Central Heating

As the name suggests central heating connotes heating from a central source. This form of heating is not new at all. The Romans had the central heating in place in the form of an open fire under the floor. The heat from the fire was channeled through large ducts built into the floor giving a type of under floor heating. Most modern central heating systems use water as the medium to get heat from the central source i.e. boiler to all the areas to be heated. The boiler acts as a heat generator because here the water is not "boiled", although water in a modern central heating system can reach 100 deg.C and above, but the normal running temperature is about 78 deg.C. An ideal central heating system is very flexible. You can tailor the system to suit your needs. What's more, it has the ability to look after itself as it can turn itself on and off automatically.

If you want to get both instant hot water and central heating, we suggest, you should opt for combination boilers. These boilers are ideal in smaller homes where space is at a premium or where the demand for hot water is not too great. These are not recommended for houses with more that one bathroom due to the low hot water flow rate, which can only feed one tap at a time. In larger homes, or if there is a need for stored hot water, you have to use these combination boilers with improvisation. You can install these with an "S-Plan" system, then just use the instant water at one or two taps and a cylinder to feed one or two bathrooms. Some combination boilers supply hot water quicker that others. This is mainly because some store a small amount of hot water, so when the hot tap is run the stored water is used first. Others have to start up from cold, which could mean running a lot of cold water before the hot water gets to the tap. 

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