RE: New Boiler (with automation inclusion)

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are *ALL* combi boiler installs crap? I can't say for friends houses
where
I've visited because I don't go round asking whether they have combis or
not
but my parents had one fitted (replacing a hot water cylinder) and they
ended up with pathetic hot water flow to their bathroom (whereas before it
had been fine from the old cylinder), it takes ages to fill a bath and
showering is limp. House where I live at the moment (rented) is exactly the
same and a place that I used to live in before I bought my last house was
also exactly the same.

Can you get *GOOD* hefty (high output / high flow) combi boilers?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Mal Lansell
> Sent: 12 January 2010 22:24
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] New Boiler (with automation inclusion)
>
> Take a look at thermal stores. They're like hot water tanks in reverse
> -
> the boiler, immersion, solar panels etc heat the water in the tank
> (directly in many cases, allowing the boiler to heat the tank in one
> long burn instead of loads of little cycles).
>
> The mains pressure cold water pipe runs through the tank in a coil and
> heats up on the way - voila, mains pressure hot water without the
> crappy
> low flow of a combi, and the bonus of being able to fit an immersion
as
> backup for when the boiler is on the fritz.
>
> I had one in a previous house and it worked great - next house (after
> my
> current rented one that has the worst showers in the world) a thermal
> store is going to be the first job on the list.
>
> Mal
>
>
>
>
> Gareth Cook wrote:
> >
> > Looking for ideas on what are options are : we have a 14 year old
gas
> > boiler, pressurised C/H with standard water tank in an upstairs
> cupboard,
> > and vented cold water supply in the loft.
> >
> > My understanding is that a combo for our house is not man enough,
so
> > perhaps some sort of hybrid condensor or a Megaflow. Would be
nice to
> > have
> > full mains pressure water hot and cold throughout the house, and
the
> > potential to boost from renewalable sources later on, and provide
> heat to
> > a water UFH (if I ever get round to it). I'll look to integrate
this
> into
> > Comfort/CBUS (likely) or the Heatmiser (unlikely)
> >
> > Any tips would be appreciated :-)
> >
> > tia
> >
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