biasi boilers
- Thread starter NS215
- Start date
as good as the fitter or as good as the boiler
cos any boiler is only as good as the care the fitter takes
They are cheap and cheerful in my opinon.
They'll do the job just fine. If an installer puts them onto dirty existing water pipework full of sludge you'll have no end of problems. If they do it properly and flush the pipework first and commission it properly it'll be a good value boiler.
Just because one person has bad experience doesn't mean the entire brand is rubbish.
I'd have one. Kevplumbs advice is good advice.
Just because one person has bad experience doesn't mean the entire brand is rubbish.
I'd have one. Kevplumbs advice is good advice.
Most more economic boilers suffer from an undeserved bad reputation because they are fitted by rubbish plumbers who dont clean the system.
Expensive boilers are more likely to be fitted by a professional CORGI who does the job properly.
Its not the boiler, its the installer!
Some of the cheaper boilers do seem to suffer from rather more little problems. You can see how many times they appear on the forum here. I am thinking of the Ravenheat and Halstead but not the Biasi or Heatline.
Tony
Expensive boilers are more likely to be fitted by a professional CORGI who does the job properly.
Its not the boiler, its the installer!
Some of the cheaper boilers do seem to suffer from rather more little problems. You can see how many times they appear on the forum here. I am thinking of the Ravenheat and Halstead but not the Biasi or Heatline.
Tony
Thought I'd read somewhere on this site that Biasi's were mainly other makes re-badged.
Certainly the Halstead Eden VBX 18 is the same as the Biasa Riva O.V. 18, you can even see where they have copied the original installation instructions and just customised a few pages.
Certainly the Halstead Eden VBX 18 is the same as the Biasa Riva O.V. 18, you can even see where they have copied the original installation instructions and just customised a few pages.
I have had 3 Biasi boilers - and my friends and family all have the Riva HEs (110 versions), like me.
Although I have had a couple of interrelated funnies (see elsewhere - was not the boiler), they have all been superb. They use standard parts and are thus not particularly different from any other boiler. In fact, the fan assembly is made by EBM Papst, which are the leading global brand...
Yes, for £450 inclusive, you can't go wrong. And a piece of piddle to fit.
Although I have had a couple of interrelated funnies (see elsewhere - was not the boiler), they have all been superb. They use standard parts and are thus not particularly different from any other boiler. In fact, the fan assembly is made by EBM Papst, which are the leading global brand...
Yes, for £450 inclusive, you can't go wrong. And a piece of piddle to fit.
I don't think it is fair to blaim only the installer for not flushing the system properly. Thes poor guys have just succumed to the customer who won't pay enough, they must share the burden.
Only the other day m neighbour had a boiler fitted on the cheap so the fluing is dubious. This was the first I knew of it being fitted. I clearly told her the last time I fixed for free her old boiler (which culd probably have been fixed again, but she didn't call me) that should she ever need a replacement it would have to have a vertical flue. Knowing this she was in aposition to make an informed deision, and decided for a cheap install in which the fluing is not to current standards.
There must be thousads of cases like that. They have most likely been told what is right, but opt for the guy who either doesn't know the rules, is not corgi registered, or doesn't expect an inspection on that particular installation.
Only the other day m neighbour had a boiler fitted on the cheap so the fluing is dubious. This was the first I knew of it being fitted. I clearly told her the last time I fixed for free her old boiler (which culd probably have been fixed again, but she didn't call me) that should she ever need a replacement it would have to have a vertical flue. Knowing this she was in aposition to make an informed deision, and decided for a cheap install in which the fluing is not to current standards.
There must be thousads of cases like that. They have most likely been told what is right, but opt for the guy who either doesn't know the rules, is not corgi registered, or doesn't expect an inspection on that particular installation.
i still trying to make my mind up about them.
cheap boilers a fitted cheaply as a general rule of thumb.
first two jobs i have had off biasi have been caused by crap in the system
only thing i can say is they can be loud so not a bedroom boiler
i like the fact that i can range rated.
if getting one, get it fit well and dont try and cheap out on a cheap install.
cheap boilers a fitted cheaply as a general rule of thumb.
first two jobs i have had off biasi have been caused by crap in the system
only thing i can say is they can be loud so not a bedroom boiler
i like the fact that i can range rated.
if getting one, get it fit well and dont try and cheap out on a cheap install.
It happens all the time.
What I find particularly annoying is that I know quite a lot of people and they all know that I can fit boilers but over the last year TWO of them have had cheap unregistered people fit boilers for them. One was Portuguise and the other Polish.
The latter was so badly done with a copper condensate drain. The first was a Potty boiler and the gas valve lead failed within a couple of weeks but they had run out. In desperation she called me but although I could have fixed it I just refered her to the manufacturers and took pleasure in seeing that it was about 10 days to get it going when I could have done it the same day.
Tony
What I find particularly annoying is that I know quite a lot of people and they all know that I can fit boilers but over the last year TWO of them have had cheap unregistered people fit boilers for them. One was Portuguise and the other Polish.
The latter was so badly done with a copper condensate drain. The first was a Potty boiler and the gas valve lead failed within a couple of weeks but they had run out. In desperation she called me but although I could have fixed it I just refered her to the manufacturers and took pleasure in seeing that it was about 10 days to get it going when I could have done it the same day.
Tony
Agile said:
Yes how come they take so long? I rang an Alpha customer to arrange going to their boiler, but strangely Alpha had given me the nuumber of someone who was waiting for Heatteam. This was only Monday, I went to the Alpha customer that morning within 2hrs of geting the job. The lady I wrongly phoned said that she did however have a boiler which had broken down, she was hoping I had been heatteam phoning her to bring forward the date fixed of Friday.
As for the telephone number mix up, maybe another call centre problem?
BUt anyway how come a breakdown call on Monday doesn't get seen to until Friday at this quiet time? Yet the plumbing business in my own street has three or four vans parked up, a lot of the day with the blokes in it waiting for a job? How come another larger firm with 4 vans of blokes had all four vans parked up in the street where their lockup is? But in another part of the industry, those who have robbed us of all the repair jobs can't get to the work for a week?
DIYnot Local
Staff member
If you need to find a tradesperson to get your job done, please try our local search below, or if you are doing it yourself you can find suppliers local to you.
Select the supplier or trade you require, enter your location to begin your search.
Are you a trade or supplier? You can create your listing free at DIYnot Local
