Potterton/Ideal

[henry smith]

Are Potterton combis any good or is it worth paying more and getting an Ideal?

 

[shaneo]

that really is down to personal choice, i would say potterton all the way,

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Yea but if the Potterton does'n't work from the word go, you can expect the run around on the phone and then be told 3 days till they can come
Oh yea and dont expect Ideal to get back to you when you enquire about how much spares are for your proposed boiler purchase so as to get an idea on maintenance costs
The Only people to date who have been any good for me have been Worcester.

 

[shaneo]

i would agree with that, its just wasnt a choice, not keen on the plastic fillingloop though, who thought that up

 

[henry smith]

Cheers for your replies, the reason I asked was that I was given two quotes and the Ideal was a fair bit dearer but was also a condensing boiler whereas the Potterton was a standard combi. I would imagine that the Ideal would have a lower running cost but a higher maintenance cost.

 

[kevplumb]

ideal what

 

[henry smith]

Ideal Isar 30HE.

 

[kevplumb]

fitted a few not a bad boiler
not really fair price wise comparing the two tho
make the system is well flushed as well

 

[henry smith]

The quote was £1670 for removing the two old boilers and fitting the new Isar 30 HE. I must admit I do like the look of the boiler spec. Does this seem like a reasonable price?

 

[kevplumb]

in the ball park

 

[kevplumb]

read pedantics rant on the "bottywarm"