UK Radiators Applaud Government Delay in Boiler Ban

UK Radiators Managing Director Rob Nezard welcomes Rishi Sunak's decision to delay the blanket ban on gas boilers until 2035. 

Rob, who fronts the UK’s most sustainable Radiator supplier, says banning gas boilers is a mistake, and that radiators are where the regulation is really needed. 

He says most radiators sold in the UK don't work efficiently with A-rated boilers, and that it’s pointless moving on to heat pumps until the problems with how radiators are sold to the public is fixed. 

He said: “My view on it is that we have yet to take advantage of A-rated gas boilers due to the way radiators are sold. Radiators are sold at delta 50 (with a lack of enforcement on regulation so there are major players out there inflating advertised heat outputs and misleading consumers), however A-rated boilers lose significant efficiency with systems operating above delta 40. 

“To outlaw the previous solution before properly taking advantage of the benefits it offers seems absurd. It would also be insane to force people onto heat pumps without fixing the issues in the radiator market as the negative consequences of falsely advertised heat outputs for radiators installed in a system with a heat pump will be far more severe. 

“What we need is robust enforcement of regulation on radiators, and we need to move to specifying radiators at delta 40 for gas central heating systems to unlock the benefits of the A-Rated condensing boilers that people have been investing in since the legislation on those was brought in. 

“Then when we do have mass adoption of heat pumps, radiator regulations need to be updated in line to avoid the same mistakes made with the previous A-rated boiler legislation.” 

The Delta value of a radiator needs to match the Delta Value of the Boiler according to Rob, but he claims lack of regulation in how radiators are marketed means they are missold and systems aren't as efficient as they should be: 

•  Delta 50 = Non-Condensing Boilers installed before April 2005 with a standard configuration, with a flow temperature of around 75-85 degrees.
• Delta 40 = Condensing boiler operating in condensing mode, making it efficient. Any Gas boiler installed after 2005 is a condensing boiler.
• Delta 30 = (Recommended) Low temperature systems such as heat pumps, with a flow temperature of around 55 degrees (you should have this).

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