Boiler Change - BAXI or Potterton
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It will heat the house ok....it's the hot water that can be an issue with 24kw boilers. How many taps? does it run the shower/bath??
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It's only £60 more for the 28kw.
I will give Baxi a call in the morning and see what they say. You never know, they may match the offer Homeserve have given me - I'd much rather have a boiler with a 7 year guarantee than a two year one. One thing for sure, the monthly payments are being set aside instead of paying monthly for a service/maintenance contract. Swindling b*ggers!
I will give Baxi a call in the morning and see what they say. You never know, they may match the offer Homeserve have given me - I'd much rather have a boiler with a 7 year guarantee than a two year one. One thing for sure, the monthly payments are being set aside instead of paying monthly for a service/maintenance contract. Swindling b*ggers!
The Duotec is only 800 in screwfix http://www.screwfix.com/p/baxi-duo-...and Plumbing&gclid=CIbm562chc0CFdMV0wodcmsOpQ
So you had a Baxi that died after 8 years and you want to replace it with another Baxi?
The Rapid that Muggles pointed you at is a better boiler in every respect and the heat exchangers don't fail!
So you had a Baxi that died after 8 years and you want to replace it with another Baxi?
The Rapid that Muggles pointed you at is a better boiler in every respect and the heat exchangers don't fail!
The Duotec is only 800 in screwfix http://www.screwfix.com/p/baxi-duo-tec-28-28kw-combi-boiler-erp/2228H?kpid=2228H&cm_mmc=Google-_-Product Listing Ads-_-Sales Tracking-_-sales tracking url&cm_mmc=Google-_-Shopping - Heating and Plumbing-_-Shopping - Heating