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- In 1870, Thomas Potterton (born 1847) took over the general contractor business his father (also Thomas Potterton) had established in Balham, South West London in the 1850s. By 1894, Thomas Potterton had invented the ‘Zig-Zag’ boiler and had patented designs for improvements in boilers for heating greenhouses and similar structures.
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By 1894, Thomas Potterton had invented the ‘Zig-Zag’ boiler and had patented designs for improvements in boilers for heating greenhouses and similar structures. Further innovations and successes followed.
Thomas took over his father's business and developed the use of gas for heating 1904 first gas boiler introduced [1] . Heating a large swimming pool in Piccadilly, London, was convincing evidence of the effectiveness of this new form of heating [2]
REA T.E.Potterton is one of the longest established and most respected firms in the Midlands, having been founded in 1886. The firm is renowned throughout counties Meath and Westmeath as the specialists in the sale of Farms, Country Houses, Letting & Leasing of Land.
Thomas Potterton started the firm in Balham, London and completed the first ever gas boiler installation back in 1902. Since then, the brand has become a prestigious name in the industry and, over 100 years later, remains at the forefront of commercial boiler production and development.
1946 Thomas De La Rue and Co acquired Thomas Potterton (Heating Engineers) as the basis for a new business in gas water heaters. [1]. De La Rue leased additional factories at Gateshead, which would be used for production, and Elstree, which would mainly be used for development.
Potterton is one of the oldest boiler manufacturers in the UK. Their history can be traced as far back as 1805. Thomas Potterton started the company in Balham in London.
Founded in 1850 by Thomas Potterton, the company was acquired by Baxi in 1999 and is still part of the Baxi heating group. Potterton manufactures a range of combi, regular and system boilers, all of which are available in multiple outputs to suit the size of your home.
