New gas boiler with microbore

Jan 17, 2005 6 Replies
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Hi



Im going to change a boiler - the current system is an ideal E type no pressurised system, hot water tank and with microbore feed to radiators



- I would like to install a large combi with a store facility (I suppos I like the idea of instant water and heating only the water I require) doing away with a leaking hot water tank and header tanks.



Questions



1) Can I use a combi with micro bore?
2) If I can not, is there anything special I need? ie a dam big pump?
3) What happened to the copper hot water tank, is this megaflow thing the replacement - have you seen the price of those things!!!!!

Thanks for all info



Camero


-- Cameron


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1) yes 2) see 1 3) They're alive and well and covered with 50mm of blue PU foam. Used when and where it's appropriate.

I recommend you read the FAQs and decide for yourself whether a combi is right for you, which you may have done already.

To combi or not to combi is a question not an article of faith.

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R the Ideal 'E' Type. What a wonderful boiler. You'll never again kno such a well crafted beast built for longevity. Welcome to th disposable boiler society, fairwel to a Rolls Royce.

Hot water cylinders 117 litres £88 trade at City Plumbing. Why not ge a new one

-- Paul Barker

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Good idea.

Yes.

Get a highflow combi, Alpha CD 50 Worceter Bosch Greenstar 40Kw, etc.

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If youn want RR quality today you can get it. Eco-Homtec (MAN), Viessmman, Quantum (in Burnley).

If you want boioers with a 15 years life span then go to B&Q, and pay buttons. The B&QW boioers are fine. They do their job well when you consider the price.

Also what made boilers reliable was the controls, which no boiler manufacturer makes. I recall the McLaren multi-function control valve, that was troublesome compared to the Honeywell. In many cases the boilers they were fitted on were v good, but people slid away from them because of the controls. In many cases the makers switched to Honeywell, but dumb plumbers would still not buy the boilers because of the McLaren problems, which no longer existed.

Get two at that price. Or better still get a W-B combi, 40kW

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I like Buderus for RR quality today

-- Paul Barker

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