Historic village church has heaters powered from underground LPG tank

DRU Kamara heaters in St Peters Hixon

St Peter’s in Hixon, Staffordshire is a Grade 2 listed rural church dating from 1849. It was designed by the renowned Victorian architect Gilbert Scott and is part of the Mid-Trent diocese.

As part of a major refurbishment programme, DRU has supplied Kamara powered flue gas wall heaters, replacing old and inefficient overhead electric heaters. They are powered by LPG from a 2000 litre storage tank, which has been buried in the ground adjoining the church graveyard, a tricky operation due to the proximity of several yew trees.

St Peters exterior view showing underground LPG tank

The Kamara heaters were installed in discreet locations throughout the church, with minimal disturbance to its historic features.

DRU Kamara heaters are designed for large space heating in churches, schools and other public buildings. They have a forced air heating system that can heat a church in one hour. Air is drawn from outside the building for combustion, resulting in safe, comfortable and effective heating.

The system is ideal for St Peter’s church, which only has one service per week, together with weddings and other events. In addition, the heaters are over 90% efficient, making them cheaper to install and run than an equivalent central heating system.

The installation of this unique LPG heating system was carried out by WT Morton and Son, commercial heating engineers of Stoke-on-Trent. The Reverend Steve Abram has expressed his delight with the comfort and efficiency of the heaters and praised the expertise of the installers.