Recommendations for a combi boiler

[Sungye]

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

[gasman pete]

[Ed Sirett]

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.

[The Natural Philosopher]

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.

[David Hansen]

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

Why a combination boiler?

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.

[Sungye]

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

[Doctor Drivel]

I agree. Look at:

And use a Glow Worm Hxi boiler too.

[Doctor Drivel]

Take into account is about 20 years out of date.

[Doctor Drivel]

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.

[Doctor Drivel]

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

[John Stumbles]

There's also some spiel about hot water systems on the wiki at

[Sungye]

[Sungye]

[Sungye]

[Doctor Drivel]

[Doctor Drivel]

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

[Ed Sirett]

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

[Ed Sirett]

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.

[Sungye]

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?

[Sungye]

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