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Although we don't have any plans to extend into the loft at the moment, it wouldn't be a bad thing to get rid of the tanks in the loft I guess, to give us more space up there and eliminate the chances of a leak up there. Changing tack slightly, am I right in saying that a sealed system and an...

Cheers for the reply. When we re-do the bathroom (next year's project) I wouldnt dismiss going to a cylinder fed shower as I assume it would be a bit more economical than running an electric shower twice per day, but Im not sure there'd be enough savings there to warrant paying that much...

Cheers chaps John, I'll certainly have a look at the Veissmann and I'll find a few local installers from their listings, although one of the two Ive had round already was from the Vaillant website so that's no guarantee of knowledge either! I must admit my initial leaning towards Vaillant was...

Hi All Other than get 10 people round to quote and gauging their responses, can anyone advise of any tips on finding a heating engineer that knows his stuff and isn't stuck in a rut with regards to what they recommend and fit? I've had 2 local heating engineers round now and neither have...

Yep completely agree, but you can do that regardless of which boiler you fit :)

Hi Tony I suspect some mis-quoting too, the 937 is actually 6.5w so Im wondering whether the 824/831 are also 6.5w but the decimal point has been missed out! If not though, 60w would be significant given the above costs per month which came from a website calculator, £80 a year in electricity...

I was just looking on the SEDBUK website at the boilers Im considering, and I noticed the Vaillant Ecotec 837 Plus has a 6w electrical draw when not firing (as does the 937 - the same model with 15L hot water reservoir?), whereas the smaller 831 and 824 have a 65w draw! Ecotec 831 Plus...

Yep I completely understand Simon, I'll certainly be getting my plumber around for a proper quotation to see what he comes up with, and will also get the local Vaillant listed installer to quote so if nothing else I can compare their expertise and see how they reach their recommended install...

Considering the non combi option for a moment where we'd keept the tanks in their current location, are there any statistics on how uneconomical that is in "normal use" compared to a combi, if at all? I obviously understand the theory of storing hot water and it wasting energy going cold if its...

Many thanks for the replies chaps, and thanks for sticking with it reading the long post, I just like to get all the info in there as Ive lost count of the number of threads on here and in forums in general where the first reply is "need more info" :) Andy/Dangermouse - would the 837 go as...

Apologies to those that read this far, didn't realise it was quite that long until I re-read it after posting :)

Hi All Im new here so go easy on me please, and apologies for the lengthy initial post :) We've currently got an old (very old!) Baxi back boiler with gravity fed hot water tank which is all well past its sell by date, so when we extend the house this autumn we intend on getting a new...

a wood router will tear the aluminium to bits Id think! My suggestion is to either get a 15mm metal hole saw that fits in a drill to cut out the majority of metal then hacksaw/file the bits inbetween to give you a straight slot, or take it to a local machine shop and get them to do it on a...