Yep definitely need to do that asap
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System or combi boiler?
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That does not make a great deal of sense. What do you have downstairs, and are you refferring to hot or cold, or both. Whatever scenario I can think of will result in a greter pressure down than up - if iot is noticeable at all.
For it to be opposite suggests that there is/are valve(s) in play
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Not sure I’d have another combi, in my last house (2 up 2 down) we had a Worcester 28si 2, which was great, but I work on a lot and majority of them aren’t that great. Just my opinion though.
If you want a powerful shower, the key is to make sure that the combi boiler is powerful enough to supply a hot water flow rate of at least 12-15 litres a minute.
Consensus seems to be that unvented cylinder is the way to go for improved shower, provided your mains water pressure and flow are adequate. Needs checking before finally deciding. Specially if your current cylinder is on its last legs.
Is there anything wrong with the existing boiler? If you decide to replace it, you could go for heat-only, if there's room to install separate and expansion vessel, if not another system boiler.
Friend of mine runs a gas company, made redundant by BG early 90s, struggled for a couple of years, then combis took off and he's never looked back, gets most of his work from combi callouts. He wouldn't have a combi in his own place.
Doesn't a system or heat-only boiler use less gas than the equivalent combi one?
With the combi, water needs to be heated instantaneously, you need a big power output for that. With system boilers, you heat up a tank of water then keep it warm.
So cheaper to run a system boiler.
With the combi, water needs to be heated instantaneously, you need a big power output for that. With system boilers, you heat up a tank of water then keep it warm.
So cheaper to run a system boiler.
Would be good to know the actual figures for this
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If you look at the heat input of system boilers, the range is much lower than combis.
You don't replace a 24kW combi with a 24kW system?
If you look at the heat input of system boilers, the range is much lower than combis.
I mean the gas useage of a combi vs a boiler and cylinder
For a given property, combis usually rated 2-3 times higher output than system or heat-only, due to the need to get a decent hot water flow. So instantaneous gas usage is higher (can mean increasing gas pipe size). Overall consumption for CH probably doesn't vary much, just depends on the efficiency of each. For HW, depends on type of use. If it's all in one lot each day, combi could be better. If (more likely) it's many small draw-offs combi likely to be worse.
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