Excitement : comments [Matthew's Journal]

In the airing cupboard upstairs (it's quite large). I'm not quite sure about the pros+cons of heat-on-demand boilers; I can't see the landlord going for one in any case!

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Why not? My flat has a heat on demand boiler, so some landlords obviously go for them (and the landlords are the owners of the agency so have quite wide experience).

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We've had a combi boiler at home for as long as I can remember. Well that's not quite true, I just about remember the one we had when we moved in '86.* I've never had a problem with them. My current boiler takes longer for water to run hot. I think this is because it only heats on demand whereas other ones kept a small amount warm. Certainly the system in Ainsdale had an option for Hot Water than had to be on before one could put the central heating on. I think the major disadvantage of combi boilers is that you don't have the tank the airing cupboard for drying clothes, proving bread and making wine.**

*I found something the other day which mum had written which mentioned how I had disliked the fact that my bed was over the old boiler and I was scared it was going to blow up and that they'd poo-poo'd this idea but actually when they had it replaced they learnt that my fears not hugely misplaced. I'd forgotten all about it until I read this.

**I think it was lack of airing cupboard that caused dad not to make wine after we moved in '86. Not making bread was more to do with mum working and having an iffy shoulder but she missed the airing cupboard as a location.

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I can definitely recommend a heat on demand boiler!

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Why? :-)

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No need for bulky hot water tank.
All you can eat hot water (shower as long as you like).
Energy efficient (only heat the water you use).

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Balancing the positives for a combi: you have lower hot water pressure (especially if mains pressure is low—and if it's too low you can't have one at all) and hard water is a more severe problem than normal. For these reasons, I'd be wary about having one in Cambridge (plus which, when we got our integrated-tank system fitted the engineer couldn't source a powerful enough pure combi). However, since you're not in Cambridge any longer….

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Cos when we had a *bunch* of people staying at the HoLE for Edinburgh rehearsals, everybody could have hot showers (unlike last year, when there were generally only four a day...)

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