Combi Boilers Hard Water Area

stamford

Anyone living in a hard water area had any experience of these. A mates central heating guy is going to quote him for one but I had it in the back of my mind that they can be risky in a hard water area. Saying that I had a Worcester one installed in my previous 2 bed place which proved trouble free for 3 years until I moved out

MissBehaving

We have a Worcester in our 3 bedroom house and even though we live in a hard water area we do not have any trouble. We have however, just installed a water softner!
I enjoy my combi boiler. Found it works out a lot cheaper too.

Skiduck

As with any heating in a hard water area, you don't know what damage is being done until it is too late - check you kettle for a rough guide.
However, we install a scale inhibitor to every combi system we do as standard, we normally work in a hard water area so it is a safe bet the boiler will be better off with it.
Try and research a HS34 by a company called Hydroflo - they are great scale inhibitors and even claim to work to reduce scale in existing systems.
From personal experience, the feedback I have got from them has been great, even helping someone with a skin complaint!
There is also no plumbing required, just clip round your incoming mains and plug in - it works on changing the molecular structure of the water and scale - scale will still form but the crystals can't stick to each other and therefore produce what we see as scale.

MORPH3US

Link to above here:

http://www.hydroflow.force9.co.uk/index.htm

Not sure about it myself. If it really did work then I would get one, but all sounds a bit too similar to the magnets in your car engine that make you use less fuel?!?!?

M

Skiduck

MORPH3US wrote:

Link to above here:

http://www.hydroflow.force9.co.uk/index.htm

Not sure about it myself. If it really did work then I would get one, but all sounds a bit too similar to the magnets in your car engine that make you use less fuel?!?!?

M

that's the ones, as with most of these things, some say they work some don't notice it and say they don't. All I can do is give you my personal feedback - the best one was the overnight benefit one guy got with his skin condition.
But the best scale inhibitor of all is a water softener of course.