When an RHI sonic meter is ten years old Ofgem stipulate as part of your ongoing commitments that you have to get it recalibrated or replaced. In all cases so far we have replaced them. It is quicker and more cost effective, and you have the added peace of mind […]
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We get quite a few enquiries from customers about the latest government grant, so I thought I would put together a bit of a guide, and here it is: Guide to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, or BUS for short, is a voucher grant scheme run by […]
Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS)
I was Tik-Toking, as you do. I really shouldn’t be, because I’m ancient, mid fifties, if you must know, but I saw this guy talking about AI. It sounded interesting and to be completely honest, a bit worrying. You can effectively get this AI to do your homework for you. […]
Biomass vs heat pumps
Biomass boiler servicing special offer August 2019: It’s a great time of the year to get your biomass boiler serviced, and good for us at Commercial Biomass Ltd (a Somerset based company specialising in biomass), too. With the weather spookily warm out there for a British summer, not many people […]
Biomass boiler servicing special offer August 2019
On the day BoJo (sounding disturbingly close to ‘Bozo’) takes office as Prime Minister of the UK, it’s a fitting time to take stock and plan for the future. Theresa May, in a desperate bid to be remembered for something other than fumbling Brexit, recently committed the UK to being […]
Biomass into the next decade?
It’s been a little while since I posted any thoughts on the site, and this one has been building a while. As a company specialising in biomass, we’ve had a tough few years, as have many others in the industry. We are one of very few left trading from the […]
Biomass going off the rails?
One of our fitters was servicing an ETA Hack 200 we fitted approximately six years ago and, while standing outside making a phone call, felt like somebody was watching him. He shook off the shiver down his spine and went to go back into the boilerhouse, then stopped in his […]
Perhaps the strangest thing we have found in the fuel
Got a leaking automatic air vent? Maybe you had a rubber hose split, you lost a lot of water, then topped up the system without adding more inhibitor? Whatever the reason new water entered the system without inhibitor, this is the end result — rotting pipes, and if it goes […]
The dangers of fresh water entering your heating system
Ofgem’s latest tariffs from 1st July 2016 are as follows: Small commercial biomass Less than 200 kWth Tier 1 3.26p Less than 200 kWth Tier 2 0.86p Medium commercial biomass 200 kWth and above & less than 1MWth Tier 1 5.24p 200 kWth and above & less than 1MWth Tier […]
Latest biomass RHI tariffs from 1st July 2016
Ofgem have just released the latest degression figures for the RHI. Medium remains unchanged, which is a relief, and small is only being cut by 5% this time. Tariffs, Eligible technology, Eligible sizes from 1st April 2016 Small commercial biomass Solid biomass including solid biomass contained in waste Less than […]