Boiler upgrade advice

Bouncybee

Hello!

We have recently purchased a 3 bedroom semi detached house with one bathroom in Lytham st annes which we have learn't is fitted with a ideal floor standing boiler, and a prismatic cylinder.

After having a new radiator fitted to my daughters bedroom we had a leak in through the kitchen ceiling (because the over flow was broken), and the plumber we used put inhibitor in the system which came out of the hot taps polluting the water until he came back and drained it all down again. Total mess but it's pointed out the flaws in the system.

I've had three different plumbers come out, one suggested replacing the system with an Alpha combi (never heard of them) for £1900, British gas suggested a potterton combi which was about £3k fitted and a third suggest a combi for £1500-£200k or swapping the tank for an unvented cylinder and keeping our existing boiler as it's very simple and not much to go wrong. That would be about £800-£1000 fitted.

We have another new arrival due in July and I just want some opinions on whether to leave what we have as it's working, or bite the bullet and choosing something else. Everyone who I speak to gives me another option rather than narrowing down the choice so what I thought would be a simple process is getting more and more clouded. We'll be looking at hopefully replacing the bathroom next year and we want to lose the tank from that room then or before, and it to be safe, reliable for the family.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Jonathan

Pincher

Check out this solution:


http://www.plumbnation.co.uk/site/potterton-promax-he-90i-floor-standing-storage-boiler-c-w-cylinder-natural-gas/


The height means it should easily fit into the existing floor standing space, but with a hot water cylinder built-in. With one bathroom plus kitchen, 90 litre should be plenty, because it heats as you are using hot water.


There are other brands that have the same idea, and even a wall mounted one with a smaller water cylinder.


If you must have a combi, check out Intergas. No diverter valve.


If you are unadventurous, just go for a Vaillant, everybody else does. Boring.

ollski

Please tell me one of the quotes is not from the numpty who put inhibitor into a primatic tank!