New Boiler in Loft, different ideas

Ruski

Still to hear what all these multitude of problems could be....

Mr_Ted

wallbash wrote: »

Suggest Mr Ted tells us why we are wrong???????

;)Suggest all you want but if you dont know or accept the pitfalls that have been amply suggested on many posts, and there are MORE, your really not going to understand them anyway;)

Mr_Ted

Ruski wrote: »

Mr T was referring to the inconvenience of having a boiler in the loft - for him - not the customer.

;)Wrong;) try another assumption after more consideration of ALL the possible problems:T

Mr_Ted

Ruski wrote: »

Still to hear what all these multitude of problems could be....

And you will be as clearly your not experienced enough to know them yourself;)

wallbash

To sum up ........Mr Ted is talking out of his Ar*e

Ruski

^ +1

Haven't heard a single reason not too yet... still....

cyclonebri1

Mr Ted, maybe the couple of posters you have taken exception to haven't read the "other posts" you refer to?

It is only fair to state these rather than play "give me a clue", once you have taken the trouble to reply in the topic?

For my part there is often good reason to site a boiler in the loft, both from the owners and the installers point of view.
Yes I can think of the frost risk, the long dead leg etc as being reasons against a loft installation, but I'm sure at times it will be the best compromise.
If you disagree vehemently with that you really ought to say why.

wallbash

es I can think of the frost risk

Good point but the boiler would be installed with a frost stat.

Building regs are now more involved but nothing that is difficult or expensive.

daveyjp

I don't believe modern modulating combi boilers are 'fit and forget' if you want to reduce operating costs.

I change the hot water and CH water temperature regularly. Obviously in summer the CH is off completely, but as it gets cooler I will gradually increase the heating loop temperature.

Similarly with the hot water over summer I reduce the temperature. No point heating to 60 degress just to add cold water. It is cheaper to heat to a lower temperature, ours is now on 40 degrees.

To make these changes accessibility is required.

Leif

Mr_Ted wrote: »

;)To put it simply, DON'T or NEVER install a boiler in a loft, it is a problem for sooooooooooooooo many reasons;)

It would have been helpful if you had explained why you thought it was a problem. But now others have done so. You come across as evasive, as if unable to back up the rhetoric.

penrhyn wrote: »

People that I know with Combis have to keep an eye on the boiler pressure gauge and once in a while let a little water in via the filling loop, shirley if the bad boy is in the attic its a tad inconvenient.

I had that issue until I tightened the radiator bleed valves. It only takes one not quite tight one to cause the pressure to drop over a month.

I would not have a combi in the loft because as others have said, I need access to the refill controls, and the controls for power and other settings. I like to adjust them every few weeks. Can you get all of these controls downstairs e.g. in the kitchen?

Myser wrote: »

There have been a few threads on here recently about people having to wait a minute or so for hot water from a combi boiler in the loft due to long pipework.

I suspect that is the nature of a combi. Wherever you place it, there will be a delay. Place it in the kitchen, and the bath tap takes ages to heat. Place it next to the bathroom, and the kitchen tap takes ages to heat. In the loft might be a good compromise, depending on the house of course. I would have thought the best solution would be near the bathroom, and then have a separate heater for the kitchen tap, since you need less water for that.