biasa boilers? any recommendations

jhe

hi. looking for advice please on a biasi boiler. has anyone had any experience good or bad with them, our heating engineer has recommended one to us. thanks

bambibashercol

well sack him. cheap bulid quality, expensive parts and i mean expensive.
They fall apart when you come to repair them. so instead of fixing one part you end up fixing 2.
No Company engineers for warranty work, they use local agents and these can be hit and miss.
Look at it this way, biasi boilers are not stocked by major plumbers merchants, they are sold through B and q.
If its going on a brand new system you should get a few years out of it before it konks out if the system has been cleaned out properly
In all honesty you get what you pay for, but i don't know many heating engineers that would recommed fitting a biasi, P
Pays your money you takes your choice.

david29dpo

I agree but i fitted one to a rented house 4 years ago and never had any bother with it (yet)

kelloggs36

I had one and it was nothing but trouble - many service engineers refused to work with it - could not understand why it was ever recommended in the first place. Potterton are much better! Don't touch it with a barge pole - it may be cheap but they are not highly regarded in the industry.

jhe

thanks for taking the time to reply. the gas engineer has been a regular worker for us over the years i find it strange that he would recommend something bad. he knows us well enough to know we wouldnt mind paying extra for something decent.i have just phoned him to ask again and to check if i would get better boiler if i pay £200-£300 more. he still says biasi are good and he will fully guarantee his work and if probs with any boiler i have fit will be back to sort it. i dont doubt he will, but i am baffled as to why he insists they are good boilers. thanks to all again

bambibashercol

what's he quoting for the job? He maybe making profit on the mark up of the boiler.
I can get a biasi for under £400. Not that i would ever fit one unless i was moving house and the boiler packed up and it was cheaper to fit that than buy the spares to repair the old boiler.
I am a gas engineer by trade and just giving you my opinion.

jhe

bambibashercol wrote: »

what's he quoting for the job? He maybe making profit on the mark up of the boiler.
I can get a biasi for under £400. Not that i would ever fit one unless i was moving house and the boiler packed up and it was cheaper to fit that than buy the spares to repair the old boiler.
I am a gas engineer by trade and just giving you my opinion.

thank you for reply. he told me where the boilers are for sale for £500 or just under for the model{which i cant remember without checking with him} he is recommending. i could get the boiler myself and ask him to fit.so dont think he is ripping me. he is happy to fit any boiler i want, he just recommended the biasi and said he hasnt had any problems with any he has fit.i apprecite your opinion thanks, could you recommend a reliable boiler?dont mind £200-£300 more if i am getting something reliable,just dont want to throw money away for no reason. thanks again

Andy_WSM

jhe wrote: »

hi. looking for advice please on a biasi boiler. has anyone had any experience good or bad with them, our heating engineer has recommended one to us. thanks

My advice: Don't buy a Biasi!

I had one fitted 5 years ago, it worked fine for the first 2 years, then needed a £300 repair - half the cost of the boiler, then a year ago failed again with another estimated repair of £280 and a warning that the pump was on it's way out, another £150! I decided it should be scrapped and had an ASHP system installed instead.

Possibly one of the worst purchasing decisions I have made in this property was buying a cheap combi boiler, it just doesn't pay in the long run. Turning that on it's head, the best purchasing decision I have made is the ASHP!

jhe

thanks andy_WSM. what make is ashp please. the other 2 boilers recommended to me so far is baxi duo-tec 33he and ariston class 30hs.thanks

bambibashercol

Have a look at the local plumbers Merchants, Where are you located? My Local plumbers merchants have got vokera linear 32He for just over £700 including flue.
You could get a potterton even cheaper.

Andy_WSM

jhe wrote: »

thanks andy_WSM. what make is ashp please.

Trianco. There was more than just buying the ASHP though, I had to have a new water tank and some minor modifications to the plumbing, but all in all, about the same work as replacing the boiler and certainly no more expensive.

This was the comparison of energy consumption on the Eon website, 1 year after having the boiler decommissioned and the ASHP fitted.



For me it was the right choice, but it might not be for everyone.

Hope this helps.