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Combining Storage Heaters with Solar PV for an All-Electric Home
Running an all-electric home: daytime boost charging, battery integration, and using more of what your roof generates instead of the grid.
3 February 2025
Are Electric Storage Heaters a Good Alternative to Gas Central Heating?
Storage heaters against gas central heating on cost, install complexity, which properties suit which, and carbon. An honest comparison.
25 January 2025
Smart Controls for Electric Storage Heaters: A New Era of Comfort
Wireless controls, app management and predictive heating, and how they retrofit to the storage heaters already on your wall.
20 January 2025
High Heat Retention Storage Heaters: Are They Worth the Investment?
What better insulation buys you in a modern storage heater, the comfort difference, and whether the extra outlay pays back over its life.
15 January 2025
Upgrading from Old Storage Heaters: What Are the Benefits?
What you gain moving from old storage heaters to modern ones: running cost, comfort, finer control, and what swapping them involves.
15 January 2025
How to Get the Most Out of Your Economy 7 Tariff with Storage Heaters
Getting more from an Economy 7 tariff: charging schedules, room-by-room control, weather compensation, and the settings most people miss.
9 January 2025
Modern Electric Storage Heaters: A Revolution in Efficiency
High heat retention heaters with smart controls have changed electric heating. How to get the most from Economy 7 and 10.
3 January 2025
Planning Your Heating Upgrade: A Checklist from CRG Direct
Planning a heating upgrade: assessing what you have, choosing the technology, applying for grants, and budgeting realistically.
29 December 2024
Smart Thermostats: The Easiest Heating Upgrade You Can Make
Learning schedules, control from your phone, and where the savings actually come from for a typical UK household.
17 December 2024
The Switch to Low-Carbon Heating: Your Options Explained
Heat pumps, biomass and district heating compared on cost, available grants and carbon, so you can see which fits your property.
11 December 2024
What Are TRVs and How Can They Revolutionise Your Home Heating?
Thermostatic radiator valves give you room-by-room control and cut waste, with savings depending on your home and how you heat it.
1 December 2024
Modern Condensing Boilers vs. Old Boilers: A Cost-Saving Comparison
A modern condensing boiler runs above 90% efficiency and can save up to £340 a year, depending on your home and usage.
20 November 2024
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