What is the the difference between a combi boiler and an ordinary boiler?

What is the technical difference and what type of property do they suit?

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A combi boiler (combination) is a appliance which provides heating and hot water on demand.
An ordinary boiler (conventional) is a appliance that provides heating and can be connector to a hot water cylinder to provide hot water.

Condensing gas boilers are the new modern and efficient way to provide heating and hot water to your home. The provide instant heat and hot water by cold water from the mains going through a heat exchanger in the boiler as and when you need it.

An open system relies more on you needing a cylinder tank usually located in an airing cupboard to store hot water to use when required.

The combi boiler, little cheap to run, and give you more hot water, and nice heating.
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The main difference between a combi boiler and other boilers (conventional / regular) is that a combi elimnates the need to store hot water in a cylinder. A combi boiler is able work both as a water heater and work as a central heating boiler.

As a combi system doesn\'t need a hot water tank, it usually results in a space saving compared to a conventional system.

You got combi boiler that give you hot water intanterous and central heating. Then you got storage heater which we call them system the water stored in a cylinder.

A Combi Boiler is a combination boiler and an ordinary boiler is just an ordinary boiler. Hope this helps

the combi boiler is combination between heating and hot water, so the combi boiler can play the role of instantinous water heater and ordinary boiler in one package.

new combi boilers are a lot more efficient, all are 95% efficient, if you think your old boiler was probably 65% when it was made and like most things loses efficiency over the years.
plus a combi system is pressurised and heats up quicker and more evenly

Condensing boiler are more energy efficient than ordinary boiler.

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