Hi Folks
Just thought I'd briefly share my info about fitting your own combi boiler.
I've just fitted a Gloworm 30ci, great boiler looks tidy and has all the features I want ie rear flue, built in filling loop, built in frost protection, built in bypass and you can box it in... and bits are easy to get oh and a 24 month warranty!
Comes with a pre-fixing jig, just make sure your wall is dead flat! otherwise it's hard to get the pipes aligned.
If you opt for the rear flue kit, you have to buy the rubber collar separately, although it come with the normal flue! The rear flue kits are harder to fit!! I think I would fit a normal flue next time.
I like the fact that there is no pilot, the gas/boiler is only used when needed for water/heat.
There is a LCD display showing water pressure and switches to temp when heating, and once it's reached the set temp, turns itself back off, then on again.
I was going to fit a room thermostat, and bought a 230v DONT, as they are more fiddly to fit , opt for the 24v and lifes a breeze, just 2 wires!
I have a small 2 bed cottage, so I fitted TRV's pegler terriers, and one without, and a room thermostat won't really make much difference to our heating.
Finally, just so you know apparantley the gas man who did the commisioning said that if you are running the hot tap for a long time, don't be suprised that the pipe to the radiatiors will get hot, apparantley to protect the pump/boiler when it gets hot, it is the quickest way to keep it cool to send heat through to the rads.
oh yes... and I called 5 heating/plumber bods, corgi not one of them had the decency to even call me back to commision my boiler, so finding a gas man is harder that you may think.
Good luck to all about to do the plunge... I would do another one!
Wilse
Just thought I'd briefly share my info about fitting your own combi boiler.
I've just fitted a Gloworm 30ci, great boiler looks tidy and has all the features I want ie rear flue, built in filling loop, built in frost protection, built in bypass and you can box it in... and bits are easy to get oh and a 24 month warranty!
Comes with a pre-fixing jig, just make sure your wall is dead flat! otherwise it's hard to get the pipes aligned.
If you opt for the rear flue kit, you have to buy the rubber collar separately, although it come with the normal flue! The rear flue kits are harder to fit!! I think I would fit a normal flue next time.
I like the fact that there is no pilot, the gas/boiler is only used when needed for water/heat.
There is a LCD display showing water pressure and switches to temp when heating, and once it's reached the set temp, turns itself back off, then on again.
I was going to fit a room thermostat, and bought a 230v DONT, as they are more fiddly to fit , opt for the 24v and lifes a breeze, just 2 wires!
I have a small 2 bed cottage, so I fitted TRV's pegler terriers, and one without, and a room thermostat won't really make much difference to our heating.
Finally, just so you know apparantley the gas man who did the commisioning said that if you are running the hot tap for a long time, don't be suprised that the pipe to the radiatiors will get hot, apparantley to protect the pump/boiler when it gets hot, it is the quickest way to keep it cool to send heat through to the rads.
oh yes... and I called 5 heating/plumber bods, corgi not one of them had the decency to even call me back to commision my boiler, so finding a gas man is harder that you may think.
Good luck to all about to do the plunge... I would do another one!
Wilse
