Agile said:The C24 Heatline has built in frost protection and interestingly a connection for external temperature sensing ! If thats used it can increase the efficiency by up to about 5%.
The slight problem is that I cannot tell if the Vizo which is a B&Q badged model is absolutely exactly the same. I would expect it to be the same inside but cannot be sure.
There is nothing I can see in the very good design and manufacture quality which would make me expect it to be anything other than very reliable.
These cheaper boilers always suffer from the problem that they are usually fitted by non British and non CORGI installers and that always means they get an unjustified reputation for unreliability.
The plain fact is they are the choice of anyone who wants to do a cheap job. Nobody is going to pay us £840 for the installation of a boiler which only cost them £315.
This means the legitimate CORGI engineers never fit them and only hear of the problems resulting from unregistered installers.
Tony
That's worrying because I can't afford loads but if I can't get a legit installer to do it then what hope do I have. It's unfair for installers to refuse to install it because they can't make lots of profit from me. I can see what you're saying. If i said i'm willing to spend 3k then I wouldn't have a problem. To fit my gas pipe, hang boiler, fit vertical flue through roof, connect and commission i expected to pay around £350-400 me supplying all parts. Am i way off the mark there?
Maybe this is why DIY takes place because installers won't do reasonable price jobs. Correct me if i wrong though. Very dis-heartened now..