Re: Gas boiler replacing
Originally Posted by
Lindyloo
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I have a Combi boiler which provides hot water and heating on demand. Fitting this kind of boiler into a house which was built with a standard boiler and immersion heater system will mean your "on demand" hot water takes ages to arrive at the tap! It can take quite a while for hot water to come through the system - which was designed for a completely different heating system. On demand is not "instant" and running a bath can take an unreasonable amount of time.
Good point Lindy, however, we live in a bungalow and the water to the kitchen tap is almost instant, but it's a bit of a wait for hot water to arrive at the bathroom. We had the bath taken out so we could have a gynourmous shower.
I lagged all the pipes double thickness JB, and once water arrives at the bathroom it stays hot in the pipes for ages. Just one problem though....
I get the water hot in the shower and wash my hair, I then turn off the shower to soap up. When I turn the shower back on to rinse, I get an initial burst of hot water from the lagged pipes. But when the boiler kicks in, cold water fills the boiler and appears at the shower head for a few seconds.....Brrrrrrrrr I grit my teeth and try to stay under the cold shower until it once again runs hot....Is that brave or what?..