Have just moved into our new house and it has an old-style boiler with the water-tank/immersion heater for water. The house was built in 1991 and I think the boiler is the original. Before we moved in, we had assumed we would unpdate the boiler and have budgeted accordingly. However, now we are here it seems it may not be the no-brainer we had assumed.
The property has 2 bathrooms and, especially when the dc are older, we envisage using them at the same time quite regularly. The plumber we have seen so far gave us the impression that this may not be possible with a combi boiler.
The house is very warm. We have only moved 5 miles away from our other house, yet have gone from having the heating on all day to evenings only - in very similar weather, so we are wondering whether the new boiler is really essential. The house also needs a new bath (we knew this before we bought) and it turns out the ensuite shower is pretty useless. in addition, there are a couple of carpets that have seen a better days and a couple of big trees that could do with going. In other words, it would be nice to free up some cash for other stuff, but would we be mad not to spend on the boiler while the money is here?
Is a combi a must-have or,are the old boilers really ok?
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Would it be foolish NOT to replace an old-style boiler with a combi?
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lecce · 09/02/2013 22:03
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