Rich Heritage

Starting life over one hundred years ago, in Hull, Caradon Ideal, which was originally called The National Radiator Company, pre-dates penicillin, television and was manufacturing domestic and commercial boilers almost 30 years before the first football World Cup.

Over the years that followed, Ideal rapidly built a reputation for high quality products and established precedence as a leading manufacturer of domestic and commercial boilers.

Caradon Ideal has always strived to meet changing customer needs with pioneering design. In the early 1920's, the first well-known Ideal domestic boiler was made. The revolutionary Cookanheat, a freestanding stove with an open fire central heating boiler, cooking oven and hot cupboard, did more to introduce central heating into lower priced homes than any other manufacturer of the day. It became the forerunner of millions of similar appliances to be produced by the company in the years to follow.

Today the company remains at the forefront of the Commercial and Domestic heating markets, still leading the industry in setting new standards and expanding technological boundaries. Ideal Stelrad remains true to it's principles of quality, innovation and value; building on it's rich heritage as it looks to the future.

With major changes to the commercial boiler market due to be implemented in 2006, Ideal offers a full range of highly efficient condensing boilers, including the space saving wall mounted Imax W. Far from resting on its achievements, Ideal Boilers continue to develop the next generation of boilers to meet the next generation's demands.