How Central Heating works
How central heating works
It’s nice to come home from work or school to a nice, warm house isn’t it? Most homes today are heated with central heating systems, which help to distribute heat throughout the house.
A gas boiler located in your home is supplied with flammable gas from your local gas utility provider. An electric switch ignites a fire inside the boiler, usually located in the basement of your home, if you have one. This fire is used to heat water that is stored in the boiler to a temperature of about 60 degrees Celsius. Once the water is heated to this very hot temperature, it’s forced through pipes that distribute the water throughout your home to radiators located in each room. These radiators get very hot and heat emanates from them, causing the room to warm up. In order to keep hot water constantly flowing throughout the pipes in your home, a pump is attached to the boiler to push the hot water out to the pipes and radiators.
In order to turn the heat on and off and regulate the temperature, a thermostat is located somewhere in your home. This allows you to set the temperature at a comfortable level and it monitors the temperature. If it gets too hot, the boiler will turn off, but if the area where the thermostat is located gets cold, the boiler will turn on by itself to warm the area.
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