| Whether it is because a gas supply is not available, | | | | fitted beneath the floor, thereby not impinging on |
| or simply that the home owner prefers using | | | | the space available at ground level and above. |
| electricity, electric boilers as opposed to the gas | | | | They are also almost 100 per cent energy |
| variety are available to provide the home with | | | | efficient and operate silently. And, when a |
| central heating and hot water. In the not so | | | | householder or landlord is considering installing a |
| distant past electric heating systems were | | | | new boiler and heating system, he will find that |
| restricted to blown air systems or storage | | | | the new system will quite easily replace his old |
| heaters which were not energy efficient because | | | | one. |
| they burned electricity when it was not | | | | Electric boilers also have certain advantages over |
| necessary. But modern electric boilers have | | | | their gas central heating and water heating |
| revolutionised central heating and the heating of | | | | counterparts. There are fewer serviceable parts |
| water making them much more economical to | | | | and they need less maintenance. The annual |
| use than was previously the case. | | | | services that gas systems need, both for |
| Off peak electricity tariffs and special tariffs for | | | | efficiency and safety, are not required for the |
| the elderly are also helping to make electric boilers | | | | electric variety. Also electric boiler systems are |
| an increasingly attractive proposition. The | | | | far easier for plumbers to work with than gas |
| introduction of direct acting boiler systems, which | | | | ones which will result in lower repair and servicing |
| are easy to operate, is also making the use of | | | | costs. |
| electricity for central heating and heating water | | | | There is no shortage of options for anyone |
| more popular. | | | | seeking to install an electric boiler. A visit to a |
| Modern systems often come as a complete | | | | showroom, or a look at the various websites on |
| package with the boiler itself, hot water system | | | | the internet, will confirm that. The ease of |
| and a pre-plumbed circulating pump which is | | | | installation, the reduced need for maintenance and |
| factory fitted, as well as controls for the central | | | | increased energy efficiency is making the electric |
| heating and hot water. The boilers are also very | | | | boiler an an increasingly attractive prospect for |
| compact. They are often not more than a metre | | | | heating homes with more and more householders |
| long and can fit almost anywhere there is space | | | | electing to install this type of heating system as |
| for it in the property. Some types can also be | | | | opposed to gas systems. |