I want to buy a Combi Boiler - Help

kdheaven

I would like some advice about what is a good combi boiler. I inherited a Baxi 105e with our home and it is the pits. also I am finding that Eon are starting to try to charge to repair it. they have quoted for a system flush of £270 and because they only replace heat exchangers they wont clean it out. again this is another charge, which I do not believe I should be even paying for when it was replaced 2 years ago. in the the last five years this has repeatedly had a hot water problem. many parts have been replaced like the heat exchanger, the diverter valve, the sensors and even they have added an expansion tank. I believe in the mean time i can buy a chemical cleaner to clear the boiler and the whole system to keep us going but i am really fed up with the continual hassle. so now I am looking at a new boiler but which one is suitable. I have read and read and i am still unsure about which would be good at a midrange price. as far as I am aware I want one with a stainless steel heat exchanger and should have the output of around 28kw or 30kw. i live in a hard water area, so it needs to be tough like a german tank. however, i have only started saving and £300 is not going to get me very far when i know i need a full system flush before the installation and then the installation fee.

Is there any valuable advice because I am now put off Baxi. there are others like glow worm and that but are there others that may be just as good without that price tag?

brutus1983

best advice i can give is get qoutes off different companys and self employed contractors and remember to ensure there gas safe and also remember if they to cheap they could be a cowboy

Weird_Nev

Get a heating engineer or 3 over to quote you for fitting.
Try "Trustedpeople.co.uk" or "ratemybuiler" if you don't know any.

We got a new Ideal Logic + 30Kw boiler fitted, and our ancient and decrepit tank/pump central heating system stripped out and re-plumbed for about £2,400. No additional costs for flushing out the system, fitting the water softener or running a new gas pipe from our meter....
It's been an absolute godsend, the best money we've ever spent on the house. It has a nice radio remote thermostat so you can have it in the room you're in, and it is incredibly efficient and effective. But I don't doubt any other make/model of boiler would have been!

Get 3 quotes, ask why they're choosing the boiler they are recommending, and go with the one you like the look of.

Heating engineers DO get backhanders from the boiler companies for supplying their product, and they also get decent amounts of cash from the scrap man for the copious amounts of copper they strip out and recycle if they're turning old tanked systems to combi systems, so sometimes they are pretty "cheap" for the amount of work that they do (IMO).

redboy1

Viessman 100-w 35kw is what i have and is probably the nearest you'll get to a german tank! It has a stainless steel heat exchanger and is the most sold boiler in germany.
If fitted by a viessmann trained installer you will get 5 years parts+labour warranty,