Boilers - what would you choose
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Need a new boiler as part of a house refurb. Been offered the following but would like some recommendations.....
British Gas - f
king expensive, offering a BG 'enhanced' Worcester/Bosch 532, incl fitting/flush etc are over £1k more than the local firm. Warranty not worth anything unless I take out homecare for years 2-10 at £20/month.
Local firm offering the following with full flush, all within a few quid of each other and all with 6 year warranty:
Baxi Duo-tec Combi 28HE
Worcester Greenstar 28 Junior
Vaillant Ecotec Pro 28
Another local fitter is recommending a Glow-worm.
I'm leaning towards the Worcester Greenstar because of its smaller size and ease of locating in a kitchen cupboard but any real life experiences or recommendations?
TIA.
British Gas - f
king expensive, offering a BG 'enhanced' Worcester/Bosch 532, incl fitting/flush etc are over £1k more than the local firm. Warranty not worth anything unless I take out homecare for years 2-10 at £20/month. Local firm offering the following with full flush, all within a few quid of each other and all with 6 year warranty:
Baxi Duo-tec Combi 28HE
Worcester Greenstar 28 Junior
Vaillant Ecotec Pro 28
Another local fitter is recommending a Glow-worm.
I'm leaning towards the Worcester Greenstar because of its smaller size and ease of locating in a kitchen cupboard but any real life experiences or recommendations?
TIA.
rednotdead said:
local fitter is recommending a Glow-worm
Check to see if the fitter gets a bonus for recommending Glow-worm. I was told that our plumber has had his Summer holiday paid for by a boiler manufacturer by installing their models.The chap who maintains our boiler said that in his experience Boulter Buderus were the most reliable followed by Worcester Bosch (both are part of the Bosch group now)
I install mainly Worcesters, the Greenstar range is very good. If your budget could stretch I'd go for the Si range over the Junior.
They have a few more features, but the main one is the ability to control hot water temperature, which you can not do on the Junior.
Vaillants are good boilers, better build quality than the Worcesters, but I don't like the fact they use rubber hoses which are known to split and make a mess. They may have revised them though.
Also Worcester are offering a 6 year warranty if you use an Accredited Installer up to the 31st of August.
They have a few more features, but the main one is the ability to control hot water temperature, which you can not do on the Junior.
Vaillants are good boilers, better build quality than the Worcesters, but I don't like the fact they use rubber hoses which are known to split and make a mess. They may have revised them though.
Also Worcester are offering a 6 year warranty if you use an Accredited Installer up to the 31st of August.
BG have just fitted a Baxi back boiler and fire for me. The cost of the parts is comparable to what I could get them for retail, its all the other bits and bobs that made the job fuggling expensive, despite also getting 2 years free homecare as part of the deal. The 2 day job took nearly 4 weeks, part due to them, part due to their supplier. I would not use them again. Boiler and fire are great though (so far).
mattdaniels said:
BG have just fitted a Baxi back boiler and fire for me. The cost of the parts is comparable to what I could get them for retail, its all the other bits and bobs that made the job fuggling expensive, despite also getting 2 years free homecare as part of the deal. The 2 day job took nearly 4 weeks, part due to them, part due to their supplier. I would not use them again. Boiler and fire are great though (so far).
I'm yet to see one of these installed, did they have much difficulty installing it?They have electric fire fronts don't they?
I had a Valiant for 22 years and although in its later years we had a few problems it was always easy to get spares untill 3 years ago when it was just not worth repairing, we opted for the Bosch/ Worster junior and am pleased with it although as someone mentioned you cannot control the temperature of the hot water
Ricky_M said:
mattdaniels said:
BG have just fitted a Baxi back boiler and fire for me. The cost of the parts is comparable to what I could get them for retail, its all the other bits and bobs that made the job fuggling expensive, despite also getting 2 years free homecare as part of the deal. The 2 day job took nearly 4 weeks, part due to them, part due to their supplier. I would not use them again. Boiler and fire are great though (so far).
I'm yet to see one of these installed, did they have much difficulty installing it?They have electric fire fronts don't they?
http://www.discountedheating.co.uk/shop/acatalog/B...
They didn't have much difficulty installing it (once they got all the right parts) apart from having to deal with an old asbestos collar from the flu on to the previous back boiler.
It's the only BBU to choose from in the UK at the moment, so didn't have a viable alternative as a "swap in" replacement if I didn't want the house ripped apart and losing a cupboard in the kitchen to house a new boiler or have one of those nasty combi things.
Edited by mattdaniels on Saturday 7th May 11:51
FlossyThePig said:
rednotdead said:
local fitter is recommending a Glow-worm
Check to see if the fitter gets a bonus for recommending Glow-worm. I was told that our plumber has had his Summer holiday paid for by a boiler manufacturer by installing their models.The chap who maintains our boiler said that in his experience Boulter Buderus were the most reliable followed by Worcester Bosch (both are part of the Bosch group now)
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