New boiler or not?

Hello folks,

Our central heating system needs a new 3 way valve and a new high efficiency pump because the water is no longer getting hot, although the heating works. We've been quoted £1,368 including VAT.

Our Ideal Classic boiler is approximately 30 years old.

My question is whether there would be benefits if we changed to a combi-boiler at the same time (including saving some space in the airing cupboard and the loft).

Any thoughts please?

M

PS: Sorry, I should have said that the quote includes supplying and fitting a new radiator, draining the system etc..

You get a 10 year warranty parts and labour on a new boiler if you shop around.
All you pay for is a service every year.
I'm thinking of doing the same with a 17 year old boiler.

If you look online as an example, you can pay monthly if that works for you and have no worries for the next 10 years plus a more efficient boiler.

If you said my boiler is fine if I spend £200 to fix, then maybe you would do that until the summer when you can get a new boiler fitted, but spending that amount of cash isn't worth it.

£1368 quid to fit those two parts ? if so someone is pulling your pants down

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If you got a new combi then you wouldnt need those parts as they are incorporated within the boiler

Ideal classic is one of the best boilers ever made

Thanks both.

gas112 - sorry, I should have said that the quote includes supplying and fitting a new radiator, draining the system etc.

How much disruption would be involved in switching to a combi?

Central heating (CH) for a three-bedroom house likely needs a 12 kW boiler or less, and domestic hot water (DHW) to fill a bath as fast as it could be filled from stored water, likely needs a boiler of 35 kW or more. In the main I use a shower, and so don't need a massive boiler, again likely 12 kW is ample, as to turn off CH while using the DHW is no big deal, however unless you stipulate the boiler size, likely a combi will be grossly oversized.

I have not seen a room in years which a 2 kW electric fire would not keep warm, so 6 rooms in a house, maximum boiler size likely around 12 kW, and with rooms satisfied, likely it needs to turn down to 3 kW, in order to gain the latent heat in the flue gases.

So a combi boiler is a compromise, and is unlikely to work as efficient as a system boiler, but a 40 gallon cylinder and 30 gallon header tank take up a lot of room, so do you need that room?

mp129 said:

Our central heating system needs a new 3 way valve and a new high efficiency pump because the water is no longer getting hot, although the heating works. We've been quoted £1,368 including VAT.

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If that quote is just for a new valve, and a new pump - it is awfully expensive. Get some alternative quotes..!