If you have already been considering replacing your boiler in the never to distance future, there are several things you should consider.

The boiler inside your home will normally give you all the warm water and heating that you'll require but, some supply just the warm water or heating only, if this is actually the case then consider replacing your boiler with a new one which will heat both together.

The old type boilers would normally work with a hot water storage tank situated in the airing cupboard, this tank stores your warm water so you could have a supply of hot water as and when you needed it, as the water was used the boiler would begin to reheat the water.

The problem with the old type boilers is they are very expensive to utilize, around 40% of the running costs is wasted through the boiler flue. That is clearly a bundle to throw down the drain.

The good thing now though is that all new boilers are highly efficient condensing boilers and they should save you around 35% on your fuels bills, that's a big saving compared to the old boilers. When it involves replacing your boiler you'll start to save well on the running costs.

Today there are many types of boilers to select from, you have heat only boilers, which are open vented, where you still keep the small tank in the loft, the water is still heated via a storage tank.

Then you have system boilers which works on high pressure, the tank in the loft is removed and the machine is pressurised. This sort of boiler is a little better on the efficiency side due to there is no heat loss through the expansion pipe. The water continues to be heated via the storage tank.

Now we arrived at the most famous of boilers and that is the combination boiler. For all those people who don't know just what a combination boilers is, i want to explain.

The combination boiler supplies bot warm water and heating without the need of experiencing any storage tanks. The problem though is many people don't understand how they work.

I want to explain, the combination boiler can only just supply so much hot water at a time, if you were in the shower and someone opens the hot tap in your kitchen, you may notice the shower turns cold.

This is because the boiler can only just heat the water at a certain rate per minute.

You will never go out of hot water, it will continue to heat so long as you will find a demand.

When the boiler is doing work for both heating and warm water, the hot water will need priority on the heating, the moment no more warm water is necessary the heating should come back on.

Boiler repair Middlesbrough were originally designed for small properties like flats, but soon everybody wanted one fitted without focusing on how they work.

For this type of boiler to work properly you need to have an excellent incoming water main pressure, next the gas supply should be of the correct size. There are so many boilers fitted out there with the wrong size gas pipe, yes the boiler will work, but it won't reach the entire efficiency it was created for.

Replacing your boiler can be a little stressful being unsure of which boiler to choose and any improvements that require to be done.


Any new gas boiler that's installed today must for legal reasons be registered, therefore the days of asking the guy later on to displace your boiler are over, unless he could be gas safe registered.

With the internet open to most people now, you can do a visit a local company on replacing you boiler, you should find details of some local companies. Ensure you visit a company that's gas safe registered.

As soon as you find someone request a home stop by at discuss replacing your boiler, ask as many questions as you can about what is involved with replacing the boiler, you need to check out three different companies to help you compare the costs and what is involved in replacing your boiler.

Once you find someone to replace the boiler, arrange a starting date and time with them, Now there is one essential thing you need to do, which is check them from the gas safe register.

They might be advertising they are registered, but to verify just go directly to the register and check, it's so easy to do.

Unfortunately there are several claiming to be registered that are not, and usually you will discover the cost a lot lower that a registered company.

Should you work with a company that is not registered, you are breaking the law as well as the company.

Worst scenario should something happen and you also need to claim on your home insurance you might find the insurance is void as you used a non registered company.