Back boiler to...?

[j9123]

G'day.
Moving into a house which houses a lovely baxi back boiler in the chimney.
We plan to knock the chimney and it's wall down and replace the boiler.

My questions are:
Would it be better to install a combi (3 bed house with a small bathroom, two people) and rip out all the tanks i wont need or replace boiler with a heat only and use the existing bits and bobs.

Also, would there be a significant price difference in terms of labour between the two?

Thanks in advance

 

[FiremanT]

G'day.
Moving into a house which houses a lovely baxi back boiler in the chimney.
We plan to knock the chimney and it's wall down and replace the boiler.

My questions are:
Would it be better to install a combi (3 bed house with a small bathroom, two people) and rip out all the tanks i wont need or replace boiler with a heat only and use the existing bits and bobs.

Also, would there be a significant price difference in terms of labour between the two?

Thanks in advance

Depends of the condition and age if the infrastructure (the bits and bobs)

 

[j9123]

Similar age to back boiler (very old)

 

[ianmcd]

you need to take into consideration that your existing system is under low pressure and a new combi system will most likely be under a higher pressure (not all) and cam cause problems with old valves and other fittings on the existing system