Solar Hot Water Panels use energy from the sun to raise the temperature of water in your hot water tank or cylinder throughout the whole of the year, which reduces your heating bills and your CO2 emissions.
The solar thermal panels work alongside your boiler, reducing the need to keep the boiler running and reducing gas or elcetricity costs.
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There are only 2 requirements to install solar thermal panels. So install solar panels your house must face between east, south or west and the area of roof that the panels are installed in must not be cast in shadow.
You generally don't need planning permission to install thermal panels: they're classed as a "permitted development" (with exceptions for listed buildings, conservation areas or AONBs).
We install 2 types of solar thermal panels: flat panel collectors and evacuated tube collectors. Flat panel collectors are cheaper however evacuated tube collectors perform more efficiently, especially throughout winter.
Installing a solar thermal system takes no more than 5 working days, and is normally much quicker. There's no mess and we automatically integrate it into your current heating and boiler system.
As soon as it is installed the thermal system starts heating your water in place of your boiler. You use your boiler only for topping up the hot water tank and for radiators.
Also, the Government's proposed Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (RHI) will financially reward you for generating your own heat.
There are two parts to solar thermal heating systems: the collector and the thermal store. A collector uses the sun's energy to heat water, and is normally fixed onto the roof. Heated water is pumped from the collector into the thermal store (tank).
The thermal store holds heated water from the thermal system as well as coils for a conventional boiler to heat the water, if necessary.
When an appliance needs hot water, it is drawn from the thermal store using water heated by the solar collector. If the water needs to be warmed up slightly, the conventional boiler is used.
There are many benefits to Solar Hot Water Systems. When you install the system, you immediately reduce the need to use your boiler and reduce the associated cost of running it. You also reduce your CO2 emissions, and in the future could be potentially rewarded from the proposed RHI scheme.
With a solar thermal system you reduce the usage of your boiler, typically by up to 70%. You also reduce the cost associated with running the boiler.
Because solar thermal systems reduce the amount you use your boiler, your CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 645kg per year (source: energy savings trust).
A solar thermal system bears no more maintenance than your current boiler system. We only recommend an additional visual check on the collector each month.
Call us on 0808 159 6281 for more information on solar thermal panels or to arrange a survey or quote.
Solar Hot Water systems are some of the most cost efficient renewable energy products available, and work effectively in all weather types all year round.
To find out how much hot water a solar thermal system could create in your home call us today on 0808 159 6281.
As a company we have had over 40 years experience in home improvements. To see examples of previous solar installations we have done click here »
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