Do radiator reflectors work?
Radiator reflectors work on a very simple principle. You radiator radiates heat both into the room, and into the wall behind it. That heat can simply be lost to the outside, especially if you have thin single skin walls. Reflectors…
Outdoor Heating – What are the most efficient options?
It is that time of year when the patio heaters get dusted down and fired up, not just in back gardens but in pubs and restaurants as well. We hear so often that patio heating is expensive to run and…
Best Way To Heat Your Home – Log Burner
Our View – Log Burners Log burners have soared in popularity over the past few years due to spiralling gas and electricity costs. This means that more and more people have turned to wood in order to cut down on fuel…
Best Way to heat your home – heat pump
Our View – Heat Pumps Heat pumps are the most efficient way to heat an off-gas grid property. They utilise some really clever physics to convert electricity to heat at very high efficiency (anywhere from 250 to 450%). There are…
Best way to heat your home – Storage heaters
[Update: As nuclear and coal stations are wound down in the UK, this could mean the death of the Economy 7 tariff. This would mean storage heaters becoming more expensive to run, and as such we no longer recommend people install…
Best way to heat your home – Gas boiler
Our View – Gas Boilers If you are on gas grid, boilers are the cheapest way to heat your home in the long run. It can be pricey to switch over from electric heating, but the paybacks are good! The…
What is the best way to heat your home?
Over the next week are are going to put up blogs that look at the best way to heat your home – today we start with heating your home with a condensing energy efficient gas boiler. In each of the blogs…
Kilowatts and kilowatt hours
What is a watt? What is the difference between kilowatt-hours and kilowatts? To help you get a better idea of how much energy you are using, and how that relates to the power of your appliances, we have tried to…
Helping tenants live in warmer homes
In terms of energy poverty, it seems that most tenants who live in rented properties are at the mercy of their landlords. Typically a home’s heating system will need to be close to death before a landlord will even consider…
Carbon Monoxide – What can you do?
We have had a pretty good summer, with temperatures rarely dropping below 10oc. However, with winter creeping up on us, it will soon become very important to have a well-insulated and tightly sealed home to fight the cold. Boilers, and…