Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 - a regular, combi or system boiler?

The Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 is an option you may wish to consider if you’re looking for a heat only boiler for your house or flat.

If your home has more than one bathroom or you have a large family that uses a lot of hot water, a heat only boiler (sometimes called a standard boiler, a regular boiler or a conventional boiler) is likely to be the best option for you. Heat only boilers require both a hot water or immersion cylinder and a cold water tank. Once the water in the cylinder is heated, you can use this hot water throughout the day and it can feed multiple taps and showers at the same time.

This is in contrast to a combi boiler which can only heat a limited amount of water at any one time. This can cause a problem if two or more taps and showers are being used simultaneously as the water temperature, pressure and volume to all points will drop.

Heat only boilers allow you to program the times that you want heat and hot water to be available. However, if you forget to do this and the immersion cylinder is empty, you may have to wait up to an hour before hot water becomes available again.

If your property already has a water tank and cylinder, it will nearly always be cheaper to replace like for like instead of replacing it with a different type of boiler. In addition to new pipework, you may need to replace older radiators that may be unable to cope with the higher water pressure delivered by other types of boiler.

Should I install a Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 heat only boiler in my home?

Selecting the right boiler for your home means choosing a boiler that is the right size. And, by size, we don't mean how big it is, we mean how powerful it is - the "output".

Your boiler’s output is a measurement of the power it has available to it to heat the water you need for your radiators or for when you turn on a tap, bath or shower. A higher output rate means it has more power and can heat more water.

It's important to choose an output that matches the demand for water in your home because if your boiler has too low an output, you'll often find only lukewarm water comes out of your taps or heats your radiators. If it’s too high, you’ll be paying more for your oil than you need to.

The Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 heat only has an output of 58 kW, so which types of property would this Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 heat only boiler be appropriate for?

An experienced Gas Safe boiler installer would be likely to recommend that this Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 heat only boiler is capable of providing heating and hot water to 15 or more radiators and two or more bathrooms and would therefore be most suitable for larger properties including detached homes.

Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 - size in millimetres

The Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 is 684 mm tall, 441 mm wide, and 381 mm deep.

External, floor-standing heat only boilers like the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 don't require you to find space in your home for them and, because they're outside, you'll never hear them working unless you're out in the garden.

They provide much easier access for a heating engineer in case of a fault and their sturdy waterproof covering can handle the British climate as well as prevent rusting and water ingress.

Other benefits include the fact that gas will disperse into the atmosphere outdoors in the event of a carbon monoxide leak. The chances of an oil leak damaging your property are also greatly reduced because the boiler is not installed inside your property.

Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 – non-condensing or condensing?

We recommend that, if possible, you select one of the very latest condensing oil boilers on the market like the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58.

Condensing boilers are better for the environment because they capture and recycle the heat still present in flue exhaust gases and water vapour condensation for re-use, meaning lower greenhouse gas emissions.

They're also a lot cheaper to run meaning that, if you're replacing a very old and inefficient boiler, the savings on your oil bill over 5-10 years add up to more than you pay for the boiler itself.

Is the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 heat only boiler environmentally friendly?

As the British public has become more conscious of climate change, many homeowners consider the environment when choosing how to heat their homes.

14% of the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by the UK comes from the central heating systems we use. In some of Britain's biggest cities, gas boilers create dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere.

Would choosing the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 heat only be an environmentally-friendly choice? If so, let's look at its performance figures.

All boilers manufactured after April 2018 in the UK must be rated as an “A” on the SEDBUK grading system, subject to a minimum energy efficiency rating of 92% or above. Before that, the minimum rate was 88% - boilers with an energy efficiency of 88% or 89% were given a “B” rating. Boilers scoring 90% or more were given an "A" rating.

The energy efficiency rating for a boiler describes the amount of energy it uses and how much goes to waste in operation.

The Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 has an efficiency rating of 93% with a SEDBUK grade of "A".

The Energy Related Products Directive intends to encourage all manufacturers to reduce harmful gas emissions connected to the products they make, from the manufacturing stage to final disposal, including when they are in active use.

The Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 has an ERP rating of "A".

How long am I covered by the warranty for if the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58 breaks down?

On the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C58, the manufacturer offers a parts and labour warranty of 2 years.