Ideal EvoMax 60 - a system boiler, regular boiler or combi boiler?

The Ideal EvoMax 60 is a heat only boiler you may wish to consider if you want this type of boiler for your house or flat.

Heat only boilers (often referred to as standard boilers, regular boilers or conventional boilers) need both a hot water cylinder and a cold water tank to work. The hot water cylinder heats and keeps warm the water you need and is normally installed in either a utility room or attic. The cold water tank holds water which it passes to the hot water cylinder depending on how you've programmed your boiler.

When you program a heat only boiler, you set the times and days when you want central heating and hot water to be available. However, if you don't remember to program your boiler and there's no water left in the hot water cylinder, you may have to wait up to an hour for hot water to come out of your taps.

Heat only boilers can cope with the demand for hot water from multiple taps and sources around your home simultaneously. That's why they're better for larger homes than combi boilers - combi boilers struggle when more than one hot tap is turned on. This is because they have a maximum capacity of water they can heat and distribute at any one time, meaning water pressure, temperature and volume to each tap drops.

Is a Ideal EvoMax 60 heat only a suitable choice for my house or flat?

It's best to choose a boiler whose size or "output" is right for your property. With boilers, however, size does not mean how big a boiler is, it means how much power it has.

A boiler’s output indicates the amount of power it can use when heating the water which it then sends to your taps and radiators. The higher the output rate, the more water it can heat.

If a boiler’s output is too low, there will be times when your hot water might not be as hot as you want it to be. If it is too high, you’ll likely be paying more than you need to for your gas.

Measured in kilowatts, the Ideal EvoMax 60 heat only's output level is 60 kW, so which types of property would this Ideal EvoMax 60 heat only boiler be an appropriate choice for?

Most heating engineers would recommend that this Ideal EvoMax 60 heat only boiler would be suitable for larger properties including detached homes with 15 or more radiators and two or more bathrooms.

How large is the Ideal EvoMax 60?

Ideal’s EvoMax 60 is TBC mm tall, TBC mm wide, and TBC mm deep.

Is the Ideal EvoMax 60 a condensing or non-condensing boiler?

The Ideal EvoMax 60 is a condensing gas boiler - this is the type of boiler we recommend to most clients because they're better for the environment and they will save money on annual fuel bills.

A condensing boiler captures and recycles the warmth still present in both the flue exhaust gases and water vapour condensation created when gas is burned to provide your boiler with power.

This means it needs less gas to operate and it uses this extra energy to perform a number of tasks, including heating the colder water that comes back to the boiler from the radiators in your home.

How does the Ideal EvoMax 60 heat only rate environmentally?

Concern for the environment is causing more and more homeowners to think about how they heat their homes and its impact on climate change.

Gas boilers are responsible for dangerous atmospheric levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions in Britain's biggest cities and, overall, 14% of the UK’s greenhouse gases are produced by our domestic central heating systems.

Let's take a closer look at whether installing a Ideal EvoMax 60 heat only would be a good choice for the environment.

The energy efficiency rating for a boiler describes the amount of energy it uses and wastes during operation and there are two different ways to measure it.

All boilers manufactured and supplied in the UK must have a SEDBUK rating of “A” subject to a minimum energy efficiency score of 92% or above. Before April 2018, the minimum energy efficiency score was 88% (88/89% = "B" SEDBUK rating, 90%+ = "A" SEDBUK rating).

The Ideal EvoMax 60 scored an efficiency rating of 96.9% and a SEDBUK band rating of A.

What is the warranty period on a Ideal EvoMax 60 heat only boiler?

The parts and labour warranty on the Ideal EvoMax 60 covers all repair-related costs for 2 years while the heat exchange warranty covers you for [Heat Exchange Warranty] years.