Re: Condensing boilers & microbore pipe

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 November 2003 12:38 pm, simonr@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Personally I am still a big fan of traditional lightweight cast iron
> boilers. They are simple, they rarely go wrong and they dont cost much
more
> to run than a combi / condensing boiler. Plus if you use a BEMS with
an
> external frost stat, they are probably more efficient.

But what about this rule saying boilers have to be condensing? Heard
anything
about that?

> Alternatively you could go for a combi boiler. They are much more
reliable
> these days (I would personally steer clear of the french ones).

I've read bad things about combi boilers (Ant, if you read this, how's
your's
going?) but I'm willing to be convinced :-)