I have an ageing Potterton floor standing boiler which I installed 16 years ago and it has never faulted. I am considering the time when it will need replacing and what to replace it with.
There are only two of us and the property is a bungalow with one bathroom and one kitchen sink and nine Radiators.
I would think that the logical replacement would be a combi, however, I have several reservations and your comments would be appreciated.
(a) The higher pressure is more likely to find/cause leaks and as all the floors are covered in solid wood laminate the cost and work of lifting if leaks occur will be expensive.
(b) The cost of annual maintenance on the boiler will be more expensive than open vent boiler
(c) They are more prone to problems than an open vent boiler
(d) If it fails (especially in winter) we will have no access to hot water even in the bathroom.
I did consider a power shower as a back-up but as our bathroom has been refurbished and tiled floor to ceiling that would not be an option.
Do you think my worries re a combi are reasonable or groundless?
(My kids have a combi in their homes and both have had various niggly problems that have left them without hot water and expensive call out costs.
There are only two of us and the property is a bungalow with one bathroom and one kitchen sink and nine Radiators.
I would think that the logical replacement would be a combi, however, I have several reservations and your comments would be appreciated.
(a) The higher pressure is more likely to find/cause leaks and as all the floors are covered in solid wood laminate the cost and work of lifting if leaks occur will be expensive.
(b) The cost of annual maintenance on the boiler will be more expensive than open vent boiler
(c) They are more prone to problems than an open vent boiler
(d) If it fails (especially in winter) we will have no access to hot water even in the bathroom.
I did consider a power shower as a back-up but as our bathroom has been refurbished and tiled floor to ceiling that would not be an option.
Do you think my worries re a combi are reasonable or groundless?
(My kids have a combi in their homes and both have had various niggly problems that have left them without hot water and expensive call out costs.