Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler. The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.
Can anyone recommend me any good reliable boilers?

Thanks

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

try looking at the Idea Istor...

Sungye wrote:
I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler. The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.
Can anyone recommend me any good reliable boilers?

Thanks

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:04:29 -0800, Sungye wrote:

I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler. The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.
Can anyone recommend me any good reliable boilers?


Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.


--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html
Gas Fitting Standards Docs he http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFittingStandards

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

Sungye wrote:
I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler. The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.
Can anyone recommend me any good reliable boilers?

Thanks


I wouldn't use a combi for two bathrooms.

To supply tow decent showers would mean tye peak power is so large that
you would be better off with a mains pressure hot water system cost wise.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On 18 Jan 2007 08:04:29 -0800 someone who may be "Sungye"
wrote this:-

I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler.

Why a combination boiler?

The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.

The sort of application a combination boiler is not particularly
well suited to. I suggest that an ordinary condensing boiler feeding
a thermal store, with mains pressure hot water coming from the
store, would be a far better choice.



--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

David Hansen wrote:

On 18 Jan 2007 08:04:29 -0800 someone who may be "Sungye"
wrote this:-

I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler.

Why a combination boiler?

The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.

The sort of application a combination boiler is not particularly
well suited to. I suggest that an ordinary condensing boiler feeding
a thermal store, with mains pressure hot water coming from the
store, would be a far better choice.


thanks for the advice. yes...I went oto see aplumbers merchant and they
suggested a ordinary condensing boiler..such as the Potterton (can't
remember the model) it has a water cylinder on top.

At the moment,my old boiler is broken, although I have hot water, non
of the radiators are hot but there still is a pilot light, therefore, I
think its time to change


--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"David Hansen" wrote in message
...
On 18 Jan 2007 08:04:29 -0800 someone who may be "Sungye"
wrote this:-

I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler.

Why a combination boiler?

The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.

The sort of application a combination boiler is not particularly
well suited to. I suggest that an ordinary condensing boiler feeding
a thermal store, with mains pressure hot water coming from the
store, would be a far better choice.

I agree. Look at:
http://www.rangecylinders.co.uk/products/flowmax/

And use a Glow Worm Hxi boiler too.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:04:29 -0800, Sungye wrote:

I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler. The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.
Can anyone recommend me any good reliable boilers?


Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

Take into account is about 20 years out of date.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
Sungye wrote:
I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler. The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.
Can anyone recommend me any good reliable boilers?

Thanks


I wouldn't use a combi for two bathrooms.

To supply tow decent showers would mean tye peak power is so large that
you would be better off with a mains pressure hot water system cost wise.

Floor mounted combis can cope. Gledhill does three bathrooms. The best well
priced wall mounted combi is the Alpha CD50. That will do two showers but
not two baths together.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Sungye" wrote in message
oups.com...

David Hansen wrote:

On 18 Jan 2007 08:04:29 -0800 someone who may be "Sungye"
wrote this:-

I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler.

Why a combination boiler?

The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.

The sort of application a combination boiler is not particularly
well suited to. I suggest that an ordinary condensing boiler feeding
a thermal store, with mains pressure hot water coming from the
store, would be a far better choice.

thanks for the advice. yes...I went oto see aplumbers merchant and they
suggested a ordinary condensing boiler..such as the Potterton (can't
remember the model) it has a water cylinder on top.

Powermax? Avoid Pottertons, although the Powermax has a decent reputation.

At the moment,my old boiler is broken, although I have hot water, non
of the radiators are hot but there still is a pilot light, therefore, I
think its time to change

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Sungye" wrote in message
oups.com...

David Hansen wrote:

On 18 Jan 2007 08:04:29 -0800 someone who may be "Sungye"
wrote this:-

I'm wanting to replace my old boiler for a combi boiler.

Why a combination boiler?

The boilers
need to heat up 13 radiators and two bathrooms over three storeys.

The sort of application a combination boiler is not particularly
well suited to. I suggest that an ordinary condensing boiler feeding
a thermal store, with mains pressure hot water coming from the
store, would be a far better choice.

thanks for the advice. yes...I went oto see aplumbers merchant and they
suggested a ordinary condensing boiler..such as the Potterton (can't
remember the model) it has a water cylinder on top.

Powermax? Avoid Pottertons, although the Powermax has a decent reputation.

I have been recommend the powermax by potterton and also Biazi 32, anu suggestions?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

Sungye wrote:


I have been recommend the powermax by potterton and also Biazi 32, anu suggestions?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

Sungye wrote:


I have been recommend the powermax by potterton and also Biazi 32, any suggestions?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Sungye" wrote in message
oups.com...

Sungye wrote:


I have been recommend the powermax by potterton and also Biazi 32,
any suggestions?


Powermax will deliver the performance. Forget a BIASI - cheap tat.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

You have no excuse; since you there is nothing stopping you from editing
it to something that is a little less "lacking".

--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html
Gas Fitting Standards Docs he http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFittingStandards

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

For some reason my initial reply was somewhat lacking.

Any road you now have absolutely no excuse for being an arm chair whinging
specatator about the wiki pages. This is because you can edit the pages
so they 'lack' less.


--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html
Gas Fitting Standards Docs he http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFittingStandards

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

so this plumber was going to install a cheap tat boiler for me.

Does anyone know if the powermax by potterton is wall mountable of if
its freestanding?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

so the biasi is cheap tat and the this plumber recommend to me.
is the owermax free standing?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

so the biasi is cheap tat and the this plumber recommend to me.
is the powermax free standing?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

so the biasi is cheap tat and the this plumber recommend to me.
is the powermax free standing?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Sungye" wrote in message
ups.com...
so the biasi is cheap tat and the this plumber recommend to me.
is the owermax free standing?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

The powermax is floor standing

"Sungye" wrote in message
ups.com...
so the biasi is cheap tat and the this plumber recommend to me.
is the owermax free standing?

