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Combi or stored hot water

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    But a combi boiler is designed to provide hot water for a central heating system and also for DHW on demand. You have no CH.
    Do you have a hot water tank?
    Do you have an electric shower, or a shower fed from your hot water store?
    How do you heat the property?
    No-one can give sensible suggestions without knowing what system you already have.
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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    Hens teeth!
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  • Canucklehead
    Canucklehead Posts: 6,254 Forumite
    O.P. : how is your hot water heated? Name of appliance would be a start.

    Canucklehead
    Ask to see CIPHE (Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering)
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    Something like this?

    http://www.plumbnation.co.uk/site/main-multipoint--bf-gas-water-heater/main-water-heaters-brochure.pdf
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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    You are still failing to understand what a Combi boiler is.

    Combi is short for combination, in other words it combines the function of providing central heating and domestic hot water in one unit.

    It is NOT what you are looking for.

    Its possible that you are confusing the term Condensing (a high efficiency boiler) with the above.

    The multipoint unit I've identified above would provide a mains pressure solution that does not require a tank.
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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    edited 20 March 2011 at 4:03PM
    Gas storage water heater, the tank and heater are in the same unit.
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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    A combi does not store hot water, it produces it on demand, as opposed to a conventional or system boiler which heats it for tanks storage.
    But without CH, no point in a combi. You just need a multipoint gas heater, as penrhyn stated.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    Day rate electricity is around 4 times more expensive than gas, all be it a little more efficient.

    Multipoint heater is your best best.
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