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HARD WATER
Rain passes through rocks (in some parts of the UK) that contain calcium and magnesium. These minerals are filtered out of the rock by the rain water and pass into rivers and underground water-ways. This water is removed by the water company, cleaned and sent to your home. Although the water has been treated to make it drinkable it still contains the minerals. When this water is heated the calcium falls out and solidifies. If you boil a saucepan of water you’ll see it as very fine grains in the bottom of the pan. Of course, this sticks to kettles and anything else that heats the water - including your boiler. The principle areas of hard water are the Thames Valley, East Anglia and Kent. It IS possible to inhibit this ‘stickyness’ by using a physical limescale inhibitor such as our LimeStop.

The dark blue areas are where hard water is severe.

19 Cockney Hill, Reading. RG30 4HF

0118 942 4981

info@scalgon.co.uk

0770 231 6157

FOR SALE

Gledhill Torrent

Direct Mains Pressure

Thermal Store

T144DE

£650 no vat payable

Only ONE remaining

Delivery ONLY to Reading area

FREE!

How to stop limescale

LimeStop

Siliphos Limescale Inhibitor

Guaranteed to work!

Just £69 + £16 postage

LimeStop is a Siliphos-packed limescale inhibitor that is truly guaranteed to work - or your money back!

The LimeStop contains silicate-polyphosphate balls called Siliphos. This is a widely-trusted food-grade material proven time and again to inhibit limescale formation. Its ability to combat limescale deposits is really quite remarkable as it both lays down a protective layer on the walls of the supply piping and inhibits calcium deposits.

Keep limescale away

for just 9p a day!

Copper construction.

Brass fittings already fitted.

Sealed unit.

No need to replace Siliphos...

Discard after 2 years...

And fit a new one!

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We are recommended by Gledhill for descaling their appliances

LimeStop limescale inhibitor

BoilerGuard Magnetic separator

Magnetic-trap power flushing

MagnaMate-DualMag

HeatCheck

We are recommended by Gledhill to work on their hot water heaters. We supply and install heat exchangers for most of their appliances

Models such as the Cormorant, BoilerMate, PulsaCoil, Torrent, SysteMate and GulfStream have heat exchangers that are prone to limescale formation in hard water areas. There are two types of heat exchanger: ‘plated’ and ‘coil’. The coil type such as that fitted in the original BoilerMate and also in the Torrent are easily descaled. These exist in pockets of developments such as Rooksdown in Basingstoke. The plated type shown in the above photo is usually held in stock. If you are a heating engineer, or even just a domestic customer sourcing your own parts supply, then give us a call if you would like to order a heat exchanger. This is Gledhill’s part number GT017. £127 + postage.

GSE

Gledhill Service Engineers

We’re often phoned by consumers many miles away from our location. We will publish a list here as and when those engineers get in touch with us to be listed, though please be aware that it’s merely a list, not a recommendation.

If you are a heating engineer who works on Gledhill appliances then simply email us to be included here in link exchange.

Berkshire

Scalgon

0118 942 4981

Cambridgeshire

Thermal Solutions

01354 638050

Heating Ventilating & Plumbing Magazine

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Air Movement

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BoilerGuard

Magnetic separator for wet central heating systems

A premium-quality product that successfully guards boilers from magnetite-sludge deposits by the application of a dry, highly-intense magnetic field - achieved by the use of two extremely-strong Neodymium magnets. The BoilerGuard is made of copper & steel, not plastic!

£89 + postage

Click here to read more

Global warming, the Central England Temperature and weather...

