best boiler please

Cardew

LittleD wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies. Our present 36 year old boiler is working perfectly well (shouldn't have said that)! I'm looking at options of keeping our heating cost down over winter, last year was quite expensive - all our heating is by gas apart from our open fire in one downstairs room and I thought that as everyone I have spoken to is alarmed that we still have a 36 year old boiler on the go, that it may need changing to be more efficient - like I said, I know so little about this that I needed to start somewhere and ask the question - I have looked at some boilers locally and I guess I won't get much change out of a £1,000 - would a service improve it's efficiency, sorry if that's a stupid question. thanks again for the advice!

Unfortunately probably nearer £3,000 than £1,000. It is not just the cost of the boiler, but with an old system there will be lots of modifications required to conform to new regulations.

Pincher

So some people tell you old boilers can last 40 years, hmm, doesn't that mean you have only four years to go? You need to have a migration path in place, unless you plan to sell soon.

Number one is always insulation, for which you should be able to get subsidised installation or even free, depending on your circumstances.

Good insulation is a prerequisite for further subsidised schemes. Do it in the right sequence, and you could save a lot of the cost of upgrade.

Burying your head in the sand will just mean that you wake up one day freezing, and the plumber telling you he can't get the parts.

I am migrating towards underfloor heating,
which means the pipes are concentrated at the manifold, which is capable of taking heat from boiler, heat pump and more, so it's relatively future proof.

If I had the right house, and the smoke won't bother the neighbours, a sold fuel boiler with a thermal store sounds cool. I would feed the radiators from the thermal store, and hot water can be mains pressured.

gas4you

DUTR wrote: »

I didn't know that, I thought you could get A or B rated in England and C in Scotland, but maybe it's A in England and B in Scotland.

The rules changed October 1st to 'A' rated only in England