Monday, 15 February 2010
Boiler scrappage scheme – a breath of fresh air?
Dr Daniel Stefanini, Technical Director of Hydropath Holdings comments on the Government’s boiler scrappage scheme.
“Heating engineers and boiler manufacturers may be delighted with the announcement of the Government’s boiler scrappage scheme. Yet it is not all quite as rosy as the spin doctors would have us believe. Although the allowance proposals are on the surface well intentioned, most acknowledge that it will have only a small positive impact on domestic CO2 emissions in practice because only G rated boilers are covered”.
“The boiler scrappage scheme allowance is £400, but that still leaves potentially well over £2,000 for the house holder to find. The reality will probably be that the total installation bill is likely to be much higher, because additional work may be needed to conform with Building Regulations”.
“Of course, a cynic may say that anything the government ‘gives’ in terms of an allowance will be more than recouped in terms of VAT revenue. The reality is that it is likely to be only certain sections of society that are still using these boilers, so Alistair Darling's strategy for using the tax system to get house holders to help combat global warming is likely to have little impact, particularly if the allowance is not easily accessible".
Dr Stefanini continues, “Although any person concerned about CO2 emission levels will agree that inefficient boilers should be replaced with an HE boiler, to be able to maintain that efficiency one of the major issues that should be addressed is limescale build up”
“A large proportion of the British Isles is affected by layers of corrosive hard limescale and a consequence is energy being wasted heating up the scale (which is an insulator) before it can heat up the water. 1mm of scale will decrease the efficiency of the boiler by 10%. The problem is compounded by the design of condensing boilers because they have two heat exchangers. The water is heated through two stages and scale will be precipitated in both stages”.
“When replacing these old G rated boilers we would encourage heating engineers to be clear about the need for protection against limescale and resulting corrosion that can affect boilers. We would strongly recommend a physical water conditioner - like the Hydroflow HS38. Approved by British Gas, this patented technology benefits the householder by helping to maintain the efficiency of the boiler, resulting in fuel bill savings, as well as prolonging the life of other appliances. Alastair Darling’s vision to combat some of the global warming through a house holder’s efficient boiler may achieve some resonance after all”.
PR from Freestyle, part of Freestyle Marketing Communications Nottingham.
“Heating engineers and boiler manufacturers may be delighted with the announcement of the Government’s boiler scrappage scheme. Yet it is not all quite as rosy as the spin doctors would have us believe. Although the allowance proposals are on the surface well intentioned, most acknowledge that it will have only a small positive impact on domestic CO2 emissions in practice because only G rated boilers are covered”.
“The boiler scrappage scheme allowance is £400, but that still leaves potentially well over £2,000 for the house holder to find. The reality will probably be that the total installation bill is likely to be much higher, because additional work may be needed to conform with Building Regulations”.
“Of course, a cynic may say that anything the government ‘gives’ in terms of an allowance will be more than recouped in terms of VAT revenue. The reality is that it is likely to be only certain sections of society that are still using these boilers, so Alistair Darling's strategy for using the tax system to get house holders to help combat global warming is likely to have little impact, particularly if the allowance is not easily accessible".
Dr Stefanini continues, “Although any person concerned about CO2 emission levels will agree that inefficient boilers should be replaced with an HE boiler, to be able to maintain that efficiency one of the major issues that should be addressed is limescale build up”
“A large proportion of the British Isles is affected by layers of corrosive hard limescale and a consequence is energy being wasted heating up the scale (which is an insulator) before it can heat up the water. 1mm of scale will decrease the efficiency of the boiler by 10%. The problem is compounded by the design of condensing boilers because they have two heat exchangers. The water is heated through two stages and scale will be precipitated in both stages”.
“When replacing these old G rated boilers we would encourage heating engineers to be clear about the need for protection against limescale and resulting corrosion that can affect boilers. We would strongly recommend a physical water conditioner - like the Hydroflow HS38. Approved by British Gas, this patented technology benefits the householder by helping to maintain the efficiency of the boiler, resulting in fuel bill savings, as well as prolonging the life of other appliances. Alastair Darling’s vision to combat some of the global warming through a house holder’s efficient boiler may achieve some resonance after all”.
PR from Freestyle, part of Freestyle Marketing Communications Nottingham.
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