Commercial Hot Water Cylinders or Calorifiers

Commercial domestic hot water cylinders or calorifiers from 200 to 6,000 Litres

Commercial hot water cylinders are designed to satisfy substantial or continuous domestic hot water demands such as hotels, care homes, schools, hospitals, camp sites, sports centres, leisure centres, residential or office blocks, when there’s a frequent requirement for large quantities of domestic hot water, in a short period of time, without any performance losses, when staff, residents or visitors create demand for warm water in commercial properties or commercial buildings.

Our commercial cylinders, tanks or commercial calorifiers as they are also known, provide a solution for large scale commercial domestic hot water capacity, with fast flow rates that satisfy even the toughest hot water production demand requirements.

This commercial cylinder range can be used as a vented (for vented applications we highly recommend the stainless-steel option – due to the fact air ingress is more prevalent in vented DHW heating systems – as stainless has the best longevity) or unvented cylinders (we just need to add a domestic hot water unvented kit to the unit)

Commercial cylinders for commercial water heating

Commercial cylinders come in various options and can use various technology, such as solar (renewable heat energy), electricity, heat pumps or warm water thermal systems (again a renewable heat energy source) to power the domestic hot water cylinder. The two leading hot water cylinder water heating solutions or commercial cylinder options are:

Indirect – indirect commercial cylinders / calorifiers

Indirect commercial cylinders – Showing the internal hot water heating coil of our commercial hot water calorifier

These are a storage commercial hot water cylinder, that are often powered by a traditional heating boiler that supplies the system, via a coil (which can be a single or double coil indirect cylinders) or even a plate-to-plate heat exchanger for high warm water capacity solutions in commercial buildings or commercial process applications for a hot water system.

These commercial cylinders, tanks or vessels stored hot water capacity can be from 200 litres up to 6,000 litres in system capacity, (any cylinders under 200 litres of stored hot water we classify as domestic sizes – but there is no hard and fast rule on this) although bespoke designed models can be produced to support any specific requirements your commercial project may have.

Factors such as available installation space, may come into consideration and it is possible to link up several smaller commercial hot water calorifiers or buffer vessels to meet the required storage capacity for commercial buildings.

Our indirect commercial hot water cylinder range can be fitted with an electrical immersion heater or heaters, as a back up to your primary heating energy source such as a boiler, thus direct heating of the water in the commercial cylinder.

Direct – Direct commercial cylinders or Calorifiers

A direct commercial hot water cylinder is a unit that uses a heat or energy source that is physically located within the cylinder, normally this is an electric immersion heater or multiple immersion heaters, to warm the water – thus the term “direct water cylinder”. Normally the require three phase electric power rather than single phase supply service, as any immersion heater over 3kW requires a three-phase power supply. The immersion heaters have a control thermostat, that allows you to set your desired temperature.

Often used in commercial properties or a commercial project where there is no access to gas or oil, or more commonly with businesses or individuals who are using a renewable electric supply or buying electric that is produced by certified renewable sources – enabling them to have a carbon neutral domestic hot water system.

We have a dedicated webpage on our direct commercial cylinders, which are stainless steel cylinders on our website here –

Commercial Direct Electric Water Heaters

Materials of construction of hot water commercial cylinders

There are two main options for the construction of the vessels themselves – being

Vitreous enamelled coated mild steel vessels

Vitreous enamel protects the mild steel from corrosion. Due to its ability to interact molecularly with the mild steel surface of the tank, it can store domestic hot water at the highest temperature of 95 ºC  without breaking down or coming off from the steel surface of the tank. All internal linings in domestic hot water commercial cylinders must, by law, be “food grade” (EC Regulation 1935/2004). Our vitreous enamel has food grade certification at the specified test temperature according to current regulations at 120ºC, which guarantees its maximum quality at extreme working temperatures, and is suitable and approved for potable water use.

Ultimately vitreous enamelling is a food-grade, impermeable coating with a porcelain appearance that protects the storage tank’s metal surface when it comes into contact with the stored hot water.

The range has evolved to the point that enamelled lined commercial cylinders now have the same working pressure of 8 Bar for the domestic hot water or even 10 Bar pressure (at special request) as their suitable stainless steel equivalents, but at reduced costs.

