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holty
I would get more joy asking my plumber!
then why dont you.
I would get more joy asking my plumber!
It amuses me that the guys who are telling the OP how to search, could actually write a one word answer stating their preferred manufacturer. Instead they prefer to write a long post.
James.
How many showers, baths, etc?Guys, this is getting silly. I do trust my plumber, and I have had two independant pluimbers both giving quotes of £2500 and £2800 to install a Worcester bosch condenser boiler (as oppose to a combi which is not sufficient for my house which is large - Plumbers words not mine).
Intergas are uber reliable.All I am asking is what the majority of professional and honest gas installers and plumbers recommend to their clients, and which ones to be avoided.
Or it could the "plumbers" get a good discount selling that model.I appreciate that this is a very subjective post, but if 50 of you are all recommending the same brand of boiler, then that could sway my choice.
Scotty, there are combi boilers and system boilers, both these days are condensing. A system boiler heats the radiators and hot water cylinder, a combi heats the hot water instantly, although there are some large output combis that do store some hot water.I thought a combi boiler is different from a condensing boiler? Hence why I mention I need a condensing boiler NOT a combi. As I understand it, a combi just heats water as it passes thru the boiler but a condening uses heat exchanger to capture waste/exhaust heat and condense this into steam/hot water for use, thus making water heating far more efficient than my old boiler (sits on floor, has a hot flue pipe that goes thru the worktop and out through a chimney.
I have a hot water cylinder with immersion heater and cold water tanks in the loft room to provide gravity (vented system I think it is known as??).
I was told that a combi boiler will have limitations in a large family home if two of us having showers/bath at the same time and then someone runs the hot tap the shower temp could fluctuate. Both my showers in each b/room have pumps.
Anyway.....
I fitted these quality isolation vales on each water outlet, hot and cold. They do not leak like the cheap and nasty versions. The added advantage is that they take a cartridges to regulate the water to each outlet. For mains pressure hot and cold water systems these are superb. I inserted a 6 litre a minute cartridge in the hot an cold of the sink. 2.5 in the toilet wash basin, 4.5 in the toilets and kitchen appliances. The shower had none taking full flow. It balances all the system and when an outlet is opened the shower is not affected. They also promote less wastage of water.
http://www.bes.co.uk/product/99~PL~1768~1768~Compression-CP961-FLOW-REGULATOR-BALL-VALVES.html
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