Combi Condensing Boilers

A 'Combi' boiler is called this because it heats water for your radiators and heats water for your taps on demand.

This means that when you run the hot tap your boiler fires up and heats that water that will help you wash up or clean your hands.

At the same time it could be heating your home's radiators so doing 2 things in 'combi'nation.

The benefits are:

• Can be cheaper to run as there is no hot water store to heat

• Heating for radiators and Hot water for your taps when you want it

• No need for a separate hot water cylinder, saving space

When a Combi may not be suitable

• If your property has low mains water pressure

• If your property has multiple bathrooms/Shower rooms

New legislation introduced in 2005 (2007 for oil) states that all new boilers have to be Condensing Boilers. This is sometimes misunderstood as meaning they have to be ‘Combi', ‘Combi' just describes how the boiler provides you with heating and hot water.

The important thing to remember if you are choosing a new boiler is that the boiler is Condensing.

System Condensing boilers