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BG have maintained our warm air system for the past 10 years and have been very good (although nothing has ever gone wrong) but I WOULD NEVER USE THEM TO INSTALL A NEW SYSTEM. They were not interested in what we actually wanted - they simply told us the boiler will HAVE to go here, we will run...

Thanks for the info. Maybe I have this wrong - BG said we need to keep the cold water tank, hot water cylinder AND ADD A HEADER TANK - I assumed this is open vent system. So, the options are combi with just the boiler and no other tanks or sealed heat where we keep the hot water cylinder...

I apologoise for the waffle but would really appreciate advice from those that know. We have typcial 70's 4 bed detached house with warm air - just had BG and an independent heating company quote to install new wet system and now really confused. We have good water pressure. BG suggest...

Hi Tony, Thanks for the info - you mention disadvantages of warm air and I would really appreciate your views on this. I would much rather keep the warm air - very cheap to maintain with BG - it has never broken down in the last 10 years BUT vents in upstairs ceilings are not very efficient...

I really would be grateful for some advice from those that know.... I am thinking of replacing the warm air heating (we like warm air but can never replace the boiler due to an undersized return air duct - we cannot make this larger to comply with new regulations) We have a typical 70s...

Hi and thanks for your advice. My question is really related to current regulations and whether a new boiler could be fitted to a return air duct that does not meet current regulations. You say that hot air is crap - our old house had a traditional wet system and this house has warm air - I...

We have a typical 70s style 4 bed detached house with a warm air system (Johnson & Starley J55-65). Every year BG service the system and give us a notice saying that the system is not compliant with current regulations - this is because the return air flow is now undersized (it measures 14" x 9"...