Choose a solar thermal collectors to turn sunlight into hot water

SOLAR THERMAL

A Solar thermal solution uses heat from the sun to warm the hot water in your home. Sunlight is free, so once you’ve recovered the initial cost of the system your hot water costs will be significantly reduced. When the weather is cold, windy or overcast the tube panels significantly outperform the flat plate panels.

How solar thermal works…

Our well-designed and accurately constructed solar thermal solution uses evacuated tubes, instead of the traditional flat plate panels, which are fitted to your roof. Evacuated tube collectors are comprised of an array of twin wall glass tubes with a vacuum that provides excellent insulation against heat loss. The design is very similar to a glass hot water flask used to keep hot water in. Twin wall evacuated tubes have the absorber coating on the inner tube and the space between the two tubes is ‘evacuated’ to form the vacuum. The tubes utilise the rays from the sun to produce hot water for your home.

Significant savings on your domestic hot water energy bill
Heated water throughout the year
Reduce your carbon footprint
Minimum maintenance
Guaranteed return on investment

This environmentally-friendly solution takes about a day to install and can reduce your domestic hot water energy bill up to 90%. The initial cost of the system is recovered within the first few years.

Want to find out about other renewable heating solutions for your home? Call us now on 01782 756995 to ask how Solar thermal systems can cut your energy bills or request a call back.

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What our customers say

.......... and since we only had mains electricity power laid on at the bungalow, our hot water had always cost us a fortune using the immersion heater. The Solar Thermal system you installed - especially the twin cylinder layout - means that we don't waste any available power and the running costs of the system are minimal. And we have got hot water! Thank you also for installing the battery backup system to get us over power cuts that we get!

Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lincolnshire
After you had installed the Solar Hot Water system at our house, I asked you to have a look at the system that had been supplied and installed at our house in Mallorca by a local company and which had never worked properly and was always breaking down. After considerable re-engineering of the system by yourselves, the system now works! Thank you. I am now asking you to supply a small system for my factory in England.
Mr. P.S. Lancashire and Spain
The Solar Hot Water system you installed works perfectly, and even survived the house being struck by lightning four weeks later - even if you did have to come out to reset the controller. Our granddaughter still calls it 'Sunshine Water', so I think the name has stuck!
Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Nottinghamshire

Solar Thermal FAQs

Do I need planning permission?

No, unless you own a Listed Building or are in a Conservation Area.

How hot will the water get?

The solar system is usually programmed to heat the water up to 65C.

What if I don’t have a south facing wall or roof?

South-west and south-east facing walls also produce good results. If you’re limited to an east-west facing system then we recommend two sets of evacuated tube collectors, one on the east slope and one on the west slope. This produces the same amount of hot water as a south facing system.

Can I use a solar thermal system to heat my swimming pool?

Yes, you generally need a solar collector equivalent to 50% of the pool surface area.

Do I need new wiring?

No. The energy collected in the panels is converted into a current which then feeds into your existing household circuit.