Are combi boilers universal in their ftting?

[Cock Womble 7]

My combi boiler is:

a) Crap

and

b) Probably on its last legs


I saw a new boiler in WIckes today that, with my discount, I could get for £500 and then pay some spanner monkey to fit it.

My question is, would a new boiler just slot in place of the old one?

[Dave^]

No....

Chances are, the flue, gas, cold in, hot out, heating flow and return will all be in the wrong place...

Eta - nothing that's not achievable in a day though...

Edited by Dave^ on Sunday 28th November 17:00

[Busamav]

Cock Womble 7 said:

with my discount, I could get for £500 and then pay some spanner monkey to fit it.

My question is, would a new boiler just slot in place of the old one?

so you now want some " spanner monkey " to give you their free professional advice

I can see them queing up to help you

[Cock Womble 7]

Busamav said:

so you now want some " spanner monkey " to give you their free professional advice

I can see them queuing up to help you

No, just wanted a simple yes or no as to whether or not it was a straight swap.

[mrsxllifts]

Have a look online for a price comparision on your new boiler. We have just bought one for £300 less than in the shops just by having a quick sqizz online.

As to direct replacement, almost certainly no, we got the updated version of what we had and it still needs a few pipes moving about.

[mrsxllifts]

From what I read when we were looking at a new one, all new boilers have to be condensing unless you get a special exemption. Which means you need to have a pipe running in to a drain of some sort which you probably don't already have.