Combi gas boilers for smaller homes
Combi gas boilers for smaller homes
If you are about to fit a new boiler you should consider a combination gas boiler if you have a shortage of space. With just a combi gas boiler and balanced flue you have all the pieces you need to put in a full central heating system. Include radiators and copper piping and you are then able to heat your home. You might ask whether we had missed some component parts out of this statement. Isn’t it true that most systems seem to require a feed and enlargement tank in the loft, a water pump to move the hot water around and a storage tank to keep hot water when not needed.
These component parts are not called for by a contemporary combi gas boiler. You do not need to purchase a hot water storage tank, storage space in the loft can be saved by leaving out the feed and enlargement tank, the other small-scale elements we have mentioned are actually built into the combi boiler. The consequence is that a lot of space is saved inside your house.
Combination gas boilers are not a new heating boiler design. They have a longer history in Europe but have now become the most popular gas boiler in the United Kingdom. There are two major divergences between this type of gas boiler and its better known options. The first is that hot water circles around a sealed system when heating the central heating. This removes any demand for a feed and enlargement cylinder in the attic. The gas boiler itself contains a large capacity enlargement cylinder but again this is part of the sealed unit.
Domestic hot water is produced on demand, the heating boiler is aware of this when you switch on a hot water valve. And cost-efficient internal heat exchanger enables the boiler to rapidly heat and cold water. The heat exchanger is heated by channeling circulating hot water from the central heating system. Fresh cold water from the outside mains passes through this heat exchanger where it is heated before it reaches the hot water tap.
The heating boiler design gives priority to developing instant hot water. When the valve is shut again the central heating water is returned to its normal circuit.
As a result you should give serious thought to installing a combination boiler for your next renewal heating boiler.