Hi all,
Today a national company came to fit a Combi Boiler to our house, sold to us by their salesman.
I'd asked for a Combi because of (a) only getting hot water when you need it and (b) the minging water tanks in the roof; the property is a 1969 four bed.
When the engineer arrived my wife was told that they couldn't install due to something call 'Truewell' apparently used in the 60's when Copper pipe wasn't used in some instances due to cost. So I'm guessing that it's not JUST the material of the pipes (unless there's risk of porosity or corrosion), but more the way the pipes have been joined together.
So I'm faced with a bunch ugly of new pipes downstairs; they've lifted a board and cannot see the same issue upstairs (hence would proceed with new pipes downstairs), but will not guarantee because they cant see all of the upstairs pipes, which I guess on one hand is fair enough but on the other makes me feel like I'm sitting on a time bomb a bit.
Or we can have another non Combi type boiler, slightly defeating what I was after in the 1st place other than being rid of a 30 year old tripping out every so often boiler and generally costing a fortune etc.
So my question is - does this sound like something J.K Rowling would write, or is there some substance to it?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Lee.
Today a national company came to fit a Combi Boiler to our house, sold to us by their salesman.
I'd asked for a Combi because of (a) only getting hot water when you need it and (b) the minging water tanks in the roof; the property is a 1969 four bed.
When the engineer arrived my wife was told that they couldn't install due to something call 'Truewell' apparently used in the 60's when Copper pipe wasn't used in some instances due to cost. So I'm guessing that it's not JUST the material of the pipes (unless there's risk of porosity or corrosion), but more the way the pipes have been joined together.
So I'm faced with a bunch ugly of new pipes downstairs; they've lifted a board and cannot see the same issue upstairs (hence would proceed with new pipes downstairs), but will not guarantee because they cant see all of the upstairs pipes, which I guess on one hand is fair enough but on the other makes me feel like I'm sitting on a time bomb a bit.
Or we can have another non Combi type boiler, slightly defeating what I was after in the 1st place other than being rid of a 30 year old tripping out every so often boiler and generally costing a fortune etc.
So my question is - does this sound like something J.K Rowling would write, or is there some substance to it?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Lee.