I was told by a plumber not to bother with a combi for a 4 bedroom detached house as they are only suitable for smaler properties. This was 7 or 8 years ago though. Is this still the case?
2007-05-21 04:18:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Like lots of the respondents have said, your plumbers talking tosh. We have a 6 bed 3 bath bungalow and had a combi boiler fitted last year. It's brilliant, we're better off in so many ways. It uses half the gas (maybe even less) is much more controllable and the real bonus id that you can have really powerful showers in all the bathrooms without having a shower pump (having a flat roofed bungalow showers had always been a bit of a dribble before.
Provided you don't scrimp on your boiler, I'd recommend it (ours is a Worcester Bosch capable of producing 15 litres of hot water/minute)
2007-05-22 02:20:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Are combi boilers any good for larger houses?
I was told by a plumber not to bother with a combi for a 4 bedroom detached house as they are only suitable for smaler properties. This was 7 or 8 years ago though. Is this still the case?
2015-08-12 00:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not really about how many bedrooms you have in your property that deems whether you can use a combi or not. The type of boiler used is determined by how many hot water outlets you have that could possibly be used at the same time. eg, how many baths and or showers do you have in the property. Most manufacturers say that their bigger gas combi boilers can serve upto 2 hot water outlet at the same time, more than that and you will need a regular boiler along with a hot water cylinder. What i must say is, that last week at work (a leading boiler manufacturer) we were told that the NHBC organisation is insisting that manufacturers advise that combi boilers can only supply 1 large outlet (bath) and one smaller outlet (basin) at the same time, and that we must advise the use of cylinders for 2 or more large outlets on any property, Needless to say, as we don't fit the boilers, we leave that judgement to the customer and the installer.
2007-05-21 07:04:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Combi boi;lers come in a range of different outputs. So that guy was talking through his hat.They have a combi boiler suitable for a 4 bed house. Visit your plumbers merchant and get some leaflets which will tell you what is the best size for your house.
2007-05-21 08:26:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worcester Bosch are good. I got one 6 weeks ago. It replaced the previous Worcester which was over 20 years old. Whatever you do, MAKE SURE it is a "condensing" boiler because these are the most efficient beyond a doubt and energy costs are going to keep going up and up. Gas will be a luxury commodity in the not too distant future so it's worth spending a little extra on a condensing boiler. Don't leave the decision up to the installer, they will just fit whatever they have lying about their yard and whatever they can make the most profit on.
2016-03-17 02:13:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yuo can get combi's for larger houses but i preer a presurised system unsing distributed stainless cylinders like Megaflo's.
Much more responsive hot water in my opinion
Remember the combi should not be scaled by the house size, but my the number of facilities.
We've got 4 full bathrooms, it would need a fair combi to drive 4 baths at once but a couple of megaflos at either end of the house cope just fine with 4 baths and 4 showers.
2007-05-21 04:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by Michael H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
combi's come in all sizes to cater for different houses. I have a 3 bed house and my combi is big enough for a 4 bed, go to a good dealer. "Valiant" is a good boiler.
2007-05-21 04:22:29 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They've improved a lot since then
2007-05-21 04:25:39 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