Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

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Hackney

6,868 posts

209 months

Friday 29th December 2023
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In the kitchen with my wife and she observed that the dog had my daughter’s pyjama shorts in his mouth.
“Where did he get those from?”
“I don’t know, last time I saw them they were upstairs”
“Were they brought down to be washed?”
“I don’t know because….last time I saw them they were upstairs”

Cue a glare.

Edited by Hackney on Friday 29th December 22:23

Vipers

32,942 posts

229 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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Women……..

Our eldest daughter is visiting and says she is off to run her son a bath.

She calls me up to the bathroom saying the hot tap in the sink is running cold.

Now having a few recent episodes of my “New” boiler tripping out, thinking FFS.

Get to the bathroom and indeed the hot tap is running cold.

Then I notice she has filled the bath just about to the brim.

Told her she had drained the hot water tank that’s why it’s now running cold, response

“Oh I didn’t know you had a tank”

Unless I am missing something, don’t all domesticated premises have a hot water storage tank?

WyrleyD

1,926 posts

149 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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Vipers said:
Women……..

Unless I am missing something, don’t all domesticated premises have a hot water storage tank?
Errm, No. We have a combi boiler and no tank and never had one.

trails

3,845 posts

150 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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Vipers said:
Women……..

Our eldest daughter is visiting and says she is off to run her son a bath.

She calls me up to the bathroom saying the hot tap in the sink is running cold.

Now having a few recent episodes of my “New” boiler tripping out, thinking FFS.

Get to the bathroom and indeed the hot tap is running cold.

Then I notice she has filled the bath just about to the brim.

Told her she had drained the hot water tank that’s why it’s now running cold, response

“Oh I didn’t know you had a tank”

Unless I am missing something, don’t all domesticated premises have a hot water storage tank?
Nope...combi-boilers don't smile

shtu

3,499 posts

147 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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Vipers said:
Unless I am missing something, don’t all domesticated premises have a hot water storage tank?
Domesticated premises? rofl


No, many houses these days don't have hot water storage, comes straight out the boiler.

Celtic Dragon

3,174 posts

236 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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And another nope here! I have a combi boiler, and hate it!

BenS94

1,993 posts

25 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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Celtic Dragon said:
And another nope here! I have a combi boiler, and hate it!
And another....

TorqueVR

1,844 posts

200 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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Sorry Vipers, but tanks and cylinders are old fashioned and becoming quite unusual.

I'm a residential surveyor and probably see one for every 30-40 combi boilers. FWIW I also have one but the house is 27 years old and has the original (now dated) hot water system. A year or so we had a house full of guests who drained our cylinder and we had the same conversation as you. Sorry to say but I suspect that you and I are a couple of dinosaurs.

Cotty

39,681 posts

285 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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I ripped out my water tank and installed a combie boiler. Hot water whenever I want without heating a tank when I don't need it.

HTP99

22,671 posts

141 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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BenS94 said:
Celtic Dragon said:
And another nope here! I have a combi boiler, and hate it!
And another....
We have a hot water tank, what's the issue with a combi boiler?

BenS94

1,993 posts

25 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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HTP99 said:
BenS94 said:
Celtic Dragon said:
And another nope here! I have a combi boiler, and hate it!
And another....
We have a hot water tank, what's the issue with a combi boiler?
For me, it takes bloody ages for the water to get hot, whereas, I understand a tank is instant

Celtic Dragon

3,174 posts

236 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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BenS94 said:
HTP99 said:
BenS94 said:
Celtic Dragon said:
And another nope here! I have a combi boiler, and hate it!
And another....
We have a hot water tank, what's the issue with a combi boiler?
For me, it takes bloody ages for the water to get hot, whereas, I understand a tank is instant
My experience is exactly that. My boiler is on the opposite side of the house and upstairs, and takes forever to get hot water in the kitchen.

fezst

235 posts

125 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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If you live in a large house with several showers, sinks etc - you cannot supply adequate hot water pressure with just a combi boiler.
As soon as someone starts doing the dishes, you will find the hot water pressure drops dramatically to the other taps in the house. You won't get this with a hot water tank - larger new builds still have hot water tanks installed for this purpose.

gazza285

9,842 posts

209 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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fezst said:
If you live in a large house with several showers, sinks etc - you cannot supply adequate hot water pressure with just a combi boiler.
As soon as someone starts doing the dishes, you will find the hot water pressure drops dramatically to the other taps in the house. You won't get this with a hot water tank - larger new builds still have hot water tanks installed for this purpose.
Every house I have lived in with a tank had a drop in flow when running more than one tap.

Mick Dastardly

162 posts

25 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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fezst said:
If you live in a large house with several showers, sinks etc - you cannot supply adequate hot water pressure with just a combi boiler.
As soon as someone starts doing the dishes, you will find the hot water pressure drops dramatically to the other taps in the house. You won't get this with a hot water tank - larger new builds still have hot water tanks installed for this purpose.
What nonsense. I’ve got a shower room, a bathroom and 5 sets of taps, and my 40kw combi has never had a problem supplying them, with very little discernible drop in pressure.

8bit

4,894 posts

156 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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TorqueVR said:
Sorry Vipers, but tanks and cylinders are old fashioned and becoming quite unusual.
What about for heat pump systems?

Blown2CV

29,059 posts

204 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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combi output pressure is I think often restricted by input cold water pressure. The lower limit for acceptable inbound fresh water pressure according to UU is pretty low so lots of houses just have crap pressure as standard. We are fortunate in our house as we have stonking inbound fresh water flow and we also use a pressurised tank system instead of combi boiler.

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Skyedriver

17,995 posts

283 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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8bit said:
TorqueVR said:
Sorry Vipers, but tanks and cylinders are old fashioned and becoming quite unusual.
What about for heat pump systems?
Exactly this.

ASHP, hot water stored in a copper tank, all pressure fed off the mains. Run the hot water or a cold tap, there is no discernable drop at any other tap either hot or cold.

You lot with combis - dinosaurs.

Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie

havoc

30,223 posts

236 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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Skyedriver said:
ASHP, hot water stored in a copper tank, all pressure fed off the mains.
Going even further O/T...

We're going to be swapping out our system in the next few months...any advice on ASHP? Costs / install headaches / etc?

We may have an issue in that our south-facing wall is 'outside the house' next to a pathway, so I'm not sure if we can (or should) put the heat-exchangers where they can be accessed by Joe Public...so we're probably going to end up sticking with gas. Which is fine now but may be a headache in future...

Blown2CV

29,059 posts

204 months

Wednesday 3rd January
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havoc said:
Skyedriver said:
ASHP, hot water stored in a copper tank, all pressure fed off the mains.
Going even further O/T...

We're going to be swapping out our system in the next few months...any advice on ASHP? Costs / install headaches / etc?

We may have an issue in that our south-facing wall is 'outside the house' next to a pathway, so I'm not sure if we can (or should) put the heat-exchangers where they can be accessed by Joe Public...so we're probably going to end up sticking with gas. Which is fine now but may be a headache in future...
there are multiple threads devoted to just what a nightmare these can be