Central Heating without immersion?

[accymel]

The amount of hot water im allowed a day is 2 & half bath fills at the very most before it runs cold completely & would have to boost the immersion which would only then give a further quarter bath full thats atm...whoooo to get instant hot water on demand would be luxury...as well as a reasonably warm room

[panther]

yes its a combi, and it takes a little longer to run a bath than a immersion heater! that I did notice

[panther]

but at least you dont run out of hot water

[accymel]

Originally Posted by panther

but at least you dont run out of hot water

Ok i'll join the brag core when i finally get upto the last decade at least gee up here we are 3 decades behind ... i still got asbestos built in wardrobes [yes council know & at some point in future will be removed but atm the inspector says they are safe even despite health media opinion ]

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by panther

but at least you dont run out of hot water

You do if your gas meter has no credit

[Ianto.W.]

Thank's panther, I'll stick with my Baxi Bermuda back boiler then it reheats the cylinder before I finish bathing, 'and no I don't stop in all day', there have been mixed reports about central heating, if you have not had a backboiler system it's ok to have a combi, but a dissapointment if you have. DEFRA the government environment people are dishing these grants out wholsale via 'Homewise', this is to save energy, I applied and got one but they want £700 off me as a 'top up' I currently have 8 radiators, they only put 5 in so I would be paying £700 for a worse system ,and then I would have to put extra radiators in at my own expense that is if the boiler was big enough , naturally they got told were to shove their grant.

[Neil]

Mel,

Being copper the tank will cool quite quickly when they have drained it. They could always just run the hot tap until it goes cold if they wanted.
I bet they do take out the old cistern, scrap copper rates are good at t he moment and they will be wanting to weigh it in

[SPUGGIE J]

Originally Posted by Neil

Mel,

Being copper the tank will cool quite quickly when they have drained it. They could always just run the hot tap until it goes cold if they wanted.
I bet they do take out the old cistern, scrap copper rates are good at t he moment and they will be wanting to weigh it in

Well got to make dosh somehow.

[panther]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

You do if your gas meter has no credit

I dont have a card meter so i have it all the time unless i dont pay me bill

[flashy]

my combi boiler does both heating and hot water

did you know its actually cheaper to leave the hot water on rather than only turning it on when its needed?

[West Ender]

I replaced my old central heating boiler with a combi/condenser 4 years ago. It was Summer so I was using the immersion heater, not the heating boiler, when it was done. They came at 8 a.m. and I hadn't had the immersion heater on that morning (I have an electric shower so it wasn't needed) but they had the tank drained and removed in no time, which they could have done even if the water was hot. My old boiler was in the kitchen but the new one was put in the airing cupboard, the feeder tank is above it in the loft. I was only without water for half a day and I had hot water that night, from the new boiler. It took longer to install 2 new radiators and replace 2 old ones than to do the boiler and the whole job took only 3 days - and this was British Gas!

[Neil]

Originally Posted by flashytart

did you know its actually cheaper to leave the hot water on rather than only turning it on when its needed?

How can leaving the tap on save money?

When the kids forget to turn the hot water tap off it makes the bath room all steamy.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by West Ender

the new one was put in the airing cupboard, the feeder tank is above it in the loft.

If you have a combi you won't have a header tank as they are fed straight from the cold water main.

[flashy]

Originally Posted by Neil

How can leaving the tap on save money?

When the kids forget to turn the hot water tap off it makes the bath room all steamy.

you knew what i meant ya daft get

[Neil]

Originally Posted by flashytart

you knew what i meant ya daft get

I know you did not mean leave the tap on yes. What did you mean? Are you talking about a ombi or proper central heating systems with a hot water cylinder.