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    Thinking about a 10mm hot tap feed

    The hot tap has a healthy flow. I don't have a guage to measure water pressure but it seems very good.
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    Thinking about a 10mm hot tap feed

    Chuck: That's all very good information; thanks. This morning I did a quick test and found that it actually took 40 seconds to get decent hot water and that used 6ltr of water. Doesn't sound very long does it, but it does waste a lot of water. The central heating was already hot so that may have...
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    Thinking about a 10mm hot tap feed

    Last Plumber: "I would find out why it takes so long first though." I would guess something like three litres of water have to be shifted and then there's the normal boiler heat-up time. From a cold start probably about 90 seconds before the water is usefully hot. This boiler has a 'Comfort'...
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    Thinking about a 10mm hot tap feed

    Ok folks, what about going one step further and using 8mm pipe? Good idea, bad idea?
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    Thinking about a 10mm hot tap feed

    The boiler is a Veissmann Vitodens W-100 Combi. No hot water cylinder.
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    Thinking about a 10mm hot tap feed

    I know the run intimately as I installed it :) Anyway, what about my idea? Would the narrow pipe cause an unacceptable resistance to the flow?
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    Thinking about a 10mm hot tap feed

    Hi. My boiler is about 20 feet away from the kitchen taps. The water to the sink hot tap takes quite a long time to get really hot. The current feed to all taps in the house is 15mm pipe; I'm thinking of running a length of 10mm pipe from the boiler to the kitchen hot tap so that less volume of...
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    System flush - cold?

    Many thanks Shaun, While I was out walking the dog I realised how simple it is; just turn the boiler temperature down low! :)
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    System flush - cold?

    Hi, new here. The heating system cleaning fluid I've got advises circulating at preferably room temperature. The combi boiler is a Viessmann W-100. Is it possible to get the boiler to circulate the water without the gas firing up? Thanks for any advice. Neil

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