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[feeutfo]

I think I'd rather eat my testicles than have a combi.

I have only ever seen one usablable combi for a 4 bedroom house, and that my bro's. Stands floor to ceiling, and is massive. But does allow 2 taps on at the same time.

I'd agree for a house, but a flat its fine   

Yeah, agreed, combi's have a place. Well suited to single occupancy accomodation...  ...as long as you remember not to get in shower when washing machine is on

we can't have a combi, as the shower is pumped from a hot water tank to bath taps with shower attachment. Shower is epic.

...in fact, we can't leave the shower hose in the bath, as turning it on means a wild snake thrashing around and a thorough soaking.

[Taxi_Driver]

I think I'd rather eat my testicles than have a combi.

I have only ever seen one usablable combi for a 4 bedroom house, and that my bro's. Stands floor to ceiling, and is massive. But does allow 2 taps on at the same time.

I'd agree for a house, but a flat its fine   

Yeah, agreed, combi's have a place. Well suited to single occupancy accomodation...  ...as long as you remember not to get in shower when washing machine is on

we can't have a combi, as the shower is pumped from a hot water tank to bath taps with shower attachment. Shower is epic.

...in fact, we can't leave the shower hose in the bath, as turning it on means a wild snake thrashing around and a thorough soaking.

In my old house i had a 3 bar pump to feed the power shower......blimey that was a shower.....but you had to be quick in the shower....any more than 10mins and you standing in a cold shower 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I think conventional boilers last longer than combis.  A conventional boiler will start up once or twice a day for hot water, whereas a combi will start up many times during the day, every time hot water is required...  If you think of it in Omega terms, the conventional boiler is the Omega that does an hour run up the motorway in the morning and an hour back in the evening.  The combi boiler is the Omega that spends it's day in London traffic, start/stop, start/stop, start/stop.. 

[TheBoy]

I think I'd rather eat my testicles than have a combi.

I have only ever seen one usablable combi for a 4 bedroom house, and that my bro's. Stands floor to ceiling, and is massive. But does allow 2 taps on at the same time.

I'd agree for a house, but a flat its fine   

Yeah, agreed, combi's have a place. Well suited to single occupancy accomodation...  ...as long as you remember not to get in shower when washing machine is on

we can't have a combi, as the shower is pumped from a hot water tank to bath taps with shower attachment. Shower is epic.

...in fact, we can't leave the shower hose in the bath, as turning it on means a wild snake thrashing around and a thorough soaking.

I miss the shower I fitted in the old house, didn't need soap, it would cause you to shed a layer of skin

As much as I liked it, even I decided it would be better to turn it down.

[feeutfo]

I think I'd rather eat my testicles than have a combi.

I have only ever seen one usablable combi for a 4 bedroom house, and that my bro's. Stands floor to ceiling, and is massive. But does allow 2 taps on at the same time.

I'd agree for a house, but a flat its fine   

Yeah, agreed, combi's have a place. Well suited to single occupancy accomodation...  ...as long as you remember not to get in shower when washing machine is on

we can't have a combi, as the shower is pumped from a hot water tank to bath taps with shower attachment. Shower is epic.

...in fact, we can't leave the shower hose in the bath, as turning it on means a wild snake thrashing around and a thorough soaking.

I miss the shower I fitted in the old house, didn't need soap, it would cause you to shed a layer of skin

As much as I liked it, even I decided it would be better to turn it down.

GOOD LORD. TB accepts there is a setting other than on/off.

[TheBoy]

I think I'd rather eat my testicles than have a combi.

I have only ever seen one usablable combi for a 4 bedroom house, and that my bro's. Stands floor to ceiling, and is massive. But does allow 2 taps on at the same time.

I'd agree for a house, but a flat its fine   

Yeah, agreed, combi's have a place. Well suited to single occupancy accomodation...  ...as long as you remember not to get in shower when washing machine is on

we can't have a combi, as the shower is pumped from a hot water tank to bath taps with shower attachment. Shower is epic.

...in fact, we can't leave the shower hose in the bath, as turning it on means a wild snake thrashing around and a thorough soaking.

I miss the shower I fitted in the old house, didn't need soap, it would cause you to shed a layer of skin

As much as I liked it, even I decided it would be better to turn it down.

GOOD LORD. TB accepts there is a setting other than on/off.

Under duress

[I_want_an_Omega]

My experience of Combis over a 20 year period is as follows:

1) They don't seem to last long - first one lasted 7 years, next one lasted 10 years and we sold the house with the 3rd fitted. Reliability not brilliant - but skill of engineers not either. Cost  of new boiler installed was viable when stacked against the ongoing repair costs.

2) No pressure probs with hot water as had incoming 22mm mains supply which then provided 15mm cold feed to all cold pipes and another 15mm feed to the combi for hot water.

3) Had to top up pressure on all three of them - some more than others. Gas engineers reckoned it was minute leakage in the motorised valve switching between hot water and heating. The heat within the boiler would then evaporate the weepage leaving no sign.

4) Had one spectacular failure though. You know that pause where you are ready to go out - stood there in your coat and waiting while she faffs about. I hear a loud crack and then the sound of water running and then spraying inside the boiler. A plastic bodied valve carrying mains water had split. Would have flooded the house had we left seconds before. No lasting damage and a fairly easy fix.

5) Have a conventional condensing boiler now and much happier.