Intergas 24/18 HRE compact Combi

[Dickie]

Hi Dickie,

Welcome back - I wonder how long for this time eh?

from the whole mods team

Thank you so much for your kind welcome, may I just say how well the forums are looking!!!
Oh by the way, I'm going to try to be a good boy, so you guys can rest easy......I've not had a drink
for about...........oh 3 days??!!!

Oh, just one other thing if you don't mind; Has my mate Tomplum been on here, or is he away on vacation in Canada?

[Dickie]

I fitted kit A but would have fitted kit B had I known before I ordered it.

Kit B is much better quality valves and easier to fit, only downside is hiding the vessel.

The install was a bit of a chuck it in and get the heating back on, so could have been better if I'd ripped the lot out and started from scratch.

I take it the 'Kits' are purely sealed system kits? I think Plumbline(Plumbase in Scotland) are having a 'Breakfast briefing'
on these, so I may pop along.
Thanks again Scruff

[thescruff]

Tom was on a few days ago with a vid on how to cap off a washing machine tap using a 10p coin,

Kit includes the manifold and valves.

[Dickie]

Ah, that'll be the 10p he owes me!! I hope he's still in the country & hasn't forgotten about it??!!
You know what us poragewogs are like, every penny counts!!!!.............

[thescruff]

Twas a clever plan.

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[thescruff]

Just to update the thread by request.

Boiler is performing faultlessly.

Did the Intergas training on Thursday 12th, and ended the evening with a curry.

Excellent, hands on day with Vince trying to keep us under control, we certainly fired a few questions his way which he handle very well

End result is I'm even more impressed with them, and just ordered another to trial at my Daughters, which No1 Son is going to install for free, provided I do the wiring and commission

This time I'm going for a 24/18HRE the same as before but on an open vent, with the combi just serving the kitchen, and the hot water and heating on a Y plan.

[Mehran2]

just have some interesting pictures. found a cut-a-away of the main hx just to show what we are talking about with the boiler:

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also just to show how much stuff in the trap after 16months of use:

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and just how hard hartlepool water is:

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btw the boiler is still going strong

[thescruff]

What water conditioners do you use on the domestic Mehran

[Mehran2]

I had a combi mate but I took it off:

so currently...nothing

[thescruff]

Sure way of testing it

Have you fixed that leak

[Mehran2]

no, noticed it months ago... waiting till it forms a massive lime ball

[gas4you]

Looks as bad as an Isar for the ali in the trap

[sweetcorn]

Can I ask why you took the Combi-mate off? is this your own boiler Mehran?

[thescruff]

Update.

Installed a second 24/18 HRE with my boy at the weekend for my Daughter (Practice) to see what it would do.

This time we had the combi serving the kitchen sink and washing machine, and a cylinder on a Y plan doing the bathroom and heating.

We also disconnected the pressure switch and made it an open vented boiler so as to avoid to high pressure problems on an old system.

Added a nice Magnaclean, and still need to fit a scale reducer, possibly go the the Hydroflow the same as I have.

Boiler work a treat first time, but as before the CO² needed tweaking with the FGA.

Highly recommended, all we have to do now is wait 25 years to see which goes first Me or the boiler.

[moneyshot]

Are you still monitoring your gas bills now the Intergas has been in what is it? 10 months! Is the second model doing ok as well?