Heritage Cooker, Vaillant 937 combi and underfloor heating
Our client has a woodworking business and was constructing an imaginative barn type conversion for their property, with lots of oak beams in an unusual semi circular design. Firstly, we installed a Heritage Cooker in the existing kitchen. Fitted with brass trim and a Jade Green enamelled finish, it was also specified with body colour hotplate covers. This particular Heritage Cooker was a gas fired unit, most of the Heritages we fit are oil fired in very rural locations. In common with all 3 oven Heritage units, the control panel concealed behind the upper left hand door enables the unit […]
Warm air unit in Bromley, Kent
Our customer had an old warm air unit, using an open flue chimney system. This was removed and a new Johnson & Starley ‘Economaire’ unit installed in the same position, complete with an internal water heater. The Johnson and Starley standard product has an inbuilt mechanical programmer for central heating and hot water timing. At our customer’s request, we fitted a remote digital 7 day timer to the Economaire, for more flexibility in control.
New Vaillant 6 series system boiler in loft, Nutfield
Our client, an independent church ministry, occupy a building in the Nutfield region of Surrey, near Redhill. Their original boiler was a Potterton Suprima, a model which enjoyed high sales between approximately 1995 and 2004. Unfortunately, it also featured regularly on BBC’s Watchdog programme, due to some alleged design defects which result in the circuit boards needing frequent replacement. This unit failed for a diffferent reason. The Suprima can have a long flue run, if the optional Potterton twin pipe system is employed. Our customer had such an installation, running from the airing cupboard mounted boiler, through a large loft space, […]
Vaillant boiler in Tadworth, Surrey
HWCH’s customer had a rather ugly old boiler mounted in a cupboard in the kitchen. This unit had to go, as a refurbishment was imminent. We recommended fitting a Vaillant boiler in the utility room. The Vaillant 428 is a small open vented boiler which is designed especially for the UK market, where we often have a small radiator tank in the loft. The boiler flue from a modern high efficiency unit discharges plume, a condensation laden steam effect rather like an old train. Building Regulations and good neighbour relations mean that we have to be mindful in which direction this discharges. […]
Major refurbishment in Woldingham, Surrey
Our client has bought a 1960s house in the well regarded village of Woldingham, Surrey, and embarked on a major remodelling of all services and interiors. When finished, the building will incorporate a modern kitchen, and comprehensively remodelled interiors. We have assisted our customer in the selection of the heating system, but they have also contributed much to the specification, including the innovative Jaga Strada ‘low H20’ high efficiency radiators. HWCH will be fitting a large underfloor heating grid on the ground floor, a 46Kw Viessmann 200 series light commercial boiler, accumulator boosted DualStream hot and cold water system, all controlled […]
How not to install a boiler; Tunbridge Wells and Kingston
We were asked to replace some microbore radiators on a Potterton boiler. Our customer also complained that the boiler regularly ‘locked out’ and never seemed to stop. We found that the wiring centre had been thrown behind the hot water cylinder, there was no room thermostat, and no pump bypass fitted. This device if missing, would cause the boiler to overheat. We cured these faults and then the customer pointed out the drain attached to their Potterton boiler. this is nemant to discharge into the main sewerage system, and any external pipework is meant to be insulated. This is what […]
Water pressure system in Bletchingley
This job was in a large house which had two open flued water heaters on the 1st floor providing hot water to the bathrooms. Our customer wanted the old gas appliances removed for safety reasons, and also desired a mains pressure system to feed his new baths and showers, instead of the noisy and unreliable pumped system. We recommended a DualStream accumulator fed unvented system. The accumulator (which boosts the available water flow rate in the house) was fitted in one airing cupboard, and a 300 litre unvented cylinder was fitted in the other. The accumulator fed system discharges water […]
Large Viessmann and underfloor heating in Woldingham
This customer was having a large extension fitted on the rear of the property, in the form of a wooden Amdega conservatory. We suggested that water based underfloor heating would be far cheaper to run, and more effective than the electric matting recommended by the conservatory builder. The old 50Kw Potterton commercial boiler was removed and replaced with a top quality Viessmann 300 49Kw system boiler with KM bus varispeed pump. The house suffered from inadequate heating in the triple aspect bedroom and lounge, and also the large number of rooms meant that heat was being wasted during the day when […]
Outdoor oil module in Caterham
Located down an unmade road, this charming property is off the beaten track as far as a mains gas supply. The old oil boiler at the rear of the kitchen had developed a catastrophic leak, so a new unit was urgently required. We suggested locating the new boiler on the rear patio, thus freeing up valuable space in the kitchen. A new Grant Vortex Eco outdoor oil boiler module was fitted. All the radiator system was dosed with anti freeze inhibitor and the outside pipework was insulated with external Armaflex. Our special extended Grant 3 year parts and labour warranty […]
New Build in Purley.
Our client, Farnrise Construction, were building a new 5 bedroom house in Coulsdon. HWCH specified and installed a full ground floor underfloor heating system, Vaillant 624 system boiler and a manifolded upstairs radiator system. This allowed the radiators to be fed by seamless pipework, making leaks under the beam and block floor almost impossible. Each floor will be independently controlled as well as each separate underfloor zone. Hot water will be provided by a Vaillant uniSTOR unvented cylinder. The property will be completed in late 2008.
