Thanks everyone for your help on this. We are definitely going ahead with the installation now.
Thanks for all advice and what-not. If there is a way to close a topic then I guess the mods can consider this one closed now.
Thanks again.
I am based in Greater Manchester.
Are we saying its probably not a good boiler then? The plumber is legit though, only good feedback I have heard. Like I said earlier I have no reason to doubt the man at all.
Thanks for your help.
EDIT - also your points about the £800 and scorched...
Evidently this is a good quote!
He was recommended by a friend - I wonder if its a favour of sorts then?
At any rate, I think I will go ahead with it (after asking the Q's advised by spacethegas)
I think my head was turned by the £800 quote, which now seems a bit iffy due to the guy...
The first quote I got was actually for £800, but the plumber who quoted then seemed to do the world's best disappearing act. I get the impression that the boiler might have been made out of bits of pocket lint and held together by cellotape.
God knows what happened to him. The other local...
I dont know what it is at our mains, the blurb I found for the boiler he recommended is :
The Heatline Condensing Combi Gas Boiler Solaris 35PC HE is a Sedbuk Band A high efficiency boiler that is superb value without compromising on quality of components.
After listening to the trade...
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