Worcester, ideal, Bali, vaillant - which one?
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Have an urgent need to replace a 10yo Baxi Solo HE24, as it's leaking a bit (!), and it looks as though these are the manufacturers of the favourite / most common replacements.
I'd like to upgrade to a 30kw (20s detached 5 bed) as I think that 24kw is just a little bit on the small side, but which one would you put your money into?
Budget is c£1k max for boiler + 1.4m flue, fitting extra on top.
Baxi EcoBlue
Worcester Greenstar cdi
Ideal Logic +
Vaillant EcoTec Plus
Ideal is cheapest, but will it "just work" and be reliable?
I'd like to upgrade to a 30kw (20s detached 5 bed) as I think that 24kw is just a little bit on the small side, but which one would you put your money into?
Budget is c£1k max for boiler + 1.4m flue, fitting extra on top.
Baxi EcoBlue
Worcester Greenstar cdi
Ideal Logic +
Vaillant EcoTec Plus
Ideal is cheapest, but will it "just work" and be reliable?
Ideal Logic are not bad boilers, but Ideal's reputation remains tarnished by some of the junk like the Isar they were producing 10 years ago.
Worcester are decent, and you can get a very long warranty if you use an approved installer. Likewise Vailant, but they tend to be bit more expensive.
Unless the Ideal is more than £200 cheaper than the Worcester, I'd go for the Worcester.
Worcester are decent, and you can get a very long warranty if you use an approved installer. Likewise Vailant, but they tend to be bit more expensive.
Unless the Ideal is more than £200 cheaper than the Worcester, I'd go for the Worcester.
Ask three men a question, get 4 different answers. I do like the idea of stainless heat exchanger, but if the system is treated with fernox at time of install, an alloy exchanger should last ok.
More concerned about the robustness of the controls and peripherals - current Baxi, despite leaking like a sieve now (some time with no fernox), has been great , with only a flame sensor change last year. If it wasn't leaking, I wouldn't change it.
More concerned about the robustness of the controls and peripherals - current Baxi, despite leaking like a sieve now (some time with no fernox), has been great , with only a flame sensor change last year. If it wasn't leaking, I wouldn't change it.
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