Heating, Ventilation & Insulation
Rinnai celebrates its first 100 years of
manufacturing products to serve its customers
Rinnai, best known in the UK for its
comprehensive range of hot water
and heating home units, is globally
celebrating its first 100 years of
manufacture in serving its customers
with a three-year period of planned
anniversary related events to connect
to the start of the company’s next
centenary.
The Rinnai Corporation was founded
in Nagoya, Japan in 1819 and today
operates in 17 nations and regions
around the world with sales of
kitchen appliances, air conditioners,
hot water heating & home heating
units in over 80 countries.
Says Rinnai UK Managing Director
Tony Gittings, ”The company has
evolved and developed into a group
that produces a diversity of products
and services that directly benefit
ordinary people in their daily lives.
“Our policy is to help enrich the
lives of people in local communities
by providing optimal solutions that
fit the lifestyle culture, climate
conditions, and the energy situation
of each country around the world.
The three-year period is aimed at
connecting the first century to the
next one. The theme will be named
- Connected in passion for the next
100 years.”
This follows the other significant
corporate developments on the global
presence of Rinnai - the issuing of a
new logo and a new brand statement
– ‘A Healthier Way of Living’.
In the UK Rinnai is the acknowledged
leader in continuous flow hot water
heating technology. The company
offers a comprehensive range of
A-rated units plus large systems for
any size of site or application.
www.rinnaiuk.com
More Space with kitchen plinth heater?
As we know when it comes to the
kitchen, every home owner likes to
have more usable space. This may be
for extra kitchen cupboards or worktop
areas but the kitchen is already full
so finding that valuable extra space
may prove to be difficult. Sometimes
the only space available is where the
radiator is fixed to the wall. This has become a great choice for
home owners when either replacing
kitchen radiators or planning a new
kitchen. Plinth heaters can not only
save space, they are so much cheaper
to install compared to under floor
heating. Hydronic plinth heaters can
be directly connected to two pipe
central heating system.
Once the radiator is removed to
free up the space it brings another
challenge as there now needs to be an
alternative heating option installed to
heat the kitchen.Underfloor heating
is one option, however the cost of
installing this in the old existing
kitchen could prove to be very
expensive. The floor would need to be
excavated, new insulation boards have
to go down and the under floor heating
pipes secured. The pipe loops are then
connected to an appropriate manifold
and finally the screed goes down. A Thermix plinth heater that’s
controlled by a wireless thermostat not
only provides consistent temperature
control in the kitchen, it also allows
the user to set different on /off time
periods to the plinth heater. There is
also an option available to control the
heater using a smart phone or Alexa.
A much more cost effective solution is
installing the hydronic plinth heater
(fan-assisted radiator).
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With the help of their low water
content, plinth heaters provide faster
heat response and leave much less
residual heat when the heater turns
off. This feature not only provides
comfort heating to the user but also
saves energy by not heating the room
when not in use.
www.thermix.co.uk