The other benefits are that they are more cost effective than a stainless steel vessels / stainless steel cylinders or buffer vessels range. The warranty period on these commercial hot water calorifiers is 5 years.

high performance indirect domestic hot water calorifiers / cylinders 200 to 1,000 Litres

Technical details of the domestic hot water heaters

200 – 1000 Litre Calorifiers – The HLB option have a 400mm inspection and clean out manhole on the 800 litre and 1,000 Litre hot water storage models

Based on a primary inlet heating temperature of 85C

Continuous hot water flow rates at various input temperatures for 10C to 45C

The cylinder hot water performance is directly related to the coil primary input temperature and the water flow rate to the coil as per the below data table.

Most of our commercial cylinders can handle more than 6M3/hour of flow, but please check with us as the pressure drop through the coil increases to the point that it may be impractical for real world use.

Most air source heat pumps can only produce a flow temperature of 55C or so, thus we produce figures for heating water from 10C to 45C.These lower temperature air source heat pumps, will require an immersion heater installed to be able to boost the DHW temperature to 60C for anti-legionella purposes.

Continuous hot water flow rates at various input temperatures from 10C to 60C

With the development of high temperature air source heat pumps, which are increasingly used on commercial buildings, these air source heat pumps can produce flow temperatures of 70 °C or so; thus, our commercial cylinders can heat water for 10 °C to 60 °C without the need for an immersion heater.

Cathodic protection should be installed in all DHW tanks composed of carbon steel with an inner lining to DIN 4753. A cathodic protection system consisting of sacrificial magnesium anodes and an anode charge metre is included as standard with this commercial cylinders range.

Cathodic protection systems with sacrificial anodes must be monitored for wear on a regular basis and replaced, if necessary. You can upgrade to the special electrically powered titanium anodes that emit the necessary current for protection of the tank lining which means that, unlike sacrificial anodes, there is no wear and the anodes do not need to be replaced.

Industrial Hot Water cylinders – from 1,500 to 6,000 Litres 

Details on the 1,500 litre to 6,000 Litre Industrial hot water cylinders / Water heaters

Industrial hot water cylinders water heaters from Flexiheat UK – 1,500 Litres to 6,000 Litres

Technical details

Download the Domestic hot water cylinders and storage vitreous enamelled (Glass lined) units brochure from Flexiheat UK

We do a full range of commercial gas boilers to power this commercial indirect cylinders range – these are detailed here – Commercial gas boilers – floor standing, or wall hung.

Stainless steel cylinders

Stainless steel cylinders – This material has become popular over the years, as stainless steel has a much higher resistance to all forms of corrosion, including stress and crevice, making it highly durable and promising a longer working lifespan of the commercial cylinder.

Stainless Steel also can withstand extremely high pressure, which has paved the way for the unvented hot water cylinders that we see today. Unvented commercial cylinders have grown in demand due to their delivery of mains pressure hot water services.

These two factors have made this high-quality material the perfect solution for pressurised domestic water heating services.

Stainless steel commercial hot water cylinder range from 200 to 1000 Litres.

DHW Performance data for the above stainless steel range.

For 10C to 60C temperature rise DHW heating 

10C to 60C Hot water production performance tables

and for 10C to 45C temperature rise DHW heating

10C to 45C Hot water production performance tables

For full output data on our  stainless steel commercial cylinders – please see pages 30 & 31 of the following brochure –

Download the Stainless Steel cylinders for domestic hot water production and storage brochure – Flexiheat UK

We also do a range of stainless steel buffer vessels too- Buffer vessels are used to store hot water either hot water for heating or how water for domestic hot water use -these are detailed on our dedicated buffer vessel webpage – look for the stainless steel options

Commercial unvented hot water cylinders

A commercial unvented cylinder provides mains pressure water directly from the cold-water mains. The cold water is directly drawn from the mains water supply, then heated by the relevant heat source that you supply to the coil of the commercial cylinders.Instead of a cold water feed tank, an unvented hot water system uses a sealed (unvented) hot water cylinder that receives its pressure directly from the cold water mains.

Thus, an expansion vessel is required to manage the changes in pressure within the system as the water heats up in a commercial unvented domestic hot water system. Additionally, the system needs to have a temperature and pressure safety valve installed.

When using electric as your fuel to power the water cylinder they are referred to as – direct commercial cylinders unvented.

Or when powered by boilers which can be either gas or oil boilers, or even heat pumps these days for reduced running costs – they are referred to as an indirect commercial cylinders unvented.

