New Combi running 2 showers advice!

So should that be Le or La Dribble then?

Or, indeed, the fact that most cost far more than anyone would be willing to spend since there are far cheaper ways of achieving the same result in most cases.

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This follows the French penchant for shortening things that don't trip off of the tongue easily.

For example, some Monoprix supermarket stores are signed as Monop'

The original poster said nothing about a huge country house with 40 bedrooms, they said their heating requirements were 19.6KW. Now this could be an *exceptionally* well insulated 40 bedroom country house or, as common sense would indicate something substantially smaller and more leaky.

The difference of 2.6kW from boiler output might be a design miscalculation or possibly utterly trivial as If the design outside temperature was increased from say -3 deg C to zero) then all the heating *and* hot water requirements might be fulfilled with the existing boiler. It's a calculated risk but in such a case any boiler resizing could be safely deferred for 15 years by the simple process of wearing a sweater and slippers if it ever gets *really* cold outside. Chances are with global warming they won't be required and a heat pump based A/C system might be more appropriate for both summer comfort and as an emergency winter top up. Additional insulation in the main structure of the house is possibly another viable route, the newly built extension might be up to standards but in the majority of cases the main structure could be seriously lacking. 500 quid spent on insulation could probably defer a spend of twice that on a new boiler.

But essentially if habits cannot be changed in terms of shower scheduling then water storage capacity becomes the only real issue, as such there is absolutely no need to spend money on new boiler when the installation of a new cylinder and a shower pump would do a much better job than a combi.

This is terrible. He never kept his new years resolution and effed off.

"handypandy" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.homeimprovementbanter.com...

Foget an unvnted cylinder.

Yep If you go stored water cylinder then go for an heat bank/thermal store.

No. For two shower and to heat the house the wall mounted Alpha CD50 is the way. simple and space saving and does what you want. You can go for floor mounted combis too, that perform as an unvented cylinder. I gave a short list.

You could also go for two combis, one for each shower and one doing upstairs Ch and one doing downstairs CH. backup is one is down too.

I would rather go for two smaller 24kW combis that one 40kW combi.

Beware of quarter baked suggestion from the amateurs here. A little knowledge is dangerous.

Lord Hall, he is best going for two 24kW combis. A very cost effective solution to run and with backup too. He doesn't want a space consuming cylinder looking like a school boiler house - he has said that.

Lord Hall I has snip most of your tripe.

You supposed to eff off. Please do.

Please eff off. It is for your own good.

Prey tell.

And that they do.

That is the same with any mains pressure system. It goes without saying.

Correct. See above.

You are getting there. V good.

Excellent on above point. 10/10.

I think this is the nub of the issue. Shower satisfaction covers a very very wide range between people.

Well start by reading the Boiler Choice FAQ.

I think you have painted the situation worse than reality by some margin. However, I can understand you wishing to do that simply to counter balance those who post extreme versions of the opposite view.

A clear admission of just how unreliable they are?

And a lot of knowledge of catalogues is even more dangerous. But not of course to your pocket.

But those in the big middle range are satisfied with 7.5 to 8 litres/min and

Please eff off for new year. It will do you good.

That is 20 years out of date.

Lord Hall has, as he doesn't know much at all.

You can? A person is coming here for proper advice, not the ramblings of madman.

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