The comprehensive range of high specification central heating boilers offers a model to perfectly suit every home.

Smaller freestanding independent boilers are designed to provide domestic hot water and enough central heating for a small house or cottage, while larger models will provide domestic hot water and central heating for even the largest of premises.

There are two main types of independent boilers, gravity feed and batch feed:

• Gravity feed boilers incorporate a large hopper above the firebox, which can hold, depending on demand, several days supply of small sized Anthracite fuel. The fuel descends on to the fire, fed as required, and an inbuilt thermostatically controlled fan assists combustion, providing a quick response to demand. Gravity feed boilers are available in a wide range of outputs and sizes.
• Batch feed boilers are ‘hand fired’ and therefore require more frequent refuelling than the gravity feed boilers. A batch feed boiler can however be less expensive and, in some installations, will operate without an electrical supply, so continuing to provide hot water and central heating during a power failure. 

Your local HETAS engineer can advise you of the most suitable and cost effective option. For more information on solid fuel boilers and stockists, visit the websites of leading manufacturers on our Links page or telephone our local call rate Helpline 0845 601 4406.