domestic heating

Across the UK, over 5.1 million households* rely on social housing, and for housing providers, ensuring these homes are safe, warm, efficient and compliant has never been more challenging. Rising energy costs, damp and mould concerns, decarbonisation pressures, and tighter regulation all place increasing responsibility on landlords to deliver high performing heating systems that support resident wellbeing.

For housing associations, maintaining efficient and reliable heating systems across large and diverse property portfolios remains a significant challenge. Ensuring tenant comfort, meeting sustainability goals, and keeping maintenance costs under control all depend on one critical factor — system protection.

Across thousands of homes, even minor inefficiencies can lead to increased energy consumption, higher maintenance workloads, and dissatisfied residents. In almost every heating system, contamination occurs over time, such as rust, dirt and magnetite particles caused by corrosion and if left untreated, these particles circulate through pipework and components, reducing efficiency, increasing wear, and potentially causing costly breakdowns.

This solution combines the efficiency of a heat pump with the reliability of a traditional boiler, offering homeowners a sustainable and efficient way to heat their homes and water.

The Xtend Hybrid is designed to address the unique challenges presented by the UK’s diverse range of home insulations. While heat pumps offer an eco-friendly heating solution, they often struggle to meet the demands of less insulated properties, particularly during the colder months. The Xtend Hybrid bridges this gap by utilising a high-efficiency boiler to support the heat pump, ensuring homeowners enjoy uninterrupted comfort and hot water supply throughout the year.

ADEY®, the original innovator in magnetic filtration technology for heating systems, have launched their latest super compact filter; the MagnaClean  AtomSC™. This latest addition to the MagnaClean filter range is their smallest filter yet. Providing a super compact filter solution as part of an all-in-one compliance package.

This latest filter offering from ADEY has been developed with the needs of the specification boiler sector in mind, providing a solution which meets the needs of both the specifier and the contractor.

The search for sustainable solutions that help to drive forward the Net Zero Carbon future of heating systems here in the UK has moved on to the use of sustainable water treatment products that will ensure clean water flowing through traditional and renewable heating systems as well as offering a raft of other benefits that will help specifiers, installers and householders.

Jonathan Hunt, director of client services, Charis

The cost of living and energy costs are still biting deep for households at risk of fuel poverty. When income is limited, the decision to switch off the heating is often made to ensure that there is food on the table. With less government support this year, and standing charges on the rise, this dilemma is damaging not just to the physical wellbeing of each member of the household, but also to their mental wellbeing too.

Social housing providers know the importance of clean circulating water in heating systems in their homes and have worked with liquid water treatment products for decades to achieve this. But with the release of new solid chemicals from DosaFil they have a far more environmentally friendly, easier to install and top up and easier to transport option.