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited
to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

You have no excuse; since you there is nothing stopping you from editing
it to something that is a little less "lacking".

That still does not detract from the point that it is lacking.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Sungye" wrote in message
ups.com...

so this plumber was going to install a cheap tat boiler for me.

Does anyone know if the powermax by potterton is wall mountable of if
its freestanding?

Freestanding.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited
to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

For some reason my initial reply was somewhat lacking.

Any road you now have absolutely no excuse for being an arm chair whinging
specatator about the wiki pages. This is because you can edit the pages
so they 'lack' less.

They are still lacking.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

any suggestions for soemthing that wall mounted as I have limited floor
space. I hear Worcester's are also good

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

I know that and I will add to it to make good some of the areas in which
it is lacking when I have time. Maybe you'd like to help?

Maybe you could add some links to manufacturers' web sites - I know, from
some of your previous posts, that you've got lots of those.

Even if you'd point to what, specificaly, you think it's lacking that
could be helpful. If you don't want to put up new 'finished' content you
could use the talk/discussion pages to suggest areas for improvement.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:08:15 -0800, Sungye wrote:


any suggestions for soemthing that wall mounted as I have limited floor
space. I hear Worcester's are also good

You won't get a big storage combi that's wall mounted because of the size
and weight of water stored. There are some combis with a small buffer
store to help in the situation where e.g. one person is having a shower
and another turns on the kitchen hot tap for a few moments. If you want
serious 2-bathrooms-simultaneously performance you'll need a physically
large store of hot water somewhere. However it doesn't have to be in the
same space as your boiler and could e.g. be up in an attic, though you
will need pipework to & from it and, depending what 'it' is, overflow of
pressure relief discharge pipework from it to outside.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Sungye" wrote in message
ups.com...

any suggestions for soemthing that wall mounted as I have limited floor
space. I hear Worcester's are also good

The Alpha CD50 (3 yr guarantee) will give a superior flow rate. Or fit two
24kW combis.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:03:35 -0800, Sungye wrote:

Sungye wrote:


I have been recommend the powermax by potterton and also Biazi 32,

The Biasi is certainly the lower end of the market, favoured by Landlords
who optimise the income only for the next years or two and not the longer
term.

Approximately the quality is likely to be proportional to the price unless
the manufacturer is perceived to be a popular 'good make' in which case
the boiler may be a little less good that it's price. One of the problems
in choosing consumer white goods (boilers included) is that it's only
possible to tell what you should have bought some while afterwards often
when the model has been discontinued.
Currently the "Which?" magazine is saying the Vaillant Ecotec and
certainly I'm happy with them but the price tag is not in the same league
as the Biasi.


--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html
Gas Fitting Standards Docs he http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFittingStandards

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

I will look into these two models I don't want something thats just
going to last a couple of years and my home is certainly not going to
be rented.
I want a good boiler that will last for a good few years and something
that is reliable and powerful enough to provide my home with heat and
plenty of water

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

In message ews.net,
Doctor Drivel writes

"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best
suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

You have no excuse; since you there is nothing stopping you from editing
it to something that is a little less "lacking".

That still does not detract from the point that it is lacking.

Then write up or shut up you retard

--
geoff

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"raden" wrote in message
...
In message ews.net,
Doctor Drivel writes

"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited
to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

You have no excuse; since you there is nothing stopping you from editing
it to something that is a little less "lacking".

That still does not detract from the point that it is lacking.

Then write up or shut up you retard

Maxie, you have been on the pop again. Weekend and all that. Maxie, it is
lacking, me making it super fab is not the issue. Maxie, at times you are a
disustingist. Yes, you are.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

On 2007-01-20 21:16:56 +0000, raden said:

In message ews.net,
Doctor Drivel writes

"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

You have no excuse; since you there is nothing stopping you from editing
it to something that is a little less "lacking".

That still does not detract from the point that it is lacking.

Then write up or shut up you retard

You're making an awfully big assumption here.

Ringing up the till in Plumbcenter and managing control-C and control-V
on a keyboard do not require the ability to be able to write.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

By your standards of reading the latest catalogues and recommending
untried, every single database like this will be out of date.

--
*One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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In article ,
raden wrote:
"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

You have no excuse; since you there is nothing stopping you from
editing it to something that is a little less "lacking".

That still does not detract from the point that it is lacking.

Then write up or shut up you retard

Wiki full of comments about plantpots? That will be really helpful. And,
unless cut and pasting, the truly appalling grammar and spelling. And, of
course, the fact that it's not so easy to forge your address there...

--
*I don't suffer from insanity -- I'm a carrier

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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"Andy Hall" wrote in message
...
On 2007-01-20 21:16:56 +0000, raden said:

In message ews.net,
Doctor Drivel writes

"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best
suited to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

You have no excuse; since you there is nothing stopping you from
editing
it to something that is a little less "lacking".

That still does not detract from the point that it is lacking.

Then write up or shut up you retard

You're making an awfully big assumption here.

Ringing up the till in Plumbcenter and managing control-C and control-V
on a keyboard do not require the ability to be able to write.

Matt, how is Little Middle England today.

Recommendations for a combi boiler
 

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:46:34 +0000, Ed Sirett wrote:

Please read the Boiler choice FAQ.
The FAQ will also deal with some of the many wider issues involved.
One of which might also include what type of HW system is best suited
to
your life style and this type of dwelling.

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?..._Water_Systems

It is lacking as well. Like most of them.

By

Please eff off as you are a total plantpot.