Updated 15 September 2026 · about 14 minutes
Nearly everyone is told to get a combi. For most homes that is right. For a meaningful minority it is the reason they spend the next ten years disappointed with their hot water. Here is how to tell which group you are in.
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Updated 15 September 2026 · about 13 minutes
Electric boilers are having a moment. They are compact, need no flue, no gas supply and no annual gas safety check. They are also, for most homes on mains gas, considerably more expensive to run. Here is the honest picture.
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Updated 15 September 2026 · about 13 minutes
Heat pumps are either the future of home heating or an expensive mistake, depending entirely on who is talking and what they sell. We fit gas boilers and we fit air conditioning. Here is what we would tell a friend.
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Updated 16 September 2026 · about 11 minutes
We get called out several times a year to homes where a combi was fitted two or three years ago into a property that was never suited to one. The boiler is fine. The installation is fine. The choice was wrong, and the owner lives with it every morning.
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