Benefits of an unvented hot water system for commercial premises

• Maintain strong pressure thanks to direct mains supply – in that direct mains supply can have a pressure up to 10 Bar

• No cold-water feed and expansion tank (also referred to as the header tank) at high level – that would give the system pressure, is required

• Thus, an unvented cylinder doesn’t rely on gravity fill and be fitted in any location

• Enhanced hygiene quality and safety – a sealed system not only eliminates the risk of leaks or freezing of the header tank in colder conditions, also contamination of the tank is also removed.

Fast recovery commercial hot water cylinder?

We often get asked what are the fastest recovering commercial cylinders – and the answer is – This commercial cylinder range is -which are ideal for commercial properties or premises with high demands.

Commercial calorifiers

We have some of the best commercial hot water cylinder’s on the market, all designed to the highest quality standards, and with all the relevant safety features. All of our commercial cylinders are approved to the PED (Pressure Equipment Directive) and the approved Energy Related Products (ERP) Directive 2009/125/CE, where applicable.

Should you interest and require any more support, free design or selection advice or costs/ get a quote on our commercial hot water cylinder range then please use the contact us form page on the website, or feel free to give our technical sales team a call on 01202 822221.

Calorifiers – domestic hot water systems

What are calorifiers?

Calorifiers are indirect-fired water heaters used in a heating and hot water system to provide domestic hot water. The term “indirect fired” refers to a water heater that does not have its own burner. It is a water storage cylinder with one or more heat exchanger coils containing hot liquids , normally water but can also be a solar fluid , or can be a tank in tank design of indirect hot water heaters.

The calorifier tank is designed to be connected to an external heat source, such as a gas boiler, an oil boiler, or a renewable energy system such as a heat pump, wood or pellet boiler, or an electric boiler.

The term calorifiers is used in the heating industry, and this is the area we are referring to. The term calorifiers is also used in the marine industry – a marine calorifier is a completely different to heating calorifiers as they are fed by engine coolant, that use drop coil technology.

External heat source

Generally, in the past calorifiers have been powered by a boiler heating water up to a temperature of normally 80C – this hot water is classified as the primary hot water which feeds a single coil normally fitted in lower half space or multiple coils (twin coil), within the water heaters tank.

Single coil shown inside the water heaters

The heat exchanger coils of the calorifier work by heating up the cold water in hot water cylinder to the required demand

The cold water contained in the water heater is then heated up to 60C to prevent the formation of legionella in the domestic hot water systems – this is known as the domestic hot water (commonly abbreviated to DHW)

Please note – You will require a calorifier with stainless coils if you have a central heating system with an aluminium heat exchanger or if there is any aluminium in the system. Galvanic corrosion, particularly the interaction of two dissimilar metals in water, will cause the calorifiers early demise.

For calorifier sizing, please see our webpage – commercial calorifier sizing

Click here – For our 80 to 500 litre indirect stainless steel calorifier range

Or for our 200 litre to 6,000 Litre commercial indirect hot water heaters  –  click here for our Commercial hot water cylinders

or click here for our twin coil cylinders range

and here for our tank in tank water heaters – which are high recovery water heaters

Electric heater backup or top up

Calorifiers can also have a backup or top up system for heating water, in the form of an immersion heater.

The immersion heater is powered by electricity, and in the case of heating boiler failure or when heat pumps can’t heat the water heaters to the desired temperature (normally the maximum is 55C that a heat pump can produce – remember we require at least 60C) then they, by efficient means (electric has 100% efficiency) , either replaces the function of the heating coil to heat the potable hot water directly or additionally to the heat generated by the coil in the case of heat pump’s, tops up the hot water heating demand.

Hot Water

Commercial buildings, leisure industry, sports facilities and public buildings domestic hot water systems are fed by water heater calorifiers normally on a DHW secondary return system to ensure the hot water system is heated and maintained above the temperature required to prevent the risk of legionella’s disease.

This guarantees that hot water is always accessible at any of the taps, regardless of their proximity to the calorifiers.

Hot water cylinder temperature control

All calorifiers require a thermostat to control the operation of the heat source supplying the water heater.

Domestic hot water calorifier

If you require any further assistance, latest offers / cost of our calorifiers range, which are indirect hot water cylinders for heating and hot water , please contact us via our email contact form /page above or call our sales team direct on 01202 822221.

60kW Boiler – Gas fired condensing boiler

Our 60kw boiler is a hot water boiler for central heating and will also produce domestic hot water via an indirect cylinder for larger properties or light commercial applications. They are a regular boiler, which are normally wall hung / mounted or can be installed on an optional frame floor standing kit if space is at a premium, when considering your new high efficiency boiler.

With ERP high efficiencies of 97% full load efficiency and 108% at part load efficiency, this is an “A” rating energy efficient boiler, they are ideal boilers- with a lightweight design and compact footprint for this product range, and low class 6 NOx emissions.

They are available in natural gas models or LPG gas models, and have a 28mm diameter stainless steel heat exchanger – which guarantees lower blocking risk, higher thermal efficiency, and easier cleaning of this commercial boiler.

Condensing boiler – 60 kW

These boilers make use of a method known as condensing, in which the boiler extracts the energy that has been accumulated in the hot exhaust gases before discharging them into the external environment. Because of this, its operating efficiency rating is significantly increased, and it also achieves a greater fuel economy, which results in running costs saving, which you would expect when installing a new boiler.

A gas condensing boiler is the best boiler, as they’re the most reliable and efficient for heavy domestic or light commercial heating applications. Our wall hung boiler features as standard, a reliable high efficiency pump integrated within this commercial boiler. This reduces installation labour time and cost.

Commercial boiler or large home heating boiler?

At this boiler output, this boiler may be referred to as a commercial boiler. Some people say anything over a 50kW boiler is one. Any qualified domestic gas engineer, who is gas safe registered can install a natural gas-fired condensing boiler up to 70kW of input. So, is it a light commercial boiler or a large domestic boiler – it’s in the eye of the beholder as they say?

60kW System boiler or 60kW Regular boiler

These are 60kW regular boilers, also known as conventional boilers or heat only boilers, these maintain the pressure in the heating system with the assistance of a header tank, also known as a feed (sometimes called a cold water storage cistern) and expansion tank, which is often located in the attic. On the other hand, system boilers make use of a pressurised heating circuit that is fed by water drawn from the mains. System boilers are more common these days as they are sealed heating systems.

You can make our unit into a 60kW system boiler by adding an expansion vessel to the heating system, unfortunately at this size of boiler we don’t have the space within the casing for installation of the expansion vessel.

Stainless steel combustion chamber

Product details and features – careful component selection – for high reliability this product features a stainless steel heat exchanger in our commercial boiler, as it’s the most suitable providing long product life as they provide a higher level of resistance to oxidation and corrosion, whilst light enough in weight at the output rating of 60 kW to be wall mounted / wall hung. Most high quality popular brands also use stainless steel heat exchangers now for reliability, but a few still using an inferior aluminium heat exchanger in their wall hung new boiler. We offer a 5 years warranty on our heat exchanger on this commercial boiler.

Stainless steel heat exchanger – lots of space for servicing or boiler repair should it ever be needed

Home heating

When used in larger properties or homes, with normally 20 plus radiators and with multiple bathrooms, a suitable indirect hot water cylinder must be used. We do a full range of these, with sizing details depending the domestic hot water demands – see more on our dedicated webpage – indirect unvented cylinders – for more information on this product range.

Central heating system

This regular boiler can heat a big residential home or commercial facility with the same level of effectiveness. With a high modulation or turndown ratio of 10:1, which ensures great heat load matching to the heating system requirements, you real are getting the best boiler on the UK and Irish markets.

This boiler can be used on an underfloor heating system installation or a traditional radiator heating system installation, and we have cascade boiler installations options, should you want to use this commercial boiler in multiples with pipe header kits, floor standing frame kit etc ,with a cascade control option.

Download the R1K 60 – 60kW gas fired condensing boiler manual from Flexiheat UK

Control and thermostat options for our boilers

The unit has an inbuilt control panel which is a large backlit display, with simple controls which are easy to use.

A weather sensor is included as standard for optional weather compensation. It controls the boiler’s output based on the weather outside conditions to make sure it uses the least amount of energy and reduces running costs. This is referred to as weather optimization and compensation.

This unit is also “OpenTherm” compatible which means you can use Nest or Hive controllers to control your boiler from a phone App. Or we do an updated controls option called cloud warm.

Cloud Warm – Wireless Wi-Fi controller – can be app controlled via a phone, iPad or computer.

Natural gas boiler or LPG gas

Our wall hung boilers can be supplied in either natural gas or propane gas (commonly known as LPG), we can also supply a conversion gas install kit should you wish to change from natural gas to LPG, or vice versa. Whatever gas you use, your getting a reliable high efficiency boiler, with great load efficiency – with a certified  “A” rated ErP energy efficiency rating.

Delivery or Collection

You can purchase your new boiler direct with us, to get the best deal. We can deliver on a small half pallet service – the delivery date might be variable depending on your postcode. For example, a Scottish Highlands, or West Wales postcode can take 2/3 working days – while a “middle England” postcode may only take one working day. Alternatively, you can collect from our local branch at Wimborne, Dorset, England – postcode – BH21 6SZ

60kW Gas Boiler

Should you require any more information or a cost on our 60kW gas fired boiler on the UK and Irish markets, please contact our sales team on 01202 822221 or click here for our email contact form. All of sales are supplied with an inc vat invoice.

Commercial modular boilers with high energy efficiency

Modular boilers commercial with high turndown ratio and large heat output ratings from Flexiheat UK

Modular boilers commercial – Organizations that require hot water for their commercial space heating, such as schools, hotels and office buildings complexes, frequently employ a modular boiler or a modular boiler system, as they are highly efficient, high performance heating solutions.

Modular boilers are designed to be a high performance and cost-effective alternative to a large single boiler for commercial heating. Each module can be a standalone boiler put in a horizontal arrangement or even as a vertical stack of boiler modules arranged one on top of the other, which gives the boilers an incredibly small footprint, which is great for a boiler room with limited space and allow quick installation for your heating and hot water requirements.

Older vertical mounted modular heating boilers / plant – floor standing gas boilers for commercial buildings

The main advantage of this modular boiler design is that if one module fails, the remaining other modules carry on working normally and continue to provide heating, as the boilers run in a cascade operating configuration. That means you won’t be wasting precious operation time due to routine maintenance or repairs. By comparison, if a traditional boiler fails, the whole plant shuts down until the boiler is repaired or replaced.

The net result is increase system security for the heating hydronic systems, as modular systems always provide some level of heating, making them the best solution for commercial applications that cannot afford to be with some level of hot water, whether it be for heating or for the production of domestic hot water. You get long-term durability, economies of scale with these boilers as they match the load of the heating system very well.

Newer gas fired condensing boilers – with high turndown ratio for better heat load matching for the hvac heating systems- up to 2,000kW of output when used in cascade with stainless steel heat exchangers

Commercial gas floor standing modular boiler range with condensing technology 180kW and 240kW manual Flexiheat UK

If the building services engineers incorporates into the design one backup modular boiler to address demand uncertainties, the capacity is available without consuming energy unless demand demands it. Furthermore, the heating system has redundancy. Any present unanticipated demand might be satisfied by installing more modular units if space is provided in the design process for future development.

For retrofit projects, an efficient and flexible approach can be achieved to either an old boiler replacement, with the many benefits of a smooth changeover installation or they can also be installed alongside the existing heating boiler that services the building. The boilers are easier to physically handle during transport and installation.

With their compact size, the ability to be fitted in tight spaces is a real benefit.

Modular boilers provide demand-based control management to allow for changes in total heating capacity as well as variable seasonal heating capacity or requirements, which results in energy savings.

In cascade mode all the boilers (which these days are a condensing boiler to comply with the ErP regulations), have one master controller installed alongside the relevant safety devices incorporated with the modular boiler system.

Cascade modulating boilers which can be linked with a common flue header system

Reduce carbon footprint in commercial buildings

These days condensing modular boilers are the standard modular boiler system installed in commercial heating applications, as commercial boilers from 70kW to 400kW have to achieve high energy efficiency, as opposed to the older traditional boiler or conventional boilers that used to be non-condensing boilers.

Condensing boiler technology ensures highly efficient central heating solutions, which is essential in these times of rising energy costs with energy saving being at the top of the HVAC industry and the end users considerations.

Modular boilers work by dividing output capacity, and also increase the heating systems security, with great fuel efficiency as opposed to conventional boiler systems. In short modular boiler systems provide not only a secure but also an efficient approach to essential heating solutions.

Modular boiler systems are not however limited to non domestic buildings or commercial buildings, as they can also be utilised in larger domestic space heating applications as well as opposed to a single boiler room install.

Modular condensing boilers for large domestic or commercial hot water heating – 75kW, 100kW and 120kW are two boilers in one casing with 20:1 turndown ratio – with stainless steel heat exchangers

Modular boiler systems

What are the advantages of modular boiler systems, and what do modular boilers provide?

Even if one of the modular boilers fails, the remaining boilers in the system can keep the building warm enough. Modular boilers are also far more convenient to service. Access to the boilers is typically easier, and one module can be serviced while the others continue to satisfy the system’s heat demand without causing unplanned downtime to the heating system.

Energy efficiency by better heating load matching

One of the key benefits of using modulating boilers installed in a modular boiler system is to precisely match the heat load profile of the building is of large advantage. The modulating boilers in a multiple boiler system can be regulated in such a way that they modulate together and equal the system demand, thanks to a sequence controller installed in the system.

Each modulating boiler is operated in its most efficient mode, i.e., part-load, by igniting the maximum number of boilers required to match the load, with each running at or near its minimal modulation, making them the ideal modular boilers for commercial hotel or similar heating.

This keeps the system’s operating efficiency at a high level or the most efficient state all the way up to maximum output requirements.

Repair and preventive maintenance

A multiple boiler system enables heating system security, as one of the primary advantages of the modular design is that if one of the boiler modules requires repair or maintenance, the others can continue to operate and provide heating while the affected boiler module is repaired. That means you won’t have to worry about maintenance or repairs interrupting your operations.

By contrast, if traditional boilers (i.e. large single boilers) fails, the entire heating system shuts down until the boiler is repaired or replaced in commercial applications.

Turndown ratios

Modular boilers offer some great benefits when compared to conventional systems, with single large boilers. A single large conventional boiler will have a high minimum output level, whereby multiple small units or separate modules, each with their own burner allows the individual boilers to modulate to the heating and hot water system variable levels or requirements which leads to lower energy consumption for these commercial boilers.

Building automation system (BAS) or Building management system (BMS)

Building automation or building management systems are often used as one master controller for commercial building HVAC systems. This means that the modular boilers work under the full control of the BMS system, which monitors the heating demand, and adjusts the heat output and the numbers of modular boilers needed to operate during the heating season.

This results in the space heating being run at the most efficient state, resulting in high efficiency, reduced energy usage and energy operating costs. All our modular boilers can be controlled by building automation or management systems, directly via a 0-10V signal.

We also do controllers which are a mini control system for the modular boiler system, which will also ensure rotating boilers or heat exchangers within the modular boiler systems.

Heat exchangers

All our gas commercial boilers range and commercial oil condensing boilers range benefit from a reliable and efficient stainless steel heat exchanger.

Commercial heating boiler heat exchanger with high modulation rate – manufactured in stainless steel

Hot water boiler system

Modular boiler systems may be set up to sequence boilers in cascade or unison mode. Cascade control starts a boiler at its lowest heating rate, regulates it to its highest rate, and then starts the next boiler to fulfil the system demand. This approach uses the fewest number of boilers to meet the heating load requirements.

For our gas fired ( natural gas or propane gas options ) modular boilers, please see our dedicated webpage here  – Commercial Gas Boilers 

or for our oil fired option – please see the following webpage – Oil Condensing Boilers 

and finally our industrial and commercial electric boiler range, which can be cascaded up to 5mW of output

Commercial boilers – Modular boilers

We at Flexiheat UK, do a full range of modular boilers commercial in various fuel options such as natural gas, propane gas or oil, with the best boiler turndown ratio on the market, that provide reliable heating solutions in a modular or cascade installation. Please don’t hesitate to contact our sales service team on 01202 822221 or use our email contact form via the contact tab above to message us.

Hot horse showers

A hot horse shower is an absolute necessity on every yard, and the perfect solution for washing horses after exercise or before competition. Our propane gas powered water heaters provide not only instant hot water , and a never ending supply of it, all with the touch of the on button.

The warm water our horse shower unit produces , can not only be used to wash your equine, but also dogs or even humans should the need arise .

Gone are the days of bathing your horse, with a sponge and a bucket of ice cold water. Your horse and you deserve better in our opinion . Warm water, at an accurate water temperature to wash your horse or horses is a demand that most owners want as a minimum these days.

Why use hot water to wash horses

• Hot water helps activate the shampoo and deliver it to the roots of the hair, allowing it to effectively perform a better job of removing debris and grease form your equine.
• Hot water results in happier horse, especially when the winter when the temperature is cool or cold
• Even in the summer, if the horses are really sweaty after activity, it is recommended not to hose the horse with cold water, as this can create complications such as significant blood vessel constriction – it is recommended to use hot water or lukewarm water.
• These are some of the reasons and benefits of using an instant hot water horse shower.

Equine shower range

We do more than one size of water heater , but our most popular horse shower unit is our SF14 an internal mounted hot water generator, this has no pump, and is a direct flow type of hot water heater, with power output of 24 kW – This will produce 15.82 Litres a minute of 40C hot water temperature in typical summer time running , or 10.54 litres in the winter period.

Thus you could run 2 horse showers continuously in the summer, or one very good horse shower in the winter period. It’s also ERP “A” rated non-condensing low NOx water heater, which can be connected to a propane gas cylinder or propane gas bulk tank.

SF14 Water Heater – Internal – for horse showering supply

Please note this unit has 16mm diameter heat exchanger water ways – the largest we know of on the horse shower market- This diameter ensures very minimal pressure drops, lowers the possibility of clogging, improves thermal efficiency, and makes cleaning easier. This is particularly crucial in locations where the water is hard.

With an easy-to-use control panel to navigate through the menu items such as temperature setting on these high efficiency lpg hot horse showers.

Download the SF14 Low NOx gas fired water heater manual Flexiheat UK

You literally pay for what you get in this product sector, there are a lot of horse showers that are imported from the far east, they are poorly made. If you are considering one, establish their heat exchanger diameter, ask about spares back up, if they are “CE” approved and tested. Our units are manufactured in Europe, are fully CE approved, and have “A” rated ErP efficiency levels – which is important with ever rising energy cost. Pay cheap, pay twice is so relevant to these products.

Water pressure

Please note this SF14 water heater requires a minimum water pressure of 0.5 Bar and a maximum water pressure of 6 Bar. So you require a mains water supply to use to the full potential of the water heaters performance.

Instant hot water

Our horse shower provides instant hot water on demand, which ensures the lowest energy usage and fuel bills.

Electric powered showers

There are a few electric hot horse showers on the market , which plug into a standard 240 volt – 1 Phase electricity power supply that you have on the riding yard, but these only have a 2kw output capacity, which means that your only getting a 3 litre per minute water flow rate – simply not good enough for a good horse shower

A standard shower head is 7 Litres per minute flow rate – for example

The only realistic solution for a good horse shower is gas as the fuel -in particular propane gas also known as LPG gas , as this is the most commonly available and easiest gas to get for your horse yard- because it can generate a lot of hot water from relatively small gas bottle or gas bottles, or even a bulk tank if so required.

Portable horse shower ?

Yes, we’ve seen them on the market such as the hippo shower or hippo showers , but whilst a portable horse shower may suit certain horse riding yards or horse and pony owners- they come with some negatives, often the gas ignition system of the water heater is powered by two “D2” batteries which is fine in principle, but it naturally consumes battery power to the point that you need to remember to switch the device off afterwards or you end up with a lot of (expensive) dead batteries.

Other gas powered horse shower systems have a pilot light system for the propane water heater, which can be blown out by any strong gusts of wind.

Horse shower portable

Safety really is an issue with portable horse showers – we believe that the units should be placed inside the stable area or another safe location such as a tack room and the water transported to the horse via a hose – you can easily get hose with spray or shower head set ups that are of the retractable “magic” coil type, which are very neat and tidy – This literally is the case of ” horse to warm water or warm water to the horse ”

Shower portable horse – electric

And when it comes to electric / electrical powered portable horse shower – again – the smaller portable horse shower units – which have a 13 amp plug – are only 2 kW rated – and aren’t powerful enough to produce the hot water you require to have an adequate shower and often suffer from water pressure problems ( one company / manufacturer actually stipulates that they must be used with a bucket and cannot be used direct from a mains water tap) . I thought we where trying to get away or past from using a bucket ?

Contact us 

If you are interested in our hot horse shower we sell direct, so you can purchase your horse hot water shower water heaters range, which come with a 2 year guarantee, directly from us at Flexiheat UK . We carry stock, so give our customer service team a call for a price for a new equine hot water shower heater.