On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 19:32:47 +0100, Ed Sirett
wrote:

The cylinder and
header tanks will need to be removed and relevent pipework
reconnected. Will taps, cistern washers etc need uprating?


What cistern washers? The WC cistern will currently be fed from the cold
rising main, only hot taps will be affected. If the cold taps are currently
OK the hot taps will probably be OK also (same age).

And finally if I do go down the combi route, what size/type would be
recommended for a 3bed 3reception house currently let out as a 5 bed
1recepion with 1 kitchen and 1 bathroom (with electric shower, which I
could convert to thermostatic).

The 'right' sort of plumbing for this calibre of home would be
a) Unvented mains cylinder + non-combi boiler. - if that is beyond the
budget which will likely need a
water main upgrade.
b) Vented mains cylinder + non-combi boiler.


Ed if his 5 tenants are currently happy sharing a single electric shower why
make waves? (Sorry weedy pun!) They must be intrinsically very clean people.

Combi can and sometimes are fitted to this size of house but that would
be a personal choice rather than standard practice.


It's not a 5 bedroom executive residence with 5 en-suites, it's a 3 bed
house turned into 5 bedsits, the boiler still has the same number of
simultaneous outlets to service. Anyway, bedsit denizens can only expect
bedsit standards.

You don't have to have a combi to get many of the other benefits like
sealed primary etc.

It's questionable whether anything really needs to be done. I would
personally be happier with no tanks in the attic, especially in a house
rented out, would anyone know what to do if something went wrong in the
attic?

The existing cast iron boiler might run for 5 - 10 years more without
problems, and be cheaper to repair anyway, a combi might break down 2-3
times in that period.

DG