As we enter our centenary year, we would like to draw upon our experience to provide useful tips to existing and potential customers.
One of the most common questions is how to select the best heating system for your building or premises.
Firstly, it is important to decide what you need to achieve with your heating.
· Do you need everywhere to be the same temperature?
· Are you heating your staff, or do you just need heat to protect your stock?
· Are there just specific areas you need to heat to keep your staff working there warm?
To have a uniform temperature throughout, warm air heating is the best solution.
To heat a specific area (or areas) within a relatively large space, radiant heating is the best solution.
Harry Taylor’s Engineers and Office Staff have the experience to advise on the best solution to meet your needs for your premises. We have always had an eye on energy efficiency but with the ever increasing cost of energy and our drive towards Net Zero this is even more important. Whilst newer technologies like Heat Pumps and solar panels can work very well with brand new buildings, traditional heating methods still have their place for most existing buildings. We will always suggest the most appropriate solution and advise on possible energy savings using destratification fans and optimised controllers.
The most flexible sources of energy to use to heat your premises are gas and electricity. Ideally for gas you will have a mains gas supply. However propane supplied in bulk by way of a tank is another viable solution. Electricity as a heat source is becoming more popular but the running costs and required 3 phase power supplies are issues to overcome. Clearly if you are able to generate sufficient electricity this is a sensible option but otherwise the cost of electricity is a major obstacle for this form of heating.
As stated brand new buildings are the ones best suited to new greener technologies but these need to be designed into the construction rather than added retrospectively.
Need advice, then call us.