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By boiler i mean the big box on the wall in the kitchen which burns natural gas to heat water. This may be a UK specific usage.
by twic 3y ago
By boiler i mean the big box on the wall in the kitchen which burns natural gas to heat water. This may be a UK specific usage.
- foresto 3y agoI think this is known as a tankless water heater in the US. (Tankless because you said it's on the wall.)
- komadori 3y agoBoilers in the UK are usually mounted on the inside of an exterior wall to provide for venting exhaust gases outside. They may provide hot water on-demand without a tank (combi boiler) or fill a hot water cylinder on a schedule (system boiler) depending on type. Heating is typically provided by the boiler pumping hot water through a circuit of wall-mounted radiators regulated by TRVs (Thermostatic Radiator Valves).
- sgerenser 3y agoBoilers are definitely much more common in the UK than US. I believe New England is one of the few areas of the US that has a relatively high percentage of homes with hydronic+boiler heating setups. In most other parts of the U.S., many people probably have no idea what a boiler even is.
- mattpallissard 3y agoPretty common in the Northwest part of the country as well.