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Mar 25, 2019 15:47:43 GMT
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Mar 25, 2019 15:54:44 GMT
Post by bryan on Mar 25, 2019 15:54:44 GMT
We had a Baxi Platinum installed with a 10yr guarantee - makes the water hot what's not to like! - we seem to be topping it up with water more often but I suspect building works have a small leak somewhere but that is every couple of months so not a pain and dead easy to fill up
Plumber seemed to like it
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Mar 25, 2019 16:11:20 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Mar 25, 2019 16:11:20 GMT
Worcester Bosch always get good reviews and are recommended by plumbers and heating engineers. That said, when we needed a new one a couple of years ago we couldn't get a WB as our gas pipe was only 15mm, not the 22mm most modern boilers need. We ended up getting a Baxi as that would work on the 15mm inlet and it's been very good. I think it has a 7 year warranty. It certainly has no problem supplying heating for 18 radiators and two power showers. It's a system boiler, not one of these combi shite.
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Mar 25, 2019 16:53:40 GMT
Post by michael on Mar 25, 2019 16:53:40 GMT
My plumber friend rates Viessmann boilers very highly or Grant systems if you're on oil.
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Mar 25, 2019 17:38:16 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 17:38:16 GMT
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Mar 25, 2019 20:16:01 GMT
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Post by Alex on Mar 25, 2019 20:16:01 GMT
Well whatever you decide get one now before the government outlaws gas fired appliances. Apparently they want to start penalising new homes fitted with gas boilers.
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Mar 25, 2019 20:29:52 GMT
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Post by Andy C on Mar 25, 2019 20:29:52 GMT
Worcester , baxi, viessmann, vaillant are all decent
I’d go baxi . Ecoblue boiler - 7year warranty
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Mar 25, 2019 20:31:44 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Mar 25, 2019 20:31:44 GMT
Well whatever you decide get one now before the government outlaws gas fired appliances. Apparently they want to start penalising new homes fitted with gas boilers. Got to raise the tax hit somehow!
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Mar 26, 2019 10:16:30 GMT
Post by Tim on Mar 26, 2019 10:16:30 GMT
Have you had it looked at?
Our oil-fired boiler is being temperamental again by failing to fire up fro the heating but working perfectly to heat the water! Sadly this coincided with us going away for a few days and then coming back to a very cold house late on Sunday.
It's clearly some sort of control issue rather than a boiler problem. The other thing that has caused problems in the past is the water pump inside the house failing and for some reason causing the boiler to fail to fire up.
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Mar 26, 2019 15:04:07 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 15:04:07 GMT
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Mar 26, 2019 18:21:50 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Mar 26, 2019 18:21:50 GMT
^ Normally the pump should run when the boiler should be burning.... is there a way you can listen to find out, maybe use a screwdriver on the pump body to feel for a vibration that would indicate that it is running?
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Mar 29, 2019 17:38:06 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 17:38:06 GMT
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Mar 29, 2019 17:48:06 GMT
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Post by bryan on Mar 29, 2019 17:48:06 GMT
Is replacing bits of an old knackered boiler not a false economy?
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Mar 29, 2019 18:27:09 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 18:27:09 GMT
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Mar 30, 2019 13:41:59 GMT
Post by PG on Mar 30, 2019 13:41:59 GMT
Depends on how long it carries on for afterwards I suppose. Only one boiler bit anyway, the pump is in the airing cupboard upstairs and needs doing anyway. If the old one is not a condensing boiler, it will probably go on for a very long time if you keep replacing the expendable pieces. But condensing boilers only seem to last 10-15 years now as the condensate rusts the interior far quicker. As for combi boilers, they seem to be corroding away to nothing from the moment they are installed. 10 years seems a good life for them.
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Mar 30, 2019 16:50:51 GMT
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Post by LandieMark on Mar 30, 2019 16:50:51 GMT
We have an old Trianco oil boiler about 25 or so years old. It is so simple, easy to work on and reliable. It may use oil a little more than a modern one would but not enough to justify changing it. Especially when most parts are still available.
I really never want to change it if possible.
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Apr 1, 2019 9:15:23 GMT
Post by Tim on Apr 1, 2019 9:15:23 GMT
My mum got a new oil fired boiler last year and it was nearly £3k.
Mind you the one it replaced had been in there since 1978!
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Apr 1, 2019 14:00:50 GMT
Post by PG on Apr 1, 2019 14:00:50 GMT
My mum got a new oil fired boiler last year and it was nearly £3k.Mind you the one it replaced had been in there since 1978! Indeed! Oil fired boilers are fu@@ing expensive compared to gas ones.
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Apr 1, 2019 14:27:27 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Apr 1, 2019 14:27:27 GMT
My mum got a new oil fired boiler last year and it was nearly £3k. Mind you the one it replaced had been in there since 1978! My mother-in-law's bungalow had electric storage heaters from new but last year she had a new Worcester Bosch oil fired boiler and radiators, including installation of outside oil storage tank, for free under some scheme that was running. I'm familiar with oil fired boilers and they're bloody expensive to run but this WB is very economical and is far cheaper than her old electric heating.
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Apr 17, 2019 13:01:33 GMT
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Apr 17, 2019 15:05:16 GMT
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Post by bryan on Apr 17, 2019 15:05:16 GMT
More importantly I hope you have an electric shower.....
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Apr 17, 2019 15:06:49 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 15:06:49 GMT
He is selling a service, the end result of which is meant to be a working boiler. He cannot demand payment for something he has not done. He IS from what I remember, entitled to remove the parts he has fitted as the act requires you to be no worse off than before the repair attempt. He will though have to do that at YOUR convenience and seeing as the parts are likely to be cheaper than his labour, doubt he will do that. Might be worth telling him he has a short time to respond and do that then there is no come back if he gets shirty later. Get someone else in and the parts will be available when the old boiler is removed.
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Apr 17, 2019 15:45:48 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Apr 17, 2019 15:45:48 GMT
^ Good advice. Alternatively, get a new boiler fitted and keep the old one for him to come and remove his parts from.
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Apr 17, 2019 15:46:21 GMT
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Jun 5, 2019 0:14:54 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2019 0:14:54 GMT
I think the 'expert' can rotate around a fixed point, a very sharp fixed point.
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