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Shower keeps going cold
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Do have a look at heat pumps. Had a quote recently of ~£2700 from Octopus (subject to survey). If that had been available last year, I would have given it serious consideration over a gas boiler.calleyw said: But at 18 and half years old I think the boiler has done ok. just need to nurse it on for a while as I don't have the £3K for a replacement. Going to struggle to find the money to pay for the job as it is so can't afford the extra.
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.1 -
Something we will do at some stage. But at the moment we have having nothing in the pot that we can use to pay for that.FreeBear said:
Do have a look at heat pumps. Had a quote recently of ~£2700 from Octopus (subject to survey). If that had been available last year, I would have given it serious consideration over a gas boiler.calleyw said: But at 18 and half years old I think the boiler has done ok. just need to nurse it on for a while as I don't have the £3K for a replacement. Going to struggle to find the money to pay for the job as it is so can't afford the extra.
Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!
Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz
If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin0 -
calleyw said:Yes my partner loves to have it scald your skin off temp.'Scalding' temp will only be in the mid-40s, so the DHW side of the boiler can still be turned down pretty low.It may mean slightly less flow from the shower, as less cold water will be blended at that point, but I'd imagine that's all. And an overall lower working temp should mean less stress on the ageing boiler.
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Still worth punching the numbers in on the Octopus web site. It will give you a ballpark figure to aim for when you can start saving.calleyw said:
Something we will do at some stage. But at the moment we have having nothing in the pot that we can use to pay for that.FreeBear said:
Do have a look at heat pumps. Had a quote recently of ~£2700 from Octopus (subject to survey). If that had been available last year, I would have given it serious consideration over a gas boiler.calleyw said: But at 18 and half years old I think the boiler has done ok. just need to nurse it on for a while as I don't have the £3K for a replacement. Going to struggle to find the money to pay for the job as it is so can't afford the extra.
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
Well it seems I was right with what is wrong with the boiler. Being done tuesday so will have to smell until then
and cost is £340. Could have been a lot worse.
Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!
Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz
If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin1 -
Not necessarily a bad thing - At least you should get plenty of personal spacecalleyw said: Being done tuesday so will have to smell until then
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0
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