Johnson & Starley Ltd - Bradford Community Housing Trust fits 1500th Reno Boiler

Less than a year after changing to Johnson & Starley for the supply of all its new central heating boilers, one of the North of England’s biggest social housing providers has installed it 1500th unit.
Bradford Community Housing Trust was one of the first RSL’s to recognise the high standards of performance and reliability offered by the RENO condensing boiler, and has been installing them since early 2005 in both reactive maintenance situations and as part of its planned capital works programme. Bradford expects to install approximately 1500 RENO 30C High Efficiency Combination Boilers per year of the current contract.
One of the reasons that the Bradford Community Housing Trust chose the RENO range is the anticipated low life cycle cost over a 15-year life expectancy. In this respect the quality of components within the RENO boilers and their expected low maintenance or replacement costs was an important consideration.
The Contract Development Manager for Bradford, Mr Gurjit Singh, comments: “We selected the RENO over other high efficiency boilers on the market following a technical appraisal including a whole life cost exercise. We have worked with the company for many years as our supplier of warm air central heating systems.”
“The RENO boilers are being fitted right across our area in districts such as Shipley, Keighley and Ilkley. As well as the one-off replacements where boilers have failed, we are also installing between 50 and 100 RENO boilers at a time under programme works contracts. While the emphasis at the moment is on homes that have no central heating, or very old systems, eventually the work will concentrate on replacement of existing standard efficiency boilers”
Although Johnson & Starley’s service commitment is to attend any boiler breakdown within 24 hours, the majority of call-outs are being dealt with inside 12 hours, including many non-emergency problems. The manufacturer has also provided all tenants with an eight-point checklist to try and avoid unnecessary visits – such as where, for instance, the thermostat may have been turned down.
Under the arrangement, Johnson & Starley are supplying its boilers to two specialist contractors, as well as to the client’s direct labour organisation, Bradford Building Services. Then for the planned replacement programme the RENO 30C combis are being supplied to the heating sub-contractors working with Bradford regeneration partners: Bullock Construction, Lovell and Wates Construction.
Within the scope of these contracts, boilers have been installed in places such as the Scholmoor Estate, the properties generally being early post-war semis. For an installation at the Crossley Wood Road flats, however the flexible flueing options available with the RENO paid dividends. In one instance the flue has to be taken one metre up, turned through a 90-degree bend and then run another 3.5 metres. Many installations have required flues in excess of six metres long.
Johnson & Starley was established in 1922 and for over 80 years has provided innovation to the UK heating industry. As a manufacturer of ‘Home Comfort Solutions’ the company offers and extensive range of Part ‘L’ compliant warm air heaters and ventilation products in addition to SEDBUK A-rated high efficiency condensing boilers. They offer the complete heating and ventilating range to heating installers and specifies. Johnson & Starley has built up a reputation as a manufacturer of high quality, reliable, long lasting, fuel efficient products which off cost effective solutions.

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