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Adjust your Toilet cistern to save water
We’ve often written about water saving devices that you can obtain either from local hardware shops or water companies. These are things such as the ingenius Hippo bags, which collect water within your toilet cistern, thus reducing the amount of water that gets flushed. However, did you know you can [...]
London Plumber’s Tips
Our London plumbers are constantly asked for plumbing tips when out and about on the streets of London, as it’s important for property owners to maintain their plumbing system within their property. As a result, today’s blog is going to list the three top bits of advice our engineers are [...]
How to dispose of electrical items
Disposing of electrical appliances properly isn’t quite as straight forward as it seems. A lot of these items can be recycled, so it’s important to not throw them out with your normal rubbish. It’s not actually that environmentally friendly to recycle electrical items, so holding onto them for as long [...]
Desalination
Desalination is the process of filtering out the salt from sea water, so it can be consumed without any damaging effect to our bodies. The reason that today’s blog is on desalination is to tie in with recent blog posts – which have been mainly focussing on the drought. As [...]
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Adjust your Toilet cistern to save water
We’ve often written about water saving devices that you can obtain either from local hardware shops or water companies. These are things such as the ingenius Hippo bags, which collect water within your toilet cistern, thus reducing the amount of [...]
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London Plumber’s Tips
Our London plumbers are constantly asked for plumbing tips when out and about on the streets of London, as it’s important for property owners to maintain their plumbing system within their property. As a result, today’s blog is going to [...]
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A recap on Gas Safe
As PGS Online covers such a broad spectrum of topics, it’s been a little while since we last touched upon one of our core subjects – the Gas Safe register. Due to this, I thought having a little recap on [...]
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The effects of hard water limescale
Limescale is a pain for everyone from tea drinkers to plumbers. We’re all used to seeing those small white flakes in kettles, which form around the element – but what happens inside immersion heaters in hard water areas. This… On [...]
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A fairer deal for Oil heating users
For properties located in rural areas, or places where gas isn’t supplied via the national grid – Oil heating is one of the better options. However, often it’s tricky to switch oil suppliers due to lock in periods and expensive [...]
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What is an electric boiler?
People often get confused between an electric boiler and other types of electric central heating systems. So the aim of this blog is to educate you in the different types of electric heating systems. Let’s start with electric central heating [...]
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The Drayton Condensate Freeflo
It’s not cold any more. As I write this the Sun is trying to break through the blinds of the PGS office. However, now is the perfect time to think about your heating system and preparing it for when it [...]
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To combi, or not to combi?
When installing a brand new water heating system, or updating a very old one, property owners are often faced with a decision as to what kind of heating system they need to install. For Gas powered systems, which is what [...]
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How to dispose of electrical items
Disposing of electrical appliances properly isn’t quite as straight forward as it seems. A lot of these items can be recycled, so it’s important to not throw them out with your normal rubbish. It’s not actually that environmentally friendly to [...]
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How much electricity does a computer actually use?
So you’re trying to save electricity to cut bills but you still to use your computer for work, or just enjoy using it all the time, and want to know how much it costs to power a computer. To measure [...]
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Nuclear Power
The UK government has been advised to pursue nuclear power solutions rather than off-shore wind farms as the main source of electricity generation, much to the concern of anti-nuclear campaigners. Sir David King, the chief scientist who was under Tony Blair, stated [...]
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Electricity: How much should I pay?
It’s hard to know what you should be paying on average for your electricity bill. Many people under estimate their monthly direct debits, so end up paying less than is needed. So this blog will lay out the average prices [...]
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Plumbing Robots
After having a skim through some of the content on this site, I realised that once again it’s been a while since I posted up a more lighthearted blog post. Today I’m going to change that by showing you all [...]
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Unusual shower heads
Bathroom shower heads come in a variety of styles, from water saving models to luxurious rainfall shower heads. However, some manufacturers have decided to get creative (or just ‘fun’) with their shower head designs. We’ve listed a few of our [...]
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Low Carbon Christmas Dinner
Have you ever thought about the carbon emissions involved in a standard turkey christmas dinner? This Christmas edition of the PGS blog will explain how you can feel better know that your Christmas dinner is as eco-friendly as possible. Buy [...]
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Glow-worms guide to a low carbon Christmas
The team at Glow-worm have decided to put together a rather useful advent calendar to promote the task of cutting carbon emissions in your home over the Christmas period. 1st December – Feeling a little too toasty? If you’re feeling [...]
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How to cut heating bills without the expense
A lot of property maintenance, plumbing and heating blogs are guilty of suggesting quite costly solutions to cutting fuels bills, and I’m willing to admit that PGS Online is no exception. The more expensive options, such as home insulation, new [...]
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How bright are energy saving light bulbs?
One of the easiest ways of saving money in your home is by installing energy saving light bulbs throughout your property. The question that most people ask is whether these bulbs will be bright enough to light rooms as well [...]
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Energy Efficient Appliances
Home entertainment appliances account for over 1/5 of an entire household’s worth of electricity consumption as energy efficiency is often overlooked when purchasing devices such as digital radios and TV’s. Following a few rules and being eco-savvy when buying these [...]
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3 Quick Tips to Save Gas.
Often we can end up being slightly less frugal when using gas in the home, without even realising. Today’s blog will give you 3 quick tips to save gas and cut your bills. 1. Understand your gas boiler. Take the time to [...]
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Worcester-Bosch: Solar water heating video
Today we’re keeping things light hearted by posting up a video from our friends at Worcester-Bosch. To carry on Wednesday’s theme of solar panels, here is a video about them!
Guide to Underfloor Heating
Underfloor heating is increasing in popularity, especially as renewable heat sources are getting more widespread in properties. However, a lot of people still get confused about Underfloor Heating, what it is and how much it actually costs to run. This [...]
Heating zones
New legislations coming in mean that properties need to have at least 2 central heating zones to effectively utilise maximum fuel efficiency. A central heating zone is a separate set of pipes that are still connected to the main boiler [...]
Where does waste water go?
The process of recycling waste water is often overlooked by the general public. Pumping dirty water into the sea isn’t really a practical option when we will ultimately end up drinking it again - so recycling and treating waste water [...]
Reconnecting wireless signal between boiler and thermostat
Sometimes boilers lose their signal between the wireless thermostat and the boiler itself, preventing you from remotely controlling the boiler. Thankfully, Worcester-Bosch have created a video on how to reset the connection – and it’s pretty easy! Just view the [...]
Be you own Plumber: How to use a Glow-Worm Filling Loop
Some modern boilers let you easily re-fill the system, reinstating the desired system pressure. They do this by making the filling loop at the bottom of the boiler operational by the general consumer. By learning how to use the filling [...]
