What to do if your boiler loses pressure
With the depths of winter on the way in the months ahead, you’ll want to take whatever steps you can to make sure your heating system is working properly and you’ll be able to keep your home warm for you and your family. One of the more common reasons that heating systems break down in winter is a loss in pressure; your boiler must be at the correct pressure for hot water to circulate properly between your radiators. The good news is that low pressure is relatively easy to diagnose and on some occasions, put it right yourself. To help …
Avoid costly pressure loss in your heating system this winter
As much as we all might want to deny it, it’s just too chilly to ignore the cold, hard truth; we’re now well into autumn and heading towards the coldest months of the year. That inevitably means we will all be putting our heating back on, often for the first time in months. Stagnant heating systems can lead to problems There are few things more comforting when the weather gets cold than coming home, flicking on the heating and curling up on the sofa in a warm house. Yet firing up the boiler for the first time after a long …
How a CombiSave could make affordable housing even more affordable
While many of us are thinking about other things at the moment with everything in the news, home ownership is still crucially important for so many people; there’s huge demand for more homes to be built in the UK. 247,000 more houses are being built in England and Wales each year than are being demolished, but that figure still falls significantly below the government’s target of 300,000 new homes each year. With house price rises consistently outstripping the pace of wage increases in recent years, there’s more demand than ever for affordable housing too, with more than half of 18 …
Five Things You Could Do With The Time You’ll Save with CombiSave this April
We’re about to move into April and the year keeps rushing by. The Coronavirus outbreak is dominating the news and also affecting how we live our day to day lives, with the majority of us working from home or having to self-isolate for the coming weeks ahead due to the government lockdown. Yet if we step back from the bad news and take stock… how are we in the fourth month of 2020 already? The time has flown by! Life can feel like you’re currently combatting the clock so there are few things more precious than being able to claw …
Save Time Every Time You Wash Your Hands with a CombiSave
The global outbreak of Covid-19 has had such a huge effect on our lives already; schools are closing their doors, supermarkets are struggling to keep up with demand for food and travel between countries has been largely restricted in an effort to combat the spread of Coronavirus. These are all huge steps to take, but as part of that effort to combat the spread, individuals are also being asked to play their part. People are being asked to work from home and self-isolate as much as possible so we can ‘flatten the curve’ of infection and prevent overdue strain on …
Reduce your CO2 output by taking an easy step with a CombiSave
There’s no denying that human activity is having a huge effect on our planet and its climate; the bushfires devastating Australia, Storms Dennis and Ciara in the UK and the widespread flooding show that our weather is getting more extreme, much quicker than we anticipated. Scientists have even found a new way to see what human activity is doing to our atmosphere, using satellites to see how human activity releases nitrogen oxide and other pollutants into the air. These toxins can irritate our lungs and respiratory system specifically, putting otherwise healthy people at risk if they breathe them in regularly. …
The worrying health impacts of fuel poverty
Recent years have been problematic; whilst wage increases have stalled, the cost of living has not. Fuel, food and household bills have all risen significantly in recent times, whilst many have received below-inflation increases to their pay packets. That means for most people, budgets are getting tighter and tighter, but for some of us they’ve reached breaking point; more than 4 million UK households are thought to be living in ‘fuel poverty’, being left unable to afford to keep their house warm during the cold winter months. Fuel poverty leads to devastating consequences; The Office of National Statistics has shown …
Keeping your home warm during the coldest spell of the year
Late February and early March can be an odd time of year; with Christmas over and the evenings drawing out, it feels like it should be getting warmer, but statistics say it tends to get colder and the weather often takes a turn for the worst; enter Storm Ciara and Dennis! But as we move further into February and the chances of snow and a severe cold snap increase, there’s no need to let your home get cold too. After all, when you’re getting home from a long day, there’s nothing more comforting than getting into a warm house, sitting …
Make sure your oil tank is safe this winter
If we asked you how many homes across the UK weren’t connected to the national grid, how many would you say? If we told you that the number is around 1.5 million would you be surprised? Wondering what they’re using? The answer to that is an heating oil tank. Many using it prefer it to mains gas — it burns hotter than gas, so it warms a home quicker than gas or electric heaters. The systems are generally more efficient too, with less fuel wasted and more fuel converted into heat. There are definite pluses to oil heating, and generally …
Five things you could do with the time you’ll save with CombiSave this March
We’re just about to start the third month of 2020 – how did that happen? Time flies by so quickly it’ll be summer and then Christmas before you know it! When you’re constantly combating the clock, there are few more precious prospects than clawing back some precious time. That’s exactly what our CombiSave device, which can easily be fitted to your combi-boiler, is designed to do. By not having to wait as long for the water in your taps to get hot, a CombiSave device can save a typical family household as much as 28 hours annually. That’s about 2 …
