What would you do in this scenario?
Typical 3-bed semi. Very old HW and CH system with conventional boiler (no idea which one it is but it sits on the floor and flue is through chimney!). Old rads, HW tank in airing cupbaord upstairs. Cold water and expansion tanks in loft. Electric shower in bathroom.
I need to do the place up anyway as it hasn't been decorated in decades.
My stumbling point is what would you do about the HW and CH system? Would you just stick a new conventional boiler to replace the current one and leave everything else in place?
Or would you rip all the HW and CH system out and replace it all with a combi-boiler based system?
The cheaper option is to replace the existing conventional boiler with a new conventional boiler, PowerFlush the system and replace the rads.
The more expensive option is to rip the whole out and replace.
Advantages of the cheaper option: less disruptive. Keeps backup options for HW (HW tank has an electric immersion heater). Disadvantages are that the tanks take up space and it is more costly to run.
Advantages of the replace with combi option are that it is a neater (aesthetically) solution, cheaper to run too. Disadvatnages are that there is no backup if the combi boiler fails.
Typical 3-bed semi. Very old HW and CH system with conventional boiler (no idea which one it is but it sits on the floor and flue is through chimney!). Old rads, HW tank in airing cupbaord upstairs. Cold water and expansion tanks in loft. Electric shower in bathroom.
I need to do the place up anyway as it hasn't been decorated in decades.
My stumbling point is what would you do about the HW and CH system? Would you just stick a new conventional boiler to replace the current one and leave everything else in place?
Or would you rip all the HW and CH system out and replace it all with a combi-boiler based system?
The cheaper option is to replace the existing conventional boiler with a new conventional boiler, PowerFlush the system and replace the rads.
The more expensive option is to rip the whole out and replace.
Advantages of the cheaper option: less disruptive. Keeps backup options for HW (HW tank has an electric immersion heater). Disadvantages are that the tanks take up space and it is more costly to run.
Advantages of the replace with combi option are that it is a neater (aesthetically) solution, cheaper to run too. Disadvatnages are that there is no backup if the combi boiler fails.