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I have moved into a property that has a combi oil boiler. Having been in a hot water tank based system before, I was used to getting hot water as soon as you turn on the tap (assuming it was still hot at that point). However, with this new property I find I have to wait a good 30s or more before I get hot water? Having googled a bit, this seems to be normal. Some suggested reasons for the delay being :
- Takes a little time for the boiler to be triggered that the hot water pipe is being used (not sure about that taking 30s?)
- The pipes from the boiler to the tap itself will have water in them from the last use that has cooled down, which needs to be passed before water directly heated by the boiler gets through
- Perhaps I just I have a slow system in general.
The second point seems the most likely cause to me. I have a 50ft Xhose pipe, and after turning off at the tap, it always amazes me how long it takes for all that water to drain out for it to shrink again. Assuming my pipe work is roughly as long as that, the 30s makes complete sense. Anyone know if my thinking is correct here?
I'm not really bothered about the delay, it's just a little annoying. What I am concerned about though is, being on a water meter, the wasted water I use waiting for the hot water to come through. I guess I'll just have to get into the habit of only using hot water when I actually need it (washing up, taking a bath)
Just wondering how good other peoples combi systems are?
Note : the boiler is in the garage (right next to house though). So I guess it has a noticeably longer distance to travel than most in house systems.
- Takes a little time for the boiler to be triggered that the hot water pipe is being used (not sure about that taking 30s?)
- The pipes from the boiler to the tap itself will have water in them from the last use that has cooled down, which needs to be passed before water directly heated by the boiler gets through
- Perhaps I just I have a slow system in general.
The second point seems the most likely cause to me. I have a 50ft Xhose pipe, and after turning off at the tap, it always amazes me how long it takes for all that water to drain out for it to shrink again. Assuming my pipe work is roughly as long as that, the 30s makes complete sense. Anyone know if my thinking is correct here?
I'm not really bothered about the delay, it's just a little annoying. What I am concerned about though is, being on a water meter, the wasted water I use waiting for the hot water to come through. I guess I'll just have to get into the habit of only using hot water when I actually need it (washing up, taking a bath)
Just wondering how good other peoples combi systems are?
Note : the boiler is in the garage (right next to house though). So I guess it has a noticeably longer distance to travel than most in house systems.