South West Energy Services Ltd

South West Energy Services Ltd, the South West's leading independent heating specialists and plumbers based in Plymouth, Devon.

Established in 1997, as a heating maintenance and repair company, we have built our success and reputation in the South West on a high level of customer service.

Delivering the best solutions for your heating and plumbing requirements, from the minor domestic repair through to the environmentally friendly and efficient heating installations.

We offer a complete package, starting with design right through to customer support once the system is installed. South West Energy Services Ltd work closely with clients to ensure each project is successfully completed on time and within budget.

Over the last few years we have evolved to embrace the emerging sustainable technologies eg solar power including photo voltaic energy, air and ground source heating.

Renewable Energy Solar Ground source Air source heat pumps

Plumbing From a leaking tap to a complete bathroom design and installation service South West Energy Services Ltd can cater for your needs. Our fully qualified and insured plumbers and heating engineers based in Plymouth, Truro, Newton Abbot, Torbay, Liskeard, Bodmin and Exeter cover all areas across Devon and Cornwall. Bathroom Installations Kitchen Installations

Heating South West Energy Services Ltd is the South West Premier independent heating company. Our skilled plumbers and gas safe registered heating engineers are able to offer a friendly, polite and efficient service. Some of the areas we cover: Plymouth, Ivybridge, Tavistock, Liskeard, Bodmin, St Austell, Truro, Torbay, Newton Abbot, Exeter, Tiverton. Boiler Replacement Central Heating Systems Repairs and Servicing Under Floor Heating Systems

Renewable Energy
Solar

Solar water heating systems use free heat from the sun to warm domestic hot water. A conventional boiler or immersion heater is then used to make the water hotter, or to provide hot water when solar energy is unavailable. Solar water heating systems use solar panels, called collectors, fitted to your roof. These collect heat from the sun and use it to warm water, which is stored in a hot water cylinder. A boiler or immersion heater can then heat this water further until it reaches the temperature set by the cylinder's thermostat. (This should be set at 60 degrees centigrade.)

Larger solar panels can also provide energy to heat your home as well - though usually only in the summer months when home heating is unnecessary.

Hot water throughout the year: the system works all year round, though you'll need to heat the water further with a boiler or immersion heater during the winter months.

Ground Source
Ground source heat pumps use pipes buried in the garden to extract heat from the ground. This is usually used to warm water for radiators or underfloor heating systems. It can also be used to pre-heat water before it goes into a more conventional boiler.

Beneath the surface, the ground stays at a constant temperature, so a ground source heat pump can be used throughout the year - even in the middle of winter.

How does a ground source heat pump work?

A ground source heat pump circulates a mixture of water and antifreeze around a loop of pipe - called a ground loop - which is buried in the garden. When the liquid travels around the loop it absorbs heat from the ground - used to heat radiators, underfloor heating systems and even hot water.

Air Source Heat Pumps
Heat your home with energy absorbed from the air around you.

Air source heat pumps absorb heat from the outside air. This heat can then be used to warm water for radiators or underfloor heating systems, or to warm the air in your home.

An air source heat pump extracts heat from the outside air in the same way that a fridge extracts heat from its inside. It can extract heat from the air even when the outside temperature is as low as minus 15° C.