Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 - a system boiler, regular boiler or combi boiler?

When looking for a heat only boiler for your house or flat, the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 might be a suitable option for you.

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 regular boiler, a conventional boiler or a standard 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 temperature, pressure and volume to all points will drop.

Heat only boilers allow you to program the times that you wish 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 and not choose 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.

Is a Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 heat only boiler appropriate for my house or apartment?

To determine that, we need to consider the size of the boiler. Size doesn't mean how big it is - it means how big its "output" is.

Boiler output is measured in kilowatts and tells you how much power a boiler can use to heat the water your taps, showers and radiators need. The higher the output, the more power it has.

When choosing a boiler, you should choose one that can cope with the peak demand for hot water in your home and not just your typical usage.

If its output is too low, sometimes your hot water will not be hot enough, but if your boiler's output is too high for your needs, your oil bills will go up and not down.

The output of the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 heat only is 73 kW, so which types of property would this Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 heat only boiler be an appropriate choice for?

Most experienced Gas Safe boiler installers would recommend this Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 heat only boiler as a suitable option for larger properties including detached homes with no more than 15 or more radiators and two or more bathrooms.

How large is the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73?

The Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 measures 684 mm in height by 441 mm in width by 381 mm in depth.

External, floor-standing heat only boilers like the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 are installed outdoors saving you valuable space inside your home as well as protecting you from the noise made by a oil boiler during its operation.

Supplied in sturdy, weatherproof housing that protects it from rusting and water ingress, external boilers are much easier for heating engineers to gain access to in case of repair or on maintenance visits.

Because the boiler is not inside your property, carbon monoxide fumes escape into the atmosphere if there is a leak. In addition, there's little to no chance of oil getting into your home if the boiler malfunctions - oil spills inside your property can cause significant damage and leave unpleasant odours that can be very hard to shift.

Is the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 a condensing or non-condensing boiler?

Condensing boilers convert the warmth present in flue exhaust gases and water vapour condensation into heat which they then recycle to increase the temperature of the colder water returning to your system.

We recommend that homeowners choose a condensing boiler like the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 for this reason - the more recent your model the better because the technology improves every year.

You'll benefit from lower quarterly oil bills and condensing boilers are also much more environmentally friendly.

How does the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 heat only rate environmentally?

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

Central heating produces 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. Gas boilers in the larger cities emit dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide.

If you would like your next boiler to help in the fight against climate change, would the Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 heat only be a suitable choice?

An energy efficiency rating of 92% or above is a legal requirement for all boilers manufactured and installed in the UK today. 92% is equivalent to a low-to-middle "A" grade on the "Seasonal Efficiency of Domestic Boilers" (SEDBUK) scale.

Energy efficiency measures how much energy a boiler uses and wastes in the course of its normal operation. The lower the waste, the lower your oil bills.

The Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 was awarded an efficiency rating of "97.4%", equivalent to a "A" rating on the SEDBUK system.

The Energy Related Products (ERP) Directive is a European directive which applies to all products that consume energy over their lifetime.

It encourages companies to create products that are environmentally friendlier at all life cycle stages, including initial manufacturing and end use right through to final disposal, with the aim of reducing harmful gas emissions.

The Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 is rated "A".

How long is the warranty period on a Firebird Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 heat only boiler?

Firebird’s Envirogreen Popular Boilerhouse C73 boiler includes a parts and labour warranty of 2 years.