Best Hot Water System for you

A family of seven is obviously going to need a bigger hot water system than a couple. However, a standard storage hot water system will last around 10 years so make sure you plan for the future as well. Are you planning on having children (or more children), renting out rooms to students, or sub-letting part of your home? Ensure the system you choose will be able to cater for the additional demands of the future.

Modern houses or apartments often have at least two bathrooms, plus the kitchen sink, dishwasher, laundry tub, and washing machine competing for hot water. If your home has more bathrooms or an extra kitchen your system will need to be larger to maintain hot water levels for the whole house.

During the evening is often when the demand for hot water peaks. If everyone in your home showers in the evening, plus you run the dishwasher and throw a load of washing on when you finish work you’ll need a large system to avoid running out. A household where some are morning showerers and some evening, the clothes washing is done during the day and the dishwasher timer is set to run at 2 am to take advantage of off-peak tariffs will require a much smaller system.

If your chosen power source is electricity and you’d like to keep the costs of running a hot water heater down by connecting the system to an off-peak tariff (often between 10 pm and 7 am) you’ll need to install a larger system as it will need to supply hot water to your home for the whole day and will only reheat at night (during the off-peak times). This applies to solar hot water systems as well as they only heat water during the day (without the booster function). Once you’ve gathered this information and considered all these points we recommend speaking with our hot water plumbers to get professional advice specific to your requirements.