We currently have a Worcester Bosch 37CDi boiler in a three bed house. It's been fine for almost 10 years - very few repairs needed. However, you can't turn on a tap on while someone's showering etc.
We are about to start building work which involves adding an additional shower room. We've also planned on upgrading the main pipe from the street to the front of the house - which is bound to a very old, narrow lead pipe of some kind.
We assumed we'd need to upgrade the boiler too - and the vallaint 838 Plus is what has been suggested. (We have some space for a tank but it will involve nicking space from a bedroom. So the compact nature of a combi is attractive.)
But when I dig a little deeper into what we have and what is proposed, these boilers don't see very different... Same flow rates, 32kW vs 35kW.
Question:
1) Is this upgrade worth it?
2) Do people think this will serve our needs of running two showers simultaneously? Or do we (in reality) need to look at a separate tank?
We are about to start building work which involves adding an additional shower room. We've also planned on upgrading the main pipe from the street to the front of the house - which is bound to a very old, narrow lead pipe of some kind.
We assumed we'd need to upgrade the boiler too - and the vallaint 838 Plus is what has been suggested. (We have some space for a tank but it will involve nicking space from a bedroom. So the compact nature of a combi is attractive.)
But when I dig a little deeper into what we have and what is proposed, these boilers don't see very different... Same flow rates, 32kW vs 35kW.
Question:
1) Is this upgrade worth it?
2) Do people think this will serve our needs of running two showers simultaneously? Or do we (in reality) need to look at a separate tank?