Bence Eco is a division of George Bence and Sons Ltd, Gloucestershire's leading independent Builders Merchant. We are one of the oldest and most reputable family run businesses in the South West, with an impressive 160 year history. As an independent builders merchants we are not tied to one manufacturer or solution, meaning we offer competitive pricing on renewable and energy saving products with a range of options to suit you.
Solar PV can reduce your current energy bills, will allow you to get paid for electricity you produce using the Government's Feed in tarfiff scheme, sell electricity back to the grid and reduce your carbon footprint. Solar Thermal Solar water heating (known as solar thermal) systems capture the free heat from the sun and use it to heat up water for use in the home. These systems reduce your heating costs for water and can benefit from payments from the Government's Renewable Heat Incentive.
Insulating your solid walls could cut your heating costs considerably, because solid walls let through twice as much heat as cavity walls do. The good news is they can be insulated with either internal or external insulation systems. Internal wall insulation is done by fitting rigid insulation boards to the wall, or by building a stud wall filled in with insulation material such as mineral wool fibre. External wall insulation involves fixing a layer of insulation material to the wall, then covering it with a special type of render (plasterwork) or cladding.
Wood-fuelled heating systems, also called biomass systems, burn wood pellets, chips or logs to provide warmth in a single room or to power central heating and hot water boilers. A stove burns logs or pellets to heat a single room - and may be fitted with a back boiler to provide water heating as well. A boiler burns logs, pellets or chips, and is connected to a central heating and hot water system. A wood-fuelled biomass boiler could save you nearly 600 a year compared to electric heating.