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My sisters boiler failed recently and Boxt beat all the quotes, normally i tell people to ask british gas for a one off fix it price which also covers the boiler for 12 months
My sisters boiler failed recently and Boxt beat all the quotes, normally i tell people to ask british gas for a one off fix it price which also covers the boiler for 12 months
Decided to search around for a new boiler had a quote for this below.
£1800.
They would go up on the roof with ladders and cats, connect the condenser to the bathroom bath drain as the airing cupboard is right next to the bath wall.
Would this be a good boiler?
Cheers.
Gas Combi - Combi
Vaillant ecoFIT pure 830 Erp
Vaillant Vertical Flue
Filter
7 Day Programmable Room Thermostat (Wireless) (Compatable with all Combi boilers)
Condensate Pump (No PRV Connection)
1 x Locksheild
Chemical Flush
Damn, thought I was getting somewhere.Its a Glowworm in disguise, not a proper Vaillant
Very cheap including a vertical flue, id be getting other options and opinions
Damn, thought I was getting somewhere.
I take it glowworm are an inferior boiler, or is it OK for the price, if not which vaillant should I be looking at?
The present boiler has a flue going straight through the airing cupboard, loft and roof, they are replacing that.
Thought it was cheaper as this company didn't quote £500 for scaffold like previous ones did for fitting an Ideal.
Mmm, looking at Kayos's post I don't know.. I've googled a bit and while not being able to find anything that says it's a glowworm I found that this model has an ali heat exchanger when it's stainless you really want.I've helped my brother in law fit vaillant boilers and they always come with seven year guarantee , I think that's a good deal , must be serviced every year
And fitted by gas safe engineer , can't go wrong ! Can you ?
Cheers, thanks for the heads up..Ecotec Pro or Plus are the proper Vaillants, with the Giannini continuous stainless heat exchanger, the Ecofit has a poor aluminium heat exchanger. Not all aluminium heat exchangers are bad, but that one is terrible in my experience
Get a quote for a Baxi 600 or 800, see where that sits. 600 is 7 year warranty, 800 is 10
Mmm, looking at Kayos's post I don't know.. I've googled a bit and while not being able to find anything that says it's a glowworm I found that this model has an ali heat exchanger when it's stainless you really want.
Glowworm seem to be ok for what they are but I don't like the idea of being duped.
I have gone for the worcester bosch 8000 45kw as i know 3 of the local engineers and can call them direct and after 20 years of no boiler at all i want something with lots of hot water.
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Yh its getting 28mm right up to the boilerThats gonna need one mahoosive gas pipe
Yh its getting 28mm right up to the boiler
It is about 6m from the meter but i have a commercial free standing cooker to go in at some.point so i can see an issue on the horizon.Depends on the length, 28mm might be overkill but it might not.
Last 50kw (2 x 25kw boilers) job had 6m of 35mm, 18m of 28mm and lastly 100mm of 22mm for packaging reasons. With both on full chat I had 0.9mb drop from the meter to the test point so could have done with another metre of 35mm, would have given us 0.5mb difference but was unable to fit it
It is about 6m from the meter but i have a commercial free standing cooker to go in at some.point so i can see an issue on the horizon.
Vaillant ecoTEC plus 832 ErPAs a gas engineer of 20 years I rarely advise people against things, I present options
Ideal are not my favourite but would fit if a customer wanted, Glow Worn are terrible boilers and I would rather lose the job than fit one
You will find the Vaillant HQ listed as Belper, try and find the GW one, with some digging you will find Belper.
Used to be GW HQ until vaillant bought them
Vaillant ecoTEC plus 832 ErP
Vaillant Vertical Flue
Filter
7 Day Programmable Room Thermostat (Wireless) (Compatable with all Combi boilers)
Condensate Pump (No PRV Connection)
1 x Locksheild
Chemical Flush
£1990.00
Hi, they came back with this, what do you think?
Cheers.