Boiler advice - Vokera?
Discussion
We've recently moved into an old stone house 3 stories, cellar, ground floor and 3 bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs, not too far out of Halifax, West Yorkshire.
The current boiler is an oldish (10-15 years) combi, a Vokera Compact 24 and has a slight leak coming from the pump inlet, meaning it loses pressure every 3-5 days and I have to have a tray under it to collect the water.
I've just had a chap come out to have a look at it who advised to leave it until it breaks (not my style!) and he quoted around £270 + fitting to replace the pump, or around £1200 to replace the bolier with a 30kW Vokera (unspecified model but probably another Compact).
Can anyone advise as to a)whether this seems a fair price or b) What sort of quality Vokera boliers are, a quick google suggest they are mid-range, but is there a better brand out there for the money?
Any pointers appreciated!
The current boiler is an oldish (10-15 years) combi, a Vokera Compact 24 and has a slight leak coming from the pump inlet, meaning it loses pressure every 3-5 days and I have to have a tray under it to collect the water.
I've just had a chap come out to have a look at it who advised to leave it until it breaks (not my style!) and he quoted around £270 + fitting to replace the pump, or around £1200 to replace the bolier with a 30kW Vokera (unspecified model but probably another Compact).
Can anyone advise as to a)whether this seems a fair price or b) What sort of quality Vokera boliers are, a quick google suggest they are mid-range, but is there a better brand out there for the money?
Any pointers appreciated!
moles said:
Vokera are an appalling manufacturer who deserve to go bust. Everything they make oozes cheapness avoid like the plague. Buy a vaillant instead will cost more but will last!. I'd be wary of anyone who fits vokera , ariston, or ferroli boilers.
This exactly moles is bang on ss
moles said:
Vokera are an appalling manufacturer who deserve to go bust. Everything they make oozes cheapness avoid like the plague. Buy a vaillant instead will cost more but will last!. I'd be wary of anyone who fits vokera , ariston, or ferroli boilers.
Absolutely smack on. I'd also add Biasi, Heatline, Sime and Ideal to that list, although people seem to like the new Vogue. Ideal have an absolutely horrendous record with combination boilers. Vaillants are the best boilers on the market, IMO. Get another installer.
We had a Vokera compact 29 fitted for free 4 years ago. For some reason the local council were offering some scheme that I thought you'd have to be on benefits to get but some how we qualified despite both having decent incomes and it's now been in for 4 trouble free years. It's never been serviced and we've had zero issues (house is now rented out and the tenant hasn't managed to break it either) so can't be that bad. Although I fully expect it to last no more than 8-10 years if were lucky at which point it'll be replaced with something else mid range in the hope we get another 8-10 years out of that!
If your likely to be staying in the house then as above go for something high end, Valliant or Worcester.
If your likely to be staying in the house then as above go for something high end, Valliant or Worcester.
Many thanks for the replies everyone, I found another trades person who is going to replace the seal on the inlet into the pump (instead of the whole pump) and see how we get on with that (first installer was just a bit too keen on selling us a new one).
Hopefully it'll get us through winter and into 2016 when we'll be in a better position to afford a decent one, if we were to do it now we'd just be replacing it with another cheap one.
In all fairness the current Vokera one is 10+ years old and still works, its just a bit leaky at the moment!
Hopefully it'll get us through winter and into 2016 when we'll be in a better position to afford a decent one, if we were to do it now we'd just be replacing it with another cheap one.
In all fairness the current Vokera one is 10+ years old and still works, its just a bit leaky at the moment!
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