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Go Green Plumbing and Heating we can carry out any jobs on your heating system; from servicing to designing your new heating system, we can cover it all for you.
There are a number of cheap and easy energy efficiency measures which you can take in order to make your home energy friendly. In taking these simple steps you'll not only save money but you'll also be helping to save the environment.
Thermostatic radiator valve (TRV)
What is a thermostatic radiator valve (TRV)?
TRVs sense the air temperature where they are located and regulate the flow of water through the radiator to which they are fitted. They do not control the operation of the boiler. They should be set at a level that gives your required room temperature. These settings may well have to vary from room to room, and the TRVs should be set to suit each room and then left to do their job.
Turning a TRV to a higher setting will not speed up the heating of the room. The speed of heating is determined by the boiler size and setting, and the radiator size. Turning a TRV to a lower setting will result in the room being controlled at a lower temperature level, and saves energy.
TRVs need a free flow of air to sense the temperature, so they must not be covered by curtains or obstructed by furniture. TRVs are not capable of turning off the boiler when the whole house is warm. To do that a room thermostat is required as well. The radiator in the room where the room thermostat is positioned should not normally have a TRV, but, if it does, keep the TRV on the maximum setting and adjust the room thermostat as explained with the instructions.
How do TRV’s save money?
Most houses are designed for outside temperatures of -1°C. When outside temperature is above this (90% of the Winter), the heating system produces too much heat. If this goes unregulated your money is going up the chimney (or flue).
TRV’s allow individual room temperature control when installed with other system constraints up to 15% can be saved on your annual heating bill. You will also be more comfortable
This is the most important part of any central heating system. A central heating system is only as good as its controls, the better the controls, the less wear and tear on the boiler and system. You will get more comfortable, controllable temperatures and in turn the running costs will be less.
In large buildings it is common for different areas to have different heating requirements (both in terms of occupancy hours, and temperature requirements). A zoning control system enables each of these areas to be controlled separately and centrally, whilst still being heated by the same central heating system. If you have a centrally heated building with areas that would ideally be heated at different times, and to different temperatures, a zoning control system would be likely to bring you significant energy savings.
This can be put in very simple terms. Imagine if you only had one switch that controlled every light in your house. That is what a house is like without zones
Power Flushing
What is Power Flushing?
Power Flushing is an expression used to denote the process by which heating systems are forcibly cleansed using water at high velocity, but low pressure, so that no physical damage is caused to the system.
The process can be made even more effective with the addition of powerful cleansing and mobilising agents.
At Go Green Plumbing and Heating we don't just give your system a rinse out. We understand and use chemical analysis before, during and after the flushing, firstly to identify the corrosive problem, secondly to choose the correct treatment, and finally to check that the flushing has worked. In doing so we can show you these results to prove that professional London power flushing has worked for you!
The objective is to restore systems with circulation and boiler noise problems (caused by sludge and corrosion deposits) to optimum operation. Power flushing removes these deposits and the problems that they cause.
Power flushing London, in conjunction with a system cleaner, is also an excellent way to pre-commission clean new heating systems, to remove excess flux, swarf and other debris, and the grease and oil used to prevent rusting of components before use.
It is prudent to power flush a heating system immediately before fitting a new boiler to an existing system to prevent possible future problems. Many systems are found to contain corrosion and sludge, even if no flow problems have yet shown themselves.
Existing debris are often mobilised by alterations to the system/piping and the increased efficiency of the new boiler, and may then accumulate in the boiler heat exchanger, causing noisy operation, reduced efficiency and, in extreme circumstances, failure of the boiler. The high efficiency and compactness of modern boilers, developed to minimise fuel costs and pollution, means that they are more susceptible to problems caused by debris in the system water.
How Does it Work?
The power flushing pump is simply connected into the heating system, either across standard circulator pump couplings, across the tails of one radiator, or wherever most practicable. The powerful flow, combined with instantaneous flow reverser device, will dislodge and mobilise deposits and corrosion which resist traditional system cleaning methods.
Once the corrosion and sludge deposits have been loosened and mobilised, fresh clean water is forced through the heating system, pushing the contaminated water out through a full bore dump valve to waste. During the process, radiators are individually flushed, without removing or disconnecting them from the system, by directing the full output of the pump through each radiator separately.
At the end of the flushing process, the system contains fresh clean water and reinstatement of the system to normal operation takes only a few minutes.
Power flushing your central heating system will protect your boiler and radiators making the system run at its highest efficiency.
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