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Anyone got one of these of had any experience with these?
I know nothing about plumbing or heating, we've been to view a house, which we really like, however it has a (gas) back boiler behind the fireplace in the living room.

Does anyone know how these things work?

Thanks in advance.

Other than if its old its likely to be inefficient compared to a new condensing boiler I've nothing to add.

From what I've read they could actually be fairly reliable, but need to be installed correctly to ensure they are not dangerous!

Just get it serviced each year by British Gas and you'll be fine.

Basically it heats the water up and stores it in a tank (usually in the airing cupboard). The only problem is if you use a ton of hot water and run out you have to wait for more water to heat up.

Cheers Si, what about heating in general? Would we need the fire turned on to heat the house or is there another way?

Sods law, we didn't think to ask these questions when we were there, but chances are we'll go back for a second viewing, so could find out then. Then again, the answers you get from someone trying to sell you their house or from the estate agent might not be 100% trustworthy, so i'm just trying to gauge if it could be a problem or not before we take things forward.

On the second viewing ask....and ask them to show you how it works also if you are not familiar.

No it's proper central heating but runs separate to the water. Heating will get up to temperature quickly as it simply pumps the heated water through the heating system immediately.

Basically you have a timer and heat the water and/or heating for when you want it. You can also turn it all off completely or keep it on constant running.

I keep forgetting about the fire as there isn't a need for it.

look up how domestic boilers work in google as it probably explains it better than I can.

You explained it perfectly well Si, thanks very much for your responses :)

I assumed it was a euphemism for something else....

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