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John Orrett
 
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Bob wrote:
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Christian McArdle wrote:
Hi all; my wife has advised me that we are getting a new bathroom
suite! she would like one that has the taps in the wall rather than
on the bath itself. The shop told her that we cannot do this at
present as we only have a Gloworm Ultimate 50 boiler and an
immersion heater, and not a combi.

That makes as much sense as the sentence:

I like oranges, so I can't go on holiday to Switzerland.

If you're happy with your current boiler, and it isn't already
running flat out in the winter, you could always just replace your
direct immersion tank so that it runs off the central heating. If
you're lucky, the old tank may already have an unused indirect coil
that you could use.

Christian.


Sorry Christian; I don't see where you are coming from. The point of
the question was the fact that the Bathroom retailer told us we
couldn't do what we wanted, i.e. taps in wall and not taps on bath
due not not having a combi boiler. The above is a statement of fact
and not a question. The rest of my ramblings might not have made
sense to you (or anybody else for that matter!). That was the point
of posting; to get advice. I take your point about running the
immersion tank from the central heating, and I will look into that.
This still does not, however, answer the original point. Do we or do
we not need a combi like the man said, or is he incorrect, and our
current boiler (and water pressure, I presume) would be sufficient
for the job?
Regards
John


I missed the start of this thread, but...


Don't worry Bob, you didn't miss much :-)

Common sense should tell you that the salesman is talking out of his
arse. On a wall or on the bath, all a tap does is turn the water from
the pipe on and off, and the result will be the same from either
location.


Thanks for that. Don't know why the guy in the shop insisted we need a
combi. They are not plumbing merchants, so there would be no extra finacial
gain for them.

The real issue is whether your system can supply enough hot water at a
sufficient rate to fill the new bath in a reasonable time (will the
new bath be bigger than your existing one?). This is also not
dependent on whether the boiler is combi.


At present we need both the immersion and the boiler to give us a decent
bathful of hot water.

If your new bath is a similar size to the old one, and you can
happily fill it at the moment, you don't need a new boiler.


My wife wants one of these 'shower baths', the ones with a bulge at one end.
I don't know capacities or volumes of our standard bath compared to a shower
bath, but it looks to me like it would need a lot more hot water or end up
with half a bath!

Thanks for taking the time to reply Bob,
Regards
John