So to answer a few questions:
- It's the Ideal Classic, last one in cast iron I'm told.
- Do understand advantages of insulation, etc. Boiler change is opportunistic, makes up just about 16% of total cost for a new Ideal, 30% for the 12Ri.
- I am green but not religiously so. Meaning that...
Planning update of 15-18 yr-old system (new insulated cylinder, adding TRVs, boiler) I face this dilemma:
1) Fit a reliable, cast-iron HE boiler (yep, that would be the Ideal) and know that I'm probably set up for another 15-18 years trouble-free BUT as soon as the new building regulations...