Central Heating Cylinders or Hot Water Cylinders provide Hot Water for Taps. The first hot water cylinders were heated directly by kitchen ranges and similar devices and appeared around 1860. By the beginning of the twentieth century, these systems were becoming more affordable and the UK cylinder industry began to develop.
The central heating and domestic hot water industries have been revolutionised and progressed from strength to strength with the development of more advanced cylinder types such as the Primatic Cylinder, Thermal Store Cylinder and the Economy 7 Cylinder. The emphasis with the ever-changing climate and global warming is the usage of energy efficient central heating cylinders to help save you money as the customer and protect the sensitive environment that surround us, but how have central heating cylinders become such a plumbing industry phenomena.
There are two main types of Hot Water Cylinders: Unvented Hot Water Cylinders and Vented Hot Water Cylinders. An unvented cylinder is fed water from the mains whereas vented cylinders are fed from a cold water storage tank, usually found in the loft space.
These two types can be either Direct Cylinders or Indirect Cylinder and refers to the way they heat water. Direct hot water cylinders heat water directly with an immersion heater fitted into the hot water cylinder. An indirect hot water cylinder heat’s the water via a heat exchanger which is a coil of pipe that runs through the hot water cylinder. This coil has hot water from the central heating circuit running through it and the heat from the central heating system is used to heat the hot water cylinder indirectly. Solar Compatible Cylinders can be fitted to take advantage of solar energy they work by transferring the heat captured by the solar panel to heat water in the Solar Hot Water Cylinder. Hot water cylinders can be either Copper Cylinders or Stainless Steel Cylinders and must be insulated.
With cylinders constantly changing in shape and size to accommodate for ease of installation and peace of mind for you as a customer, regardless of the knowledge you possess regarding cylinders the Pre-Plumbed Cylinder is somewhat of a revolution to aid in an easy installation to ensure a quick replacement of an old cylinder or the addition of a new system.
