In an attempt to boost their business and tap into a new market, Calor is urging rural installers to become qualified LPG tumble dryer installers.

Research has recently shown that LPG tumble dryers cost about 25% less to run that standard electric dryers, which makes them a suitable appliance for the two million homes in the UK that are off the main gas grid.

In its recommendation of switching from solid fuel, oil and electricity to LPG home heating, Calor says that installers would benefit from the extra work along with this conversion, such as fitting a new LPG tumble dryer and boiler, along with other LPG appliances such as cookers and fires.

The laundry is dried by the LPG tumble driers using the gas to hear the air inside the dryers and although they still use a small amount of electricity to power the control panel and turn the drum, this is still less than 10% of the full amount of electricity used by a standard electric dryer.

Along with being cheaper to run in the long term, LPG models are also more energy efficient with Calor’s LPG dryers having an ‘A’ energy rating, whereas most common electric dryers have a ‘C’ energy rating. This means that they are more efficient than electric dryers by around 40%.

Calor Appliance Manager, Teresa Wafer, commented: “Installers should arm themselves with these statistics about the cost and energy saving benefits of LPG tumble dryers, and inform their off-grid customers about these benefits in order to gain new LPG installation work.”

Furthermore, Calor says that gas tumble dryers also help to reduce the static build up in fabrics, which can damage clothes, while the reverse tumble action reduction means that items are less likely to become creased and tangled.

Calor LPG dryers can either be fuelled by Calor gas from bottles or a larger storage tank.