"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
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Does anyone know if the Worcester (Bosch) Greenstar HE Combi Boiler was
made
obsolete by a new regulation which came into force on April 1st?

It not only complies, but is a particularly well regarded and reliable
model
and should be near the top of anyone's shortlist when choosing a boiler.

The boilers seem OK, except that they take ages to fill the bath up -
but
if
we should have got better ones, we should have had better ones.

That's because it is a combi. Nothing to do with being condensing or
otherwise. Nothing to do with the make or quality. Instantaneous combis
heat
up the water as you use it and can only heat so much at a time. They have
the advantage of doing so at mains pressure, giving excellent shower
performance, even though the bath filling can be a little disappointing.
To
have good bath filling performance as well, you need either a commercial
size combi,

There are domestic high flow combi's.

or some sort of storage based solution, which can be a "one
(larger) box" solution,

Which is called a combi.

or a two part cylinder and boiler solution.

In a flat you don't want that.

Builders/renovators of estates are
likely to go the instantaneous combi
route, as it costs much less to install.

Any one bopx solution is cheap, and quicker, to install.

There is also less to maintain.