Graham and Darren from Lewington’s were invited by Worcester Bosch to join their team at the Grand Design Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham last weekend to assist with any technical questions relating to the instalation side of their products and also pick up any local sales leads. The weekend was a real success with over 30 sales leads recieved.
If you would like more information on how you can inprove your heating system, please contact us.
Whether you have found your dream home in the heart of the country or are simply just outside the main grid of a town, you may believe you are stuck with high fuel bills as part of the location.
However, it is still possible to become more energy-efficient and cost–effective (and even get some of your energy for free) by considering upgrading your boiler or even considering the latest renewable technologies.
It may often be a case of ‘out of sight, out of mind’ but as with inefficient gas-fired boilers over 15 years old, an aging oil-fired boiler or even an LPG boiler could easily be one of the biggest causes of high fuel bills.
Using only 60-70” class=”editor of energy put in it could be wasting around 30 – 40p of every £1 of oil used – which soon adds up.
Martyn Bridges, director of marketing and technical support for Worcester, Bosch Group comments:
“Upgrading to a high-efficiency condensing boiler such as Worcester’s Greenstar Heatslave or Camray ranges of SEDBUK ‘A’ rated oil-fired boilers, could see heating and hot water bills cut by between 5 – 10%, as they convert over 90% of oil used into heat.
“Helping you save money on your fuel bills and, as a bonus, lower your carbon footprint in the process.
“Also, if you have found your dream kitchen but think the space could be better used with the boiler taken out of the equation, both of Worcester’s Greenstar oil-fired ranges have external models which allow you to free-up wall or floor space inside, without losing any efficiency.“
Renewable energy sources are not out of bounds either. Solar water heating systems and air or ground source heat pumps can all be retro-fitted to your home, providing eco-friendly heat and hot water all year round.
At Lewingtons we can provide you with advice and quotation to see how you can save money by upgrading your boiler.
This week the government has announced the launch of ‘The Boiler Scrappage scheme’ starting early next year. Full details are not yet known, but should be soon.
The new scrappage scheme, which will be similar to the successful car scrappage scheme, offers up to 125,000 homeowners across the UK a £400 incentive to replace their old Band ‘G’ gas boilers with a new energy effiecient ‘A’ rated condensing boiler on a first come first served basis. This provides the opportunity for homeowners to benefit from lower energy bills as well as having an impact on the environment. The boilers that will qualify for the scheme will typically be boilers over 20 years old, floor standing and connected to gravity hot water systems.
At Lewington’s we are committed to reducing carbon emmissions, improving energy efficiency within the home and lowering customers fuel bills. In 2009 alone we have installed over 100 energy efficient boilers and also were awarded the ‘Worcester Bosch 2020 environment award’.
It is estimated that there are currently 4.5 million Band ‘G’ gas boilers in use in the UK that are typically only around 60% efficient. To find out if your boiler is one of these and so meets the requirements needed to qualify for the scheme, please contact us with your boiler make and model. As this is a new scheme the government are still to release details of it, such as start dates and how to apply, so keep checking our website for further information.
As Accredited Worcester Bosch installers we have been asked to carry out all our own warentey work on their boilers we install.
To assist us with this we have been given a wide range of parts for all their gas and oil boilers and solar hot water systems to avoid long delivery times.
So in the unlikly case you have a problem with a boiler we’ve installed you call Worcester as usual who will then contact us to arrange a visit from one of our expert engineers.
We have just been awarded the Worcester Bosch Envioroment 2020 award for the month of May for the instalation of a energy efficient heating system using ground source heat pump and under floor heating, the system was design and installed by our renewable energy specialist Darren King.
The instalation was judged on type of produts used, efficiency of system, quality of workmanship and customer relations which we scored high in all areas
We will be up against other monthly winners at the end of the year hoping to win the 2009 national 2020 awards for the most enviromently efficient system installed.
For more information on our renewable energy products visit our renewable website.
Come and visit us in Market Harborough town center on Saturday 6th June and Saturday 15th August where you will be able to see a full display of Worcester Bosch boilers and renewable energy products.
Our engineers will be available to answer any questions you may have or to give advice on what product would suit your home.
Whether you are thinking of replacing your boiler or interested in the way you can use renewable energies, come and see how you can benifit from a Worcester Bosch Product.
The Government today is to outline a vision for increased renewable energy. It will focus on ways to increase the use of renewable energy to meet a target of 15% by 2020. Full details are at
More bad news about the rise of energy. It makes more sense than ever to invest in a fuel efficient bioler or some of the new green energy souces such as solar available for Lewington heating & Gas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7461635.stm
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You might have heard about ground source heating on TV shows such as Grand Designs – but what is it and how does it work?
Well, imagine that your garden is a big solar panel, storing the sun’s energy. Ground source cleverly uses this energy by extracting heat from the ground via a network of underground pipes. This energy is then transferred through a refrigerant circuit to produce temperatures of up to 65C which is used to provide you with heating and hot water. As this energy is free, you only pay for is the electricity needed to run the unit, guaranteeing you big savings. This technology has been used in Sweden for over 40 years and is proven to work – even in sub zero temperatures.
Is it right for me?
You will need a reasonable amount of land to site the underground pipework. There are three different types of system.
Horizontal collectors
This system consists of a series of loops of 40mm pipework buried to a depth of one metre. The length of the pipework needed varies depending on the heating needs of your property, but will usually be more than 400m in total length.
Compact collectors
These are panels of pipework joined together to create the length of pipework necessary. Whilst they take up less room, due to their size the trench needed is bigger at 2m wide and 1.5m deep.
If the cost of introducing a solar heating system for your Leicestershire home has always seemed too expensive then the good news is that there is financial help available. Follow this link to find out more or speak to the Renewable Energy Adviser at Lewington Heating & Gas to find out more what grants are availabel for solar or ground source heating
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/generate_your_own_energy/grants_for_renewables
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