Entries by Cloverleaf Plumbing

How Does An Air Source Heat Pump Work?

An Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) is a system that absorbs heat from the outside air.

The heat from the Air Source Heat Pump can then be used to provide domestic hot water in your home as well as heat radiators, although it is much better suited to underfloor heating systems.

Outside the building, the evaporator collects ambient heat, which warms the fluid in the circuit.… Read more

Combi Boiler To System Boiler – Tunbridge Wells

We recently converted a combi boiler system over to a system boiler/unvented cylinder configuration. To do this we used a Worcester Bosch Life 8000.

The reason we switch some customers from a combi to a system boiler is usually that we want to put another energy source into the cylinder. In this case we are adding solar thermal in the spring to maximise the benefits… Read more

How Do You Stop Solar Thermal Overheating?

A question we get quizzed on when designing solar thermal is how do you stop solar thermal overheating?

This is an interesting challenge when designing solar thermal as you cannot turn off the sun. Another challenge is hot water as it is not always needed when the sun is at its strongest.

The best example of this would be a working family where the adults are out during

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Solar Thermal Installation – London Case Study

Here at Cloverleaf, we are always looking for innovative ways to sneak some form of renewable energy/solar thermal onto your property.

On this particular property, the client was insistent on having solar thermal. This was mainly driven by the clients environmental and climate-conscious mindset. Also having two teenagers and two adults in the property … Read more

Is an Air Source Heat Pump right for me?

The government have announced they will contribute £5000 towards switching from a gas boiler to a low carbon Air Source Heat Pump.

With the onset of natural gas prices increasing over the next few years it’s the natural step to move across to low carbon Air Source Heat Pump as soon as possible to meet our carbon emissions targets.

It will also allow people to make… Read more

Underfloor Heating Design Tips

We recently completed another underfloor heating project in Orpington, so we compiled some underfloor heating design tips for you.

Looks nice and simple, doesn’t it? Just run some loops of pipe across the floor equally spaced apart and fill with water Wrong!

There’s a bit more to it than that, which is why this job has prompted me to write this post and share my … Read more

Mega Flow Project – Hartley

Recently we completed a Mega Flow System in Hartley.

One of our existing customers moved into a new property and came to us for advice on a new Vaillant Mega Flow system.

Due to the age and condition of the existing system, there was really no salvaging any part of it. We agreed on moving all the components to the garage.

This left behind extra storage space in the kitchen… Read more

Electric Boiler Installation Dartford

Recently we have found electric boilers are becoming a more viable option to a gas boiler.

We completed an electric boiler installation in Dartford where we converted from the original gas boiler which had become unreliable and uneconomical to repair.

The customer had a flue that ran through the ceiling of the entire flat. In order to replace the boiler and the… Read more

3 Steps To Reducing Your Gas Bill

Reducing your gas bill does not always have to be complicated.

Many people now have smart meters which is a great step forward to monitor, in real-time, what you are actually using in terms of energy.  This in turn helps with reducing your gas bill.

Just seeing what you are using however is not always enough to reduce your bill, you need to know where all this gas is… Read more