Good afternoon,
We are looking to change our existing system (boiler, cylinder and massive water tank in the loft) and have been advised on a Megaflow and a Combi boiler from different plumbers.
I am really keen on a combi boiler (water on demand, no tanks etc), though understood they were best suited for smaller properties. The plumber suggested a 42kw combi, which would be capable of feeding 2 showers at the same time and can comfortably deal with the central heating (15 average sized rads - albeit not at the same time).
We currently have a 15mm mains water pipe which I will be looking to upgrade to 25 or 32 as both plumbers suggested this regardless of which system I went for.
Its a relatively large 5 bedroom house, however it is just me and my girlfriend, although we do plan to have kids in the next few years. Its very unlikely two showers will regularly be used at once and I haven't had a bath in about 15 years.
The house has been extended over the years (before we moved in) so the current system is a mess with bits tagged on all over the place - I was hoping with a combi, it would be simpler and easy to maintain with fewer pipes, tanks etc getting in the way.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
We are looking to change our existing system (boiler, cylinder and massive water tank in the loft) and have been advised on a Megaflow and a Combi boiler from different plumbers.
I am really keen on a combi boiler (water on demand, no tanks etc), though understood they were best suited for smaller properties. The plumber suggested a 42kw combi, which would be capable of feeding 2 showers at the same time and can comfortably deal with the central heating (15 average sized rads - albeit not at the same time).
We currently have a 15mm mains water pipe which I will be looking to upgrade to 25 or 32 as both plumbers suggested this regardless of which system I went for.
Its a relatively large 5 bedroom house, however it is just me and my girlfriend, although we do plan to have kids in the next few years. Its very unlikely two showers will regularly be used at once and I haven't had a bath in about 15 years.
The house has been extended over the years (before we moved in) so the current system is a mess with bits tagged on all over the place - I was hoping with a combi, it would be simpler and easy to maintain with fewer pipes, tanks etc getting in the way.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks
Chris