Myth? Salesmanship? Sales'personship? New boilers can save money. Here's how and why...
Silly intro
Like most homeowners, your relationship with your old boiler is likely one of ups and downs with rather few ups, and the tensions between you are a constant niggling background thought, nestled deep in the closet of your mind.
You’re amicable enough. You say hello in passing, you adjust the temperature dials on the front semi-regularly and you may even pay a not-so-insignificant monthly figure for his upkeep. But he’s living in your home rent-free.
He’s noisy, increasingly difficult to engage with and he’s actively costing you money by not heating your home efficiently, the one thing he promised he would always do. You’re hurtling towards the end of your tether and your rage knows no bounds.
The boiler has to go.
Switching to a new A-rated combi boiler, can save a UK household up to £300 per year on average
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New boilers buy you a holiday
So why is your boiler taking you abroad and where is it taking you exactly? And is it taking you there under duress?
Your new combi boiler simply wants to save you potentially hundreds of pounds every year, affording you the luxury of recreational travel.
Switching to a new A-rated combi boiler can save a UK household up to £300 per year on average- that’s someway to a decent trip overseas, or several if you’re willing to play Ryanair Roulette. A quick glance at Skyscanner reveals it will even stretch to New York City - your old boiler always told you he’d take you there and never did come good on the promise.
You could be throwing away 30p for every £1 spent fuelling your boiler
How new boilers save money
Information like this can often seem unfounded so here’s a very brief and simple explanation of what we mean by A-rated and how a combi boiler of that calibre has the potential to save you money.
Boilers aren’t free from judgement and the stress of exams, they’re rated and branded and carry that rating around with them for their whole lives. In fact, it actually gets worse as they age.
A-rated means the boiler is at least 90% efficient but as of April 2018, even that isn’t good enough. The governments new Boiler Plus scheme dictates all new installations need to be a boiler which is a minimum of 92% efficient - which is even better for saving you money.
If you for example had a particularly old boiler which was running at 70% efficiency then that would mean for every £1 you spend fuelling that boiler, 30 pence of it is literally going to waste. Like Red Bull cans on our web developers' desk, this soon adds up.
So switching to a new combi boiler at 92% would mean a wastage of just 8 pence per pound as opposed to 30 pence, which is certainly significant.
It’s worth noting your monthly and annual savings don’t have to be mindlessly spent on globetrotting. You could invest it, save it, pay off some debt with it, donate it to charity, crowdfund a record attempt for the world's biggest pasty or any number of other more sensible options, but the key point is that your boiler replacement doesn’t concern himself with your spending habits. He’s tucked away in your cupboard saving you money, quietly, with no judgement.
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