Central England Temperature

(CET)

The CET is a record of temperature of central England going back to 1659. We can therefore see how (if) the temperature here is changing. The CET temperatures are adjusted to account for a warmer immediately-local environment, though it’s not clear if proper account has been taken of this Urban Island Heat Effect, so the figures given in modern times may include a small warming bias. This means that it’s difficult to trust latest data against data from over 100 years ago. Hence my comparison of the last 10 years instead:

Last 10 years average 10.45c

2008 9.96c

2008 thus cooler by 0.49c

Last 10 years average 10.41

2009 10.11c

2009 thus cooler by 0.30c

Jan (last 10 years) 5.02 deg c

Jan 2010 1.6 deg c

Jan thus cooler by 3.42 deg c

Feb (last 10 years) 5.03 deg c

Feb 2010

The above shows that the current temperatures are COOLER than the 10-year average. This is not what you are told, of course, as the Met Office don’t appear to want you to know it! So if you think that it’s chillier than you’ve been used to for the past decade then you’re right, it is! But don’t expect the Met Office or the BBC news to tell you this...they don’t want you to know.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Current globally averaged temperature anomaly of the lower atmosphere.

0.28 deg c. Dec 2009

Last temperature peak was in 1998 - eleven years ago. Yes, really! Man-made? No, not a chance.

See more about global warming by clicking HERE

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FREE HOT WATER!

Yes, really!

Rather than spending £3,500 on a solar hot water system, simply put your money into an Energy Payment Trust (EPT), and it will pay your entire hot water bill for the year - every year - for 20 years!*

AMAZING! But true!

Yes, you read it right. Although a solar panel, which might cost the same or even more than an EPT, would only pay a portion of your hot water bill, an EPT will pay ALL of it!

No equipment needed

No pumps or valves

Nothing on your roof

Amazing!

Please contact us for full details

HERE

Or you can write to us at:

19 Cockney Hill, Reading. RG30 4HF

*Domestic systems only

If you wish to end your agreement at any time within the first year, you can have ALL of your money returned!

We strongly suggest you read THIS if you are looking for solar panels - then come back here and apply to pay into an EPT.

“Costs for a typical solar water heating system range from £3,000 to £5,000...and will save a gas consumer about £50 a year...Most solar water heating systems come with a 5-10 year warranty .”

Whereas...

An EPT will cost £3,500...

pay ALL of your hot water costs...

for 20 years!

For those who have read this far down, there is no such thing as an EPT - It’s just your bank account! Yes, that’s right. Put the money into your bank account (that you would have spent on solar panels) and the account will pay ALL your hot water bills for 20 years or more! Solar panels are a great way to throw your money away - or you could just send the money to me.

See more at HeatCheck

Scalgon are the recognised experts in descaling, in business now for over 26 years. Our fully-insured service is highly regarded, and we are sought by many companies and home-owners across a wide area. We pride ourselves on our service. We descale ALL combination (combi) boilers, water heaters, Megaflo heaters, IMI Powermax heaters, Gledhill heaters (Boilermate, PulsaCoil, GulfStream and Torrent, whether coil-type or plated heat exchangers), Elsy & Gibbons (Elson) heaters, Range Flowmax and Albion Mainsflow thermal store heaters, Santon electric heaters, and of course, pipe networks. Although most of our work is combi boilers, we are experts at thermal store appliances.

Limescale inhibiting or removal is essential for your water heater to work effectively in a hard water area - and is now a Building Regulations requirement where there is hard water. Check out our GUARANTEED LimeStop limescale Inhibitor.

Descaling sounds like an easy task, and some even attempt a diy method. But effective limescale removal depends on the correct acid and the method used. If the wrong acid is used, limescale will return more quickly than it formed. If the incorrect method is used then the heater will simply not have been fully descaled. It’s not a complex task, but it has to be carried out correctly. We are recognised experts at what we do. If you are located within our work area (Berkshire, South Oxfordshire, North Hampshire) and you suspect that your problem is limescale then call us on 0118 942 4981, or our emergency line, 0770 231 6157. If you phone around for a cheaper quote then you might well achieve that, but if the best service is most important to you then give us, and only us, a call.

As the name implies, a heat exchanger exchanges the heat from one compartment to another. Usually this is in the form of a coil of pipe containing water, with flowing water around the coil. One of these water systems will be mains pressure and one will be atmospheric pressure or system pressure. The side that is mains pressure will suffer from limescale, whereas the water on the other side which is simply re-heated again and again, will not. Combi boilers usually have two heat exchangers. The primary heat exchanger contains system water, and doesn’t usually suffer from limescale. However, that primary-side water goes into another heat exchanger called a ‘plate-to-plate’ heat exchanger. This is the hot water heat exchanger. There are numerous plates - closely stacked - where the heat should be exchanged. In this case, the plates will clog will limescale. As plates become clogged, the water takes an easy path through plates that are not yet clogged. This has the effect of failing to exchange the heat. One of two things will happen (sometimes both). Either the water coming out of the tap will be just warm, or the boiler will overheat (as it cannot get rid of the heat being generated).

THE experts in limescale treatment & prevention

In our area?

We are the recognised experts for descaling Gledhill appliances. We cover a large area around Reading in Berkshire, which includes Oxford, Swindon, Slough, Basingstoke, and Aldershot.

Aldershot

Swindon

Oxford

Wallingford

Reading

Slough

Maidenhead

Basingstoke

Newbury

‘Scalgon Super League’ rating - as of Sept 23 at 12 noon

Chelsea 5 (Premier)

Leeds 4.25 (Div 1)

West Brom 4.125 (Championship)

Man Utd 4

Charlton 4

Bournemouth 3.75 (Div 2)

Dagenham & Redbridge 3.625

Arsenal 3.6

Newcastle 3.5

Man City 3.4

Aston Villa 3.4

Liverpool 3.166

Bristol Rovers 3.125

Notts County 3.125

Rotherham 2.875

Colchester 2.75

Middlesborough 2.625

Preston 2.625

MK Dons 2.625

Huddersfield 2.625

Sheffield Utd 2.5

Barnet 2.5

Spurs 2.333

Cardiff 2.25

Rochdale 2.25

Aldershot 2.25

Blackpool 2.125

Shrewsbury 2

Watford 1.875

Leicester 1.875

Cheltenham 1.875

Southend 1.75

Crewe 1.75

QPR 1.713

Bristol City 1.625

Gillingham 1.625

Sunderland 1.5

Birmingham 1.5

Burton Albion 1.5

Port Vale 1.5

Sheffield Wednesday 1.375

Swindon 1.375

Chesterfield 1.375

Coventry 1.25

Millwall 1.25

Brentford 1.125

Walsall 1.125

Bradford 1.125

Stoke 1

Stockport 0.875

Scunthorpe 0.75

Doncaster 0.75

Norwich 0.75

Exeter 0.75

Oldham 0.75

Burnley 0.666

Wolves 0.666

Hull 0.666

Crystal Palace 0.642

Carlisle 0.625

Hartlepool 0.625

Lincoln 0.625

Hereford 0.625

Everton 0.6

Fulham 0.6

West Ham 0.6

Derby 0.5

Peterborough 0.5

Nottingham Forest 0.5

Morecambe 0.5

Northampton 0.5

Bolton 0.4

Yeovil 0.375

Accrington Stanley 0.375

Wigan 0.333

Swansea 0.25

Bury 0.25

Grimsby 0.25

Macclesfield 0.25

Reading 0.125

Brighton 0.125

Leyton Orient 0.125

Wycombe 0.125

Torquay 0.125

Blackburn 0

Barnsley -0.375

Ipswich -0.375

Southampton -0.375

Plymouth -1

Tranmere -1.25

Darlington -1.25

Portsmouth -1.5

Clubs are rated by their points accumulated through league games played, hence there is no bias in number of games, or cup runs. Clubs are therefore rated according to peer-playing. Goal difference is then added to give their overall performance rating. This formulation gives an accurate guide as to the true performance per matches played against peer teams in the English leagues.