In recent years we’ve devised the Grant WinterSOL, which provides householders with a fully heated cylinder of hot water during periods of low solar thermal gain, therefore ensuring satisfactory hot water demand.

Another device, and possibly one of the most successful of all the integrated solutions, is the Grant CombiSOL. This product was first to market in the UK, enabling installers to join a combination boiler and solar thermal – a predicament that had even the most competent of installers scratching their heads. In short, it controls the outlet temperature of stored water produced by a solar thermal and directs the flow either directly to the hot water outlet or via the combi boiler. The CombiSOL stole the show in the category of ‘Innovative Product of the Year 2012’ at OFTEC’s annual awards last year.

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DECC has announced that the RHPP to homeowners will double which is good news for Grant UK who supply air source heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal systems through heating merchants to the trade. The RHPP will increase from £850 to £1300 for air source heat pump installations, from £950 to £2,000 for biomass boiler installations and from £300 to £600 for solar thermal systems.

“We’re grateful for any incentives from Government that encourages people to invest in renewable systems,” says Paul Wakefield. “It seems to be an acknowledgement that they’ve let the renewable energy solutions sector down quite badly as a result of the delays there have been with the introduction of the RHI and I’m confident that these increases in grants available will have a positive effect on sales. It’s a welcome boost.”

At the same time it was announced that future recipients of an RHPP will have to undergo a Green Deal assessment to qualify for their pay out – a process that will cost homeowners between £100 and £150, considered a reasonable way to increase the number of Green Deal Assessments that are undertaken, which, although increasing month on month, have been decidedly disappointing since the launch of Green Deal earlier in the year.

Heating controls hugely affect system performance and efficiency and the correct control system not only makes it easier to maintain a more comfortable temperature within the home, but it keeps heating bills and CO2 emissions down by using less fuel.

The system includes a 5-year product guarantee and is suitable for individual dwellings, properties with several zones, installations with multiple heat sources or a combination of different heating technologies including renewables.

Along with allowing a number of heating appliances to be combined and accurately controlled, the controls can additionally provide many other benefits including individually controlled heating zones, the option to switch the system to hot water priority and boiler lead/lag rotation, equalising appliance running times for longevity of products.

Grant’s Design Department can also offer tailored system drawings incorporating these controls to make life easier for installers.

To achieve better COP’s the Aerona HE was designed with larger evaporator surface areas, increasing the amount of air flow through the unit.  The fans run at lower speeds and this coupled with the improved internal insulation has successfully decreased noise levels.  The HE models also use R410a refrigerant, which allows the unit to operate at lower ambient temperatures.

As with all products in the Aerona range, the models are designed to be installer friendly and come complete with factory fitted weather compensation controls, 3kW electrical backup* and flexible flow and return connections, so there are no hidden extras.  *Note: to fully comply with MIS3005, the backup heater should not be energized until the minimum design temperature has been reached (e.g. -3ºC).

The new Aerona HE is available in 6.5kW, 8.5kW, 12.5kW, 17.5kW and 21.5kW outputs, not including the immersion back up (tested to EN 14511 at 7ºC air/35ºC water).

Visit Grant UK’s stand N2950, for your opportunity to see the new Aerona HE range.  The show is being held at ExCeL, London and will be open from Tuesday 5^th March – Thursday 7^th March 2013.

When fitting a biomass boiler, it comes as no surprise that a large area is required for both the appliance and storage of wood pellet fuel.  Not all properties have the luxury of space and moving these pellets from an external store to the internal boiler, can prove very challenging.  Usually this is carried out by a feed auger (a long tube with a rotating helical shaft that winds pellets from one end to the other), but there may be situations where it is unsuitable, for example retrofit installations needing to site an external store further away from the boiler than desired.

Grant UK will be launching their solution to this conundrum at Ecobuild in March.  The SpiraVAC is a wood pellet vacuum system that quickly and conveniently moves pellets from a Grant external store to the Spira boiler without the need for an auger.  The fully integrated vacuum is capable of pulling pellets around obstacles at distances of up to 20 metres, allowing maximum flexibility when designing the heating system. 

Visit Grant UK’s stand N2950, for your opportunity to see the SpiraVAC in action.

The show is being held at ExCeL, London and will be open from Tuesday 5^th March – Thursday 7^th March 2013.

Recommended by the Energy Saving Trust and in production for over ten years, the range offers 39 different models with outputs from 12-70kW, providing low cost heating and hot water for homes of all sizes. Models include internal, external and boiler house versions in both wall hung and floor standing options.

For information and to download brochures, visit www.grantuk.com/category/downloads/oil-fired-boilers/

With their five-year heat exchanger guarantee, whisper quiet operation and also qualifying for The Green Deal, there has never been a better time to switch to Grant.

The new area can be accessed by using the drop down menu within any of the customer zones, or alternatively visiting in www.grantuk.com/spares

We trade through a national network of merchant outlets, many of whom hold the bare essentials in stock. To order, simply find your item either by using the navigation categories or quick finder, add the required item to the shopping list and contact our Sales Department on 01380 736920.

Householders, who opt to replace their old inefficient oil-fired boiler with a new condensing version, like the Grant Vortex, will be able to claim £310 cash-back under the Green Deal Cash-back Scheme.

Starting on 28th January 2013, the Incentive is on a first-come, first-served basis (until funds last) where householders claim cash-back from the Government on a number of energy saving improvements like insulation, double glazed windows and central heating boilers. There is no limit to the number of improvements that can be made, the more installed, the more grant money can be claimed.

Conditions include that the property must undergo a Green Deal Assessment and have the improvements installed by an Approved Green Deal Installer within a certain timeframe (six months for insulation and three months for all energy saving measures) to qualify for the payback. 

At present it has been guaranteed that £40m will be available for the current scheme rates, but this amount is likely to reduce when the initial budget is exhausted.  For more information, visit the DECC website.

Grant are pleased to announce that both the Grant Spira 6-26kW and Grant Spira 9-36kW Condensing Wood Pellet Boilers are now detailed on the DEFRA list of appliances with exemption under the Clean Air Act.  This allows for the appliances to be installed in urban and city locations without contravening the Clean Air Act 1993.

The Clean Air Act was brought in to reduce smog and air pollution. It was an important milestone in the development of a legal framework for environmental protection.  Involving a number of measures to reduce air pollution like ‘smoke control areas’ in some cities where only smokeless fuels could be burnt, it pushed households towards cleaner sources of heat like gas and electricity to reduce the pollution. 

In these control areas it would be an offence to emit smoke from a solid fuel/biomass boiler if it wasn’t listed as an exempt appliance. The current fine is around £1,000 for the offence.

For more information, visit www.defra.gov.uk/industrial-emissions/other-regulation/clean-air-act/

As the Company moves further into new technologies, it is imperative to match the sales growth with adequately trained service personnel.  Positioned around the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) the Team is fully trained on all new and existing Grant product ranges including oil and wood pellet boilers, solar thermal, air source heat pumps and cylinders; and will carry first line spares to assist installers and third party service engineers in the field.

Neil Sawers, Technical Manager for Grant UK comments:   “Our customers expect a highly efficient service, not just highly efficient products.  If we cannot meet the level of service expected then we have failed.  Rather than wait for this to happen, we have pre-empted our installer and engineer needs for tomorrow, by creating this support network today”.