be discontinued stock.…
Energy Efficiency for Flats
So many articles you read online are based around insulating a house. As you may have read in one of our articles a few weeks back – the average home in the UK is a 3 bed semi. This means…
Homeowners’ guide to boilers
When you buy a new home, there are plenty of things to be worrying about and things like the boiler might not be high on the list of priorities. Even so, there are a few things that you need to…
Could a wood-burning stove cut my energy bills?
Wood burning stoves seem incredibly popular at the moment, with more and more homeowners making the switch – but why is their suddenly so much interest in them? Well once you get them installed, if you can source the wood…
Energy saving housekeeping ahead of winter
About this time of year we always see a bit of a spike in our website traffic. Obviously being an energy saving website, as you might expect we get more website traffic during the cooler winter months than during the…
What type of electric boiler should I get?
Electric boilers can be a really clean and simple way to heat your hot water. There are a few different types though, and some will be more suited to your property than others. In this blog, we are going to…
Multipoint and single point hot water heaters
Although carrying a different name, these heaters are effectively boilers. The only difference is that boilers heat the central heating, and usually the hot water for your taps too, whilst the multipoint heater will just provide hot water for your…
Should I invest in renewable heating or renewable electricity production?
The average energy bill in the UK is now about £1350, this is despite the fact that underlying oil prices have tanked – the energy companies don’t feel the need to pass on these savings to consumers. As time goes…
Can I install biomass in a city like London?
Biomass boilers have become all the rage since the Renewable Heat Incentive kicked off last year. The government payments are generous, and the technology cheap and efficient to run. Until now the interest has come mainly from off-grid communities out…