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Boiler Confusion
flawless101
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Help.................
All I want to know what sort of boiler I have - regular, system or combi.
My boiler is 17 years old and is a wall mounted Myson Orion. There appears to be no tank in the loft though I do have a copper tank in the airing cupboard. The tank in the airing cupboard states on it that it is 'a main pressure hot water system'. I qualify for the 'Boiler Scrappage' scheme and I have had three Gas Safe engineers come and have a look at my system. Therein lies my problem. The first engineer told me that I have a 'regular' boiler, the second told me that I have a 'system' boiler and the third has just told me that I have a 'combi' boiler.
Can anyone please clear up my confusion????
S
All I want to know what sort of boiler I have - regular, system or combi.
My boiler is 17 years old and is a wall mounted Myson Orion. There appears to be no tank in the loft though I do have a copper tank in the airing cupboard. The tank in the airing cupboard states on it that it is 'a main pressure hot water system'. I qualify for the 'Boiler Scrappage' scheme and I have had three Gas Safe engineers come and have a look at my system. Therein lies my problem. The first engineer told me that I have a 'regular' boiler, the second told me that I have a 'system' boiler and the third has just told me that I have a 'combi' boiler.
Can anyone please clear up my confusion????
S
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For our purposes "regular" and "system" are interchangeable. It isnt a combi AFAIK.If its working ok,I'd keep it. The main pressure hot water tank is a bonus.Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0
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its a regular conventional boiler, afaik.
they stopped making them many yrs ago now.Get some gorm.0 -
The third one is talking out of his backside TBH and is guessing so I wouldn't go near him. The Orion is a conventional boiler with a cast iron heat exchanger. Whether it qualifies or not for the scrappage scheme if its not giving you any problems then I'd leave it alone. You'll be forking out a wad load of money to get just £ 400 back and if you've not budgeted/planned for it then it seems counterproductive monetarily seeing as how it will prolly take you 10 years to recoup the investment. A replacement boiler would have to be condensing and would entail the additional work of bringing your system up to CHeSS specification ie TRV's controls and stats etc.flawless101 wrote: »Help.................
All I want to know what sort of boiler I have - regular, system or combi.
My boiler is 17 years old and is a wall mounted Myson Orion. There appears to be no tank in the loft though I do have a copper tank in the airing cupboard. The tank in the airing cupboard states on it that it is 'a main pressure hot water system'. I qualify for the 'Boiler Scrappage' scheme and I have had three Gas Safe engineers come and have a look at my system. Therein lies my problem. The first engineer told me that I have a 'regular' boiler, the second told me that I have a 'system' boiler and the third has just told me that I have a 'combi' boiler.
Can anyone please clear up my confusion????
S
HTH
CheersThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein0 -
The third one is talking out of his backside TBH and is guessing so I wouldn't go near him. The Orion is a conventional boiler with a cast iron heat exchanger. Whether it qualifies or not for the scrappage scheme if its not giving you any problems then I'd leave it alone. You'll be forking out a wad load of money to get just £ 400 back and if you've not budgeted/planned for it then it seems counterproductive monetarily seeing as how it will prolly take you 10 years to recoup the investment. A replacement boiler would have to be condensing and would entail the additional work of bringing your system up to CHeSS specification ie TRV's controls and stats etc.
HTH
Cheers
is it a sealed system boilerflawless101 wrote: »Help.................
All I want to know what sort of boiler I have - regular, system or combi.
My boiler is 17 years old and is a wall mounted Myson Orion. There appears to be no tank in the loft though I do have a copper tank in the airing cupboard. The tank in the airing cupboard states on it that it is 'a main pressure hot water system'. I qualify for the 'Boiler Scrappage' scheme and I have had three Gas Safe engineers come and have a look at my system. Therein lies my problem. The first engineer told me that I have a 'regular' boiler, the second told me that I have a 'system' boiler and the third has just told me that I have a 'combi' boiler.
Can anyone please clear up my confusion????
S
if you have a copper tank its not a combi boiler it could be a system boiler .do you have a valve on it where you can top it up ?? does it have a pressure gauge?X British Gas engineer and X BG sales adviser.
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heating-eng wrote: »is it a sealed system boiler
if you have a copper tank its not a combi boiler it could be a system boiler .do you have a valve on it where you can top it up ?? does it have a pressure gauge?
You are giving two answers that are different for the same system.
Not sure you are genuine or know what you are talking about.
Either give good consistent and accurate advice or keep quiet.0 -
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein0
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capita_guy wrote: »You are giving two answers that are different for the same system.
Not sure you are genuine or know what you are talking about.
Either give good consistent and accurate advice or keep quiet.
the reason i said that was because one off the plumbers thought it was a combi boiler and without looking closely a sealed system boiler could be mistaken for a combi ..
i am sure i know more than you on the subject.
sometimes you need to ask questions to give the right advice and you didnt ask anyX British Gas engineer and X BG sales adviser.
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Actually I think I said that the guy who said it was a combi was talking out of his backside because it isn't. Its on the scrappage list BTW.heating-eng wrote: »just because you said one of the plumbers said it was a combi boiler
CheersThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein0 -
Actually I think I said that the guy who said it was a combi was talking out of his backside because it isn't. Its on the scrappage list BTW.
Cheers
my mistake ..the person that started the thread said one of the plumbers said it was a combi ..X British Gas engineer and X BG sales adviser.
Please don,t let this put you off.0
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