"Crippen" wrote
| As a house owner with an old boiler, header tank and all the
| rest of it, I'm terrified about changing the thing to a "combi".
| But all the plumbers I talk to want to sell me one, & did notice
| that they only want to sell a Combi. It does ratherm remind me
| of the endowment sales of the 1980's.

Or Ted Moult telling you "you only fit double glazing once"

| I still don't ever want one of 'em.

I don't want one because there's been more than one occasion I've been very
grateful for having a tank of stored hot(ish) water, whether when the boiler
fails (or in my case got Condemmed by Mr Corgi) or the electric goes off.

Owain