When looking for a suitable commercial boiler, quality is obviously essential, but ease of use now rates alongside it as fundamental - it’s no longer a secondary consideration. But what constitutes ‘ease of use’ and does it mean you have to compromise on boiler functionality?
Why is ease of use important when choosing a commercial boiler?
Modern buildings rarely rely on a single, simple heating circuit. Whether it’s a school, office, healthcare building, leisure facility or any number of other commercial properties, multiple heating circuits tend to be the norm. Furthermore, heating systems frequently feature cascaded boilers, hydraulic separation equipment and domestic hot water control, all within increasingly constrained plant rooms.
An easy-to-use commercial boiler reduces design complexity, shortens installation and commissioning time, and ensures building operators can manage systems effectively without specialist intervention.
What is the UK’s best selling commercial wall-mounted boiler?
Our Evomax 2 is the UK’s number one selling commercial wall-mounted boiler!
As with all Ideal Commercial Heating condensing boilers, Evomax 2 is designed specifically for the UK market, and produced in our state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Hull.
Highly efficient, Evomax 2 has up to 99.6% full load efficiency and up to 110% part load efficiency, can operate at up to 30° Δ T, and boasts a high turndown of 5:1. The Evomax 2 is the UK’s bestselling wall-mounted boiler thanks to this quality performance and its reliability, plus ease of use without compromise.
Of course, ease of use means different things to different people. Specifiers want flexible control. Installers want straightforward installation and commissioning. Facilities managers and building operators want reliable operation without complexity.
What makes a commercial boiler suitable for complex, real-world applications?
If you are responsible for specifying a commercial boiler, flexibility and adaptability are key. In the case of Evomax 2, it is available with outputs from 30-150kW, which can be increased to 900kW using six Evomax 2 boilers in cascade. To make cascade control quick, simple and cost-effective, our Varican plug-in control module provides full cascade sequencing without the need for a complex or costly Building Management System (BMS).
Each Evomax 2 fitted with Varican can control two heating circuits (constant or variable temperature). Adding more boilers or extension modules expands this capability, giving you the flexibility to tailor heating and hot water systems to any commercial site.
Furthermore, our online cascade configurator tool for Evomax 2 lists all the correct parts required for your specific cascade.
This approach simplifies plant room design, reduces external components and makes system configuration more intuitive.
How can commercial boiler commissioning be made quicker and easier for installers?
While Evomax 2 offers advanced functionality, it has also been developed to support faster and more accessible commissioning.
Pre-configured setup options allow installers to bring standard systems online quickly, without needing to navigate complex programming for straightforward applications. For engineers working on more demanding projects, Evomax 2 also provides deeper configuration capability, allowing the same boiler platform to support both simple and highly sophisticated system designs.
However, for the ultimate in easy commissioning, simply hand it over to us and we will commission it for free! What’s more, when commissioning is carried out by us within three months of installation, the boiler automatically receives a five-year warranty at no extra cost. A 10-year warranty is also now available.
How easy should a commercial boiler be to operate?
Ease of use doesn’t stop at commissioning. In most buildings, the people responsible for heating systems are not engineers. Caretakers, facilities managers, office managers and site teams need heating systems that are practical, intuitive and reliable.
Evomax 2 is designed so that building users shouldn’t need to interact directly with the boiler. Once commissioned correctly, the boiler simply responds to an external enable signal from a time clock or room controller.
This allows systems to be paired with familiar, easy-to-use controls, often similar to domestic-style programmers. Users can adjust schedules or temperatures without accessing the plant room or risking disruption to critical boiler settings.
A commercial boiler designed for the full lifecycle
Many commercial boilers are designed primarily around technical specification. Evomax 2 takes a broader view by considering the needs of everyone involved across the life of the system:
- Consultants designing complex systems
- Installers commissioning and configuring plant
- Service engineers maintaining performance
- Facilities teams operating buildings day to day
By combining built-in intelligence, flexible control and simple user interaction, Evomax 2 helps deliver commercial heating systems that are not only high-performing, but genuinely easier to design, install and operate.
