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goldfrapp
Hi
We are currently having an extension built to add a fifth bedroom and a en-suite. We'll end up with 3 showers and a bath and about 18 rads.
The existing 8 year old non-condensing boiler has to be moved and so I am considering replacing the existing 25 year old hot water tank (a weird Gledhill system that constantly heats water).
In an ideal world I know that a new system boiler and a megaflow hot water tank is the way to go but I've been quoted an horrendous amount by British Gas to install it which I can't really afford.
So I am considering replacing the Gledhill with a Worcester Bosch combi in the airing cupboard. We are happy for only one shower to be run at any one time (thats what we have to do now). But will running a hot water tap in the kitchen at the same time affect the running shower ? And what about having the central heating on in the winter and wanting to have a shower. Will a combi cope with 18 rads and a shower.
The alternative is to keep the Gledhill and connect a new system boiler to it such as a Worcester Bosch 40 Cdi.
One other problem to consider is that we have a water softener and the man from BG told me that most boiler manufacturers don't guarantee their boilers if softened water is being supplied to them. Is that true ? Is softened water really bad for boilers ?
What do you think the best way to go is ?
Any advice much appreciated.
We are currently having an extension built to add a fifth bedroom and a en-suite. We'll end up with 3 showers and a bath and about 18 rads.
The existing 8 year old non-condensing boiler has to be moved and so I am considering replacing the existing 25 year old hot water tank (a weird Gledhill system that constantly heats water).
In an ideal world I know that a new system boiler and a megaflow hot water tank is the way to go but I've been quoted an horrendous amount by British Gas to install it which I can't really afford.
So I am considering replacing the Gledhill with a Worcester Bosch combi in the airing cupboard. We are happy for only one shower to be run at any one time (thats what we have to do now). But will running a hot water tap in the kitchen at the same time affect the running shower ? And what about having the central heating on in the winter and wanting to have a shower. Will a combi cope with 18 rads and a shower.
The alternative is to keep the Gledhill and connect a new system boiler to it such as a Worcester Bosch 40 Cdi.
One other problem to consider is that we have a water softener and the man from BG told me that most boiler manufacturers don't guarantee their boilers if softened water is being supplied to them. Is that true ? Is softened water really bad for boilers ?
What do you think the best way to go is ?
Any advice much appreciated.