Domestic News - Heating and Ventilating

Mark Douglas, co-founder of BEE1, introduces pupils from Ysgol Hendrefelin to their new beehive.

BEE1 initiative benefits local primary schools and environment

Viessmann and South Wales-based installer Plumbwise have teamed up with environmental enterprise BEE1 to offer all 54 primary schools in the Neath Port Talbot area a free beehive and educational package based around bees....

7 Oct 2019

Viessmann’s Vitodens domestic boiler range awarded Which? Best Buy status third year in a row.

Viessmann celebrates Which? Best Buy status

Viessmann’s Vitodens domestic boiler range has been awarded Which? Best Buy status for the third year running. Viessmann is described as a “very smart choice” by the respected UK consumer organisation in its annual survey....

25 Sep 2019

Worcester Bosch named Which? Best Buy Boiler Brand in the UK

Worcester Bosch is the first boiler brand to have been awarded the Which? Best Buy endorsement ten times since 2009, enhancing its reputation for reliability and satisfaction following feedback from both homeowners and engineers once again....

25 Sep 2019

Survey reveals that UK fails boilers every day

The UK’s lack of knowledge on heating systems highlights dangers ahead of upcoming winter months.

19 Sep 2019

Gas safety confusion causes vulnerability

Confusion amongst carers about the signs of unsafe gas appliances could be putting vulnerable people at risk. This is according to research released by Gas Safe Register. The findings are particularly worrying as new data from the Register reveals ...

19 Sep 2019

Calor highlights best practice for siting LPG tanks

During Gas Safety Week (September 16-22), Calor is offering advice to developers, planners and architects on designing a suitable and safe area for storing communal underground Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanks on new build housing developments....

19 Sep 2019

Ebberns celebrates 35 years

Hertfordshire-based Ebberns Ltd, a plumbing, heating and bathroom merchant and member of The IPG, is celebrating a strong 35 years in business....

5 Nov 2018

Regional champions host Low Carbon Homes events

A series of nationwide forums designed to help housing and construction professionals improve home energy efficiency across the UK has secured support from regional low carbon champions....

30 Oct 2018

PRV misuse named as cause of avoidable boiler breakdown

Martyn Bridges, director of technical communication and product management at Worcester Bosch, believes that boiler breakdowns caused by the incorrect use of the Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) component to drain a heating system down, could be avoided ...

29 Oct 2018

Neil Schofield, head of government affairs at Worcester Bosch.

Worcester Bosch calls for change in wake of IPCC climate report

A leading industry spokesperson has endorsed a report issued by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which calls on governments to take “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented” steps to cut emissions by 45 percent by 2030 to keep ...

12 Oct 2018

APHC issues national insurance reminder

Employment Allowance can reduce the amount of Class 1 National Insurance that employers have to pay by up to £3,000 per year, as chief executive of APHC, John Thompson, explains....

12 Oct 2018

Primaflow F&P unveils Cashback Plus

Primaflow F&P has announced the return of its popular Cashback initiative, with improved rewards on offer for independent plumbing, heating, bathroom and fires retailers....

10 Oct 2018

Landslide Which? results for Worcester Bosch

For the ninth consecutive year Worcester Bosch has been awarded Which? Best Buy status across its gas and oil boilers, while also topping the best boiler league table in the UK with a fantastic brand score too....

8 Oct 2018

Viessmann brings Which? Best Buy boilers to PHEX

Viessmann will be attending PHEX Manchester, part of a series of regional exhibitions for the UK plumbing and heating installers, with its Vitodens 111-W storage combi and 200-W boilers....

3 Oct 2018

Buildbase commercial director, Lyndon Johnson, launches Plumbingbase.

Buildbase launches Plumbingbase

Builders’ merchant Buildbase is launching a dedicated plumbing and heating business within 44 of its branches....

3 Oct 2018

The IPG links up with Missing People charity

Independent merchants have joined the vital search for missing children across the UK as part of a partnership between The IPG and Missing People....

27 Sep 2018

John Thompson, chief executive of APHC with Paul Johnson, chief executive of BPEC.

APHC and BPEC enter partnership agreement

A new partnership between the Association of Plumbing & Heating Contractors (APHC) and the British Plumbing Employers Council (BPEC) has formalised the working relationship between both organisations with the aim of developing industry ...

19 Sep 2018

Fernox launches new filter

Water treatment manufacturer, Fernox, this week launched the newest addition to its in-line system filter offering, the TF1 Sigma Filter, at an event at The BT Tower in London

19 Sep 2018

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Latest Domestic News

BEE1 initiative benefits local primary schools and environment

Viessmann celebrates Which? Best Buy status

Worcester Bosch named Which? Best Buy Boiler Brand in the UK

Survey reveals that UK fails boilers every day

Gas safety confusion causes vulnerability

Calor highlights best practice for siting LPG tanks

Ebberns celebrates 35 years

Regional champions host Low Carbon Homes events

PRV misuse named as cause of avoidable boiler breakdown

Worcester Bosch calls for change in wake of IPCC climate report

APHC issues national insurance reminder

Primaflow F&P unveils Cashback Plus

Landslide Which? results for Worcester Bosch

Viessmann brings Which? Best Buy boilers to PHEX

Buildbase launches Plumbingbase

The IPG links up with Missing People charity

APHC and BPEC enter partnership agreement

Fernox launches new filter

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