Hot supply not hot hot

[Flyfisher108]

had a new combi 30kw boiler installed in my loft about 4 years ago but the hot water supply to my mira excel shower located in the ground floor is not super hot even at maximum, I have not noticed this issue in the summer month’s only in the winter months but was wondering if this could be a pipe insulation issue which may need upgrading rather than a boiler issue, any advice would be most welcome thanks

 

[Deleted member 267285]

Sounds plausible. Combi’s are notoriously poorer hot water delivery in the colder months.

 

[cdbe]

Compare flow of shower to HW output of boiler. Pipe lagging will reduce heat loss by a (relatively) tiny amount so not significant. You might need a flow restrictor.

 

[Justin Passing]

Turn the flow down. Does it get better? If so get a shower head which is designed for less water flow. Some incorporate air to make it feel like more.
Complete diagnosis - turn shower on full, no other gas appliances, and measure the gas flow rate at the meter. It's either here in FAQs or gooogle it. If it's >=32kW, it's not the boiler at fault.
Best to do it when CH is OFF and COLD.- CH flow pipe shouldn't get warm.