"PJ" wrote in message
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This clearly indicates you know nothing
of heating and water systems. Using
a combi with a normal tank and cylinder,
it is best to have only the shower
off the combi giving high pressure mains
pressure showers with no silly,noisy,
prone to failing pump, and all other hot
outlets off the cylinder. To do
what you did is foolish.

Sorry but I can't agree.

It is clear you don't know enough, so taking issue with the lies of is
rather silly.

No combi will give a high pressure shower,
especially in winter when the flow rate
has to be reduced for effective
water heating.

This is absolute nonsense. There are high flowrate combi's that will deliver
high pressure (what the mains delivers) and flow.

They also rely on high pressure
supply which some may not
have!

A number of combi's will operate as low as 0.1 bar pressure and up to 10
bar.

Now I mean high pressure - not good
pressure. I have "hotel" pressure
at my showers.

You could have that if you bought the right combi.

The noisy pump.... yes I'll give you that but
to be honest I don't hear it because I have
mine in the cylinder cupboard. I have also had
the same pump for three years and it is used
six times a day - it has never failed! AND if
it does that's fine too because at £250 it won't
bankrupt me. We have to pay
for using things and at this rate it's cheap!

Putting the £250 plus the extras on top of your combi costs would have got
you an excelent peforming combi.

Some do say that I did it back to
front but doing things your way a good
bath fill would empty the hot cylinder
leaving the rest of the house
(kitchen, utility, garage, etc.) with no HW
until it re-heated.

You install a quick recovery coil cylinder that will re-heat in about 10-15
minutes from cold. As you draw-off water it will be re-heating so re-heat
time will be even less.

My way (which incidentally is agreed
upon by many)

Not by professionals who know what they are on about.

allows any tap to have endless
HW and the cylinder is only used
for pumped showers.

How long does it take to fill the bath?

I'm not saying you're wrong or I
am right. Each to their own.

It is not each to their at all. There is the optimum solution and you are
nowhere near it.

The way I did it suits me fine and
if i had my time over I'd do it the same way.

Only a fool knowingly does the same mistake twice.