Morning all,
I called our home emergency cover yesterday and a heating engineer came out to basically say he think's our boiler is beyond economical repair. I also have a Gledhill Systemate 2000 which has two leaking pump valves and he advised I get rid of this also (it, like the boiler, is 14 years old). I should add, we've only been in the property a couple of weeks, so is typical of my luck when it comes to plumbing.
I've got a 5 bed, 3 storey house with 2 ensuites and a main bathroom. I've obviously put out some calls to get some quotes as it needs sorting quickly once the insurance confirm its beyond repair.
Question is, will a combi cut it? My usual plumber previously recommended a 40kW Baxi Duo tec and said overall this should be fine for our needs and would only cause a problem if we had 2 showers going, with other things like the washing machine. My 2 kids are both under 5, so I don't see this being an issue for the next 7-10 years. Basically our hot water demands at the minute are no higher than our last house which was considerably smaller.
The other option is an unvented cylinder, with a system boiler, obviously a bit more expensive/time consuming but potentially better hot water reliability/flow?
Just to add we have good mains pressure, so much so there is a pressure regulator attached to the stopcock, current pressure 3.25bar if that makes any difference? The pressure in the shower on the top floor is very good indeed (I will probably convert it to an electric shower in the future in case boiler breaks again).
I called our home emergency cover yesterday and a heating engineer came out to basically say he think's our boiler is beyond economical repair. I also have a Gledhill Systemate 2000 which has two leaking pump valves and he advised I get rid of this also (it, like the boiler, is 14 years old). I should add, we've only been in the property a couple of weeks, so is typical of my luck when it comes to plumbing.
I've got a 5 bed, 3 storey house with 2 ensuites and a main bathroom. I've obviously put out some calls to get some quotes as it needs sorting quickly once the insurance confirm its beyond repair.
Question is, will a combi cut it? My usual plumber previously recommended a 40kW Baxi Duo tec and said overall this should be fine for our needs and would only cause a problem if we had 2 showers going, with other things like the washing machine. My 2 kids are both under 5, so I don't see this being an issue for the next 7-10 years. Basically our hot water demands at the minute are no higher than our last house which was considerably smaller.
The other option is an unvented cylinder, with a system boiler, obviously a bit more expensive/time consuming but potentially better hot water reliability/flow?
Just to add we have good mains pressure, so much so there is a pressure regulator attached to the stopcock, current pressure 3.25bar if that makes any difference? The pressure in the shower on the top floor is very good indeed (I will probably convert it to an electric shower in the future in case boiler breaks again).