mangocrazy
Italian V-twin nutjob
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In my previous house I had a Viessmann condensing boiler installed. This was in 1995 and condensing technology was pretty much unknown except in Germany. I went for it because of the published efficiency figures and the specification. Viessmann were one of the pioneers of condensing technology and they made a big play about their all-stainless heat exchanger and their stainless 'matrix' burner.
When it arrived it took three people to get the boiler and pallet into the house. The thing weighed a ton and really was built like a tank. It cost £1400 in 1995, but you got plenty of metal for your money. At the time I was a flush IT contractor, so this wasn't a problem. It was about four times the size of current boilers, but my god it was good. I had ten entirely trouble-free years out of it, with a toasty warm house and surprisingly small gas bills.
Then in 2005, completely out of the blue, Viessmann contacted me asking if I'd like a new boiler. For free. They offered to remove my old Viessmann Mirola and replace it with the latest top of the line condensing boiler for free, including all installation work. They wanted to take my old Mirola, open it up and use it to showcase their boiler technology at trade shows to demonstrate how it had stood the test of time.
I gave this some careful thought (at least a second, as I recall) and said yes. The job was done slickly and well by their contractors and everyone was happy. The replacement boiler is still humming away happily, and now an outlay of £1400 for 17 years of trouble-free operation (touch wood) doesn't seem too shabby...
When it arrived it took three people to get the boiler and pallet into the house. The thing weighed a ton and really was built like a tank. It cost £1400 in 1995, but you got plenty of metal for your money. At the time I was a flush IT contractor, so this wasn't a problem. It was about four times the size of current boilers, but my god it was good. I had ten entirely trouble-free years out of it, with a toasty warm house and surprisingly small gas bills.
Then in 2005, completely out of the blue, Viessmann contacted me asking if I'd like a new boiler. For free. They offered to remove my old Viessmann Mirola and replace it with the latest top of the line condensing boiler for free, including all installation work. They wanted to take my old Mirola, open it up and use it to showcase their boiler technology at trade shows to demonstrate how it had stood the test of time.
I gave this some careful thought (at least a second, as I recall) and said yes. The job was done slickly and well by their contractors and everyone was happy. The replacement boiler is still humming away happily, and now an outlay of £1400 for 17 years of trouble-free operation (touch wood) doesn't seem too shabby...
