Good evening all, I'm hoping I can get some help from the wealth of knowledge here.
We had a gas leak today and called out Transco who confirmed the leak and condemned the boiler. In the past 2 years there has been at least 4 separate leaks from 2 areas and so it's finally time to call it a day and replace it.
Now, I have virtually no knowledge of what is good or bad and have no idea of where to start?.... So I'll begin with describing what we have.
It's a regular terraced house (typical box) with 3 bedrooms (1 is a reasonable size with 2 small ones) 1 living room, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom and a hallway.
There are 8 radiators. 1 large double (about a metre and a half wide) 1 large single (about metre and half wide) 2 medium singles (about a metre wide) 2 small doubles (about half a metre wide) and 2 small singles (about 750mm wide).
The pipework is microbore, 8mm I think it is?
And the boiler is/was a Baxi WM381RS CHB.
The system is an open system with a header tank in the loft and a hot water storage tank in the cupboard in the bathroom.
As I understand it, in Scotland any new boiler must be a self condensing combi boiler?
A combi would be a lot better for us as we currently have to run the system to get hot water at the tap. Having hot running water would be a fantastic upgrade for us. We have an electric shower so there's no need for a shower running off the system (I can't afford the expense of it anyway). Also, by getting rid of the storage tank the extra space would be very handy.
As ever I'm on a budget. 3 kids and a wife to support off one wage isn't easy. But I do realise that this is something we would find extremely difficult to live without.
All I know is that a friend said "Vokera are good". That's it!
Also, am I better to source and buy the boiler and associated other parts (what else do I need?) and get a CORGI registered reputable fitter to fit or should I do the whole lot through a company?
Sorry for going on a bit, I'm in a tight spot just now and your help/time is very much appreciatted.
Niall
We had a gas leak today and called out Transco who confirmed the leak and condemned the boiler. In the past 2 years there has been at least 4 separate leaks from 2 areas and so it's finally time to call it a day and replace it.
Now, I have virtually no knowledge of what is good or bad and have no idea of where to start?.... So I'll begin with describing what we have.
It's a regular terraced house (typical box) with 3 bedrooms (1 is a reasonable size with 2 small ones) 1 living room, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom and a hallway.
There are 8 radiators. 1 large double (about a metre and a half wide) 1 large single (about metre and half wide) 2 medium singles (about a metre wide) 2 small doubles (about half a metre wide) and 2 small singles (about 750mm wide).
The pipework is microbore, 8mm I think it is?
And the boiler is/was a Baxi WM381RS CHB.
The system is an open system with a header tank in the loft and a hot water storage tank in the cupboard in the bathroom.
As I understand it, in Scotland any new boiler must be a self condensing combi boiler?
A combi would be a lot better for us as we currently have to run the system to get hot water at the tap. Having hot running water would be a fantastic upgrade for us. We have an electric shower so there's no need for a shower running off the system (I can't afford the expense of it anyway). Also, by getting rid of the storage tank the extra space would be very handy.
As ever I'm on a budget. 3 kids and a wife to support off one wage isn't easy. But I do realise that this is something we would find extremely difficult to live without.
All I know is that a friend said "Vokera are good". That's it!
Also, am I better to source and buy the boiler and associated other parts (what else do I need?) and get a CORGI registered reputable fitter to fit or should I do the whole lot through a company?
Sorry for going on a bit, I'm in a tight spot just now and your help/time is very much appreciatted.
Niall
