any help on buying a central heating system

karen_m_4

hi,
we are about to install central heating has anyone seen the offer in the b&q?
you know the package deal rads, condesant boiler,and valves for £750 i think has anyone fitted these are we wasting our time or is this a good deal,any advice would be much appreciated

covbaldy

Hi,
My advice - avoid the B&Q boiler - in the boiler game you get what you pay for! Check out the deals at Mr Central Heating.com

Upgrade for something like a glowworm 30CXI - great boiler and easy to get serviced. Other plumbers merchants are also doing similar deals.

Just my two pennysworth ;o)

Nile

Hello karen_m


Welcome to the MSE site.:wave:

karen_m_4

thanks very much will check them out,and thanks for the welcome

moneysavingplumber

I would agree with covbaldy. If you get a B & Q package you'll be getting either a Ravenheat or a Biasi boiler. The Ravenheat (assuming you're looking at a combi) doesn't have frost protection or an inbuilt auto by-pass, it's also got an extremely dated appearance in my opinion. Neither of these boilers have a stainless steel main heat exchanger, where as the aforementioned Glow worm CXi does, and so do the Alpha CD24/32C and the Vailant Ecotec 831.

karen_m_4

thanks very much for showing us in the right direction,you have probably saved us a fortune!!!!