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Please could I get some advice from all of you who will no doubt be much more experienced than I am. My situation is as follows:
I currently have what appears to be an Ideal System Boiler (which was fitted around 5-6 years ago I think), which has pipes leading up to the attic where a cylinder/tank sits. There are then pipes from this that go through to the central heating and hot water, and onto the shower right below via a power pump, which is great because its nice and powerful. The problem that I have is that the boiler and all of the pipes etc were fitted in the small bedroom (3 bed semi-detached property), but now we have our first baby on the way next month and will be using this as a nursery, we would prefer it to not have a big boiler in it.
So, I had a guy come round and take a look at the system, and the possibility of moving it to the kitchen, which would be possible but would require quite a lot of pipe work for the hot water to get up to the shower because it can't go through the bathroom tiles. I was recommended either a Vaillant ecoTEC plus combi 824 or 831 or a Vaillant ecoTEC pro 24 or 28. I understand the obvious plus sides of changing to a combi, (i.e. savings in gas bills, not as much wastage if hot water not used, don't need to use electricity to power pump).....but I was also told that the power to the shower may not be as powerful as it is now due to there being no pump and the pipe work being long and not direct/straight. I was also told that I could go for a similar spec Vaillant System boiler (probably either 618/624) and keep the cylinder/pump etc but moving the boiler to the kitchen would still require the same amount of work/cost as if it was a combi, and I wouldn't be saving on gas/electric bills either, but obviously I wouldn't lose the power in the shower.
The other problem we sometimes find is that we have the hot water on a timer (once in morning for 1 hour, once at night for 1 hour), and if we don't use the hot water, then after a few hours say, the shower wouldn't be as hot and sometimes go cold towards end. This can be quite annoying with a few people in the house as the 2nd person having a shower usually ends up having to either wait for more hot water or have to rush.
Our main reason for wanting a new boiler is to move it out of the small bedroom completely due to the baby, but we want to be able to save money, and to not have to lose power in the shower. What would you recommend in this situation?
Go for combi and move to kitchen and just risk possibly losing power in the shower, go for a new system boiler and move it to the kitchen, or just stick with what we've got?
Thanks for your advice in advance,
Please could I get some advice from all of you who will no doubt be much more experienced than I am. My situation is as follows:
I currently have what appears to be an Ideal System Boiler (which was fitted around 5-6 years ago I think), which has pipes leading up to the attic where a cylinder/tank sits. There are then pipes from this that go through to the central heating and hot water, and onto the shower right below via a power pump, which is great because its nice and powerful. The problem that I have is that the boiler and all of the pipes etc were fitted in the small bedroom (3 bed semi-detached property), but now we have our first baby on the way next month and will be using this as a nursery, we would prefer it to not have a big boiler in it.
So, I had a guy come round and take a look at the system, and the possibility of moving it to the kitchen, which would be possible but would require quite a lot of pipe work for the hot water to get up to the shower because it can't go through the bathroom tiles. I was recommended either a Vaillant ecoTEC plus combi 824 or 831 or a Vaillant ecoTEC pro 24 or 28. I understand the obvious plus sides of changing to a combi, (i.e. savings in gas bills, not as much wastage if hot water not used, don't need to use electricity to power pump).....but I was also told that the power to the shower may not be as powerful as it is now due to there being no pump and the pipe work being long and not direct/straight. I was also told that I could go for a similar spec Vaillant System boiler (probably either 618/624) and keep the cylinder/pump etc but moving the boiler to the kitchen would still require the same amount of work/cost as if it was a combi, and I wouldn't be saving on gas/electric bills either, but obviously I wouldn't lose the power in the shower.
The other problem we sometimes find is that we have the hot water on a timer (once in morning for 1 hour, once at night for 1 hour), and if we don't use the hot water, then after a few hours say, the shower wouldn't be as hot and sometimes go cold towards end. This can be quite annoying with a few people in the house as the 2nd person having a shower usually ends up having to either wait for more hot water or have to rush.
Our main reason for wanting a new boiler is to move it out of the small bedroom completely due to the baby, but we want to be able to save money, and to not have to lose power in the shower. What would you recommend in this situation?
Go for combi and move to kitchen and just risk possibly losing power in the shower, go for a new system boiler and move it to the kitchen, or just stick with what we've got?
Thanks for your advice in advance,