Recent content by dirkgently

Well, it's in! Proud (I guess) owner of a brand new Vaillant ecotec plus 837. Installed over two days with little fuss, just a large, unforeseen extra expenditure on tea bags, milk & sugar. Water comes on sooner, runs faster, keeps running instead of petering out and I'm pretty sure...

Well I know it'll probably wind up at least one poster on this thread, but have decided to swap the old Alpha out for a new Vaillant 837. Couldn't find anyone willing/able/affordable to fix the Alpha, and have lost confidence in it with faults cropping up. Waiting for call back from...

Okay, so my third (so far) quote has come in for a Glow worm 30cxi, and while the quote does not specify a magnaclean, it does only come in at just under £1200! To recap then: BG branded Worcester Bosch 537 installed by British Gas at a cost of £3600. Vaillant 837 installed by...

So unless I get an engineer who takes pleasure in seeing an old boiler repaired rather than replaced, I must resign myself to having it replaced. My most recent quote came out at just under £2200 for a Vaillant ecotec 837 with all the trimmings (powerflush, magnaclean, wireless stat). Having...

So you reckon the Alpha is a good unit then? I've just lost a lot of faith in it with the problems it's had, feels like it'll be one thing after another with the way it's been breaking. And it really is piddling water out from somewhere now. Every time it goes wrong, it seems to cost...

Stumbled upon you knowledgable types while trying to research boiler options (flattery out of the way first). In our 3 bed detached we have 8 rads, 1 bathroom with shower at the moment with a further shower room on the cards if we ever get the money together to convert our garage...