BOILER REPAIR HINCKLEY

ECO Heating UK are a firm of plumbers and central heating installation engineers who can help with boiler repairs, faulty boilers, boiler installations and combination boilers in Hinckley.

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Combination Boiler Repair Hinckley (Combi boiler)

Combination or combi boilers, combine the CH with the domestic hot water (DHW) in one box. They are not merely infinitely continuous water heaters having the ability to heat a hydronic heating system in a large house. When DHW is run off, the combi stops pumping water to the hydronic circuit and diverts all the boilers power to instantly heating DHW. Some combis have small internal water storage vessels combining the energy of the stored water and the gas or oil burner to give faster DHW at the taps or increase the DHW flowrate.

Combi boilers are rated by the DHW flowrate. The kW ratings for domestic units are 24kW to 54kW, giving approximate flowrates of 9 litres per minute to 23 litres per minute. There are larger commercial units available. The high flowrate models will simultaneously supply two showers.

A further advantage is that more than one combi unit may be used to supply separate heating zones, giving greater time and temperature control, and multiple bathrooms. An example is one combi supplying the downstairs heating system and another the upstairs.

One unit may supply one bathroom and one another. Having two units gives backup in case one combi is down.

Great saving are to be had in installation costs as water tanks and associated pipes and controls are not required. This also saves space in a home that may be given over to living space.

Condesing Boiler Repair Hinckley

A condensing boiler or Co Boiler is a water heating device designed to recover energy normally discharged to the atmosphere through the flue. It can do this through the use of a secondary heat exchanger which most commonly uses residual heat in the flue gas to heat the cooler returning water stream or by having a primary heat exchanger with sufficient surface for condensing to easily take place. The best term for boilers designed to condense on the primary heat exchanger may be "fully condensing."

In a conventional non-condensing boiler, hot combustion gases from the burning of fuel heat water contained in a heat exchanger. The waste gases are still quite hot (180 °C-200 °C) and significant heat is lost to the atmosphere.

In a condensing boiler working at peak efficiency, the water vapour produced by the burning fuel in the boiler is condensed back into liquid water. Provided the returning water is sufficiently cool, the steam condenses to liquid water, hence the name condensing boiler. Some of the extra efficiency of the condensing boiler is due to the cooling of the exhaust gases, but the majority of the energy recovered is from the condensation of the water vapour in the exhaust gases. This releases the latent heat of vaporisation of the water (2,260 J/g, or 970 BTU/lb, of condensate) into the heat exchanger.

The actual operating efficiency of a condensing boiler depends on the temperature of the return water stream: if it is too warm then little condensation takes place and little extra energy is extracted. Because of this, a newer generation of condensing boilers (so-called modulating control boilers) have microprocessor-controlled combustion that modulates the quantity of gas/air fuel mixture which is supplied to the burner using a configurable embedded algorithm that considers outdoor air temperature, water temperatures supplied and returned to the boiler, and time at a specific temperature. The most sophisticated algorithms learn the building requirements at specific outdoor air temperatures, more successfully returning cool water that condenses the vented exhaust gases and recovering the heat of vaporisation. Modulating control units also minimize on-off cycling to increase efficiency. They attempt to supply only the amount of heat to the building that the building loses at a specific outdoor air temperature.

ECO Heating UK can help with any problem you may have with your central heating be it, a faulty boiler, pilot light won't start, low boiler pressure, boiler servicing for landlords, full central heating installation.

leaking tap, burst water pipe, boiler maintenance, boiler certificates, faulty radiators, bathroom installations.

ECO Heating UK are your local central heating professionals - and we cover Hinckley, Leicester, Coventry & Nuneaton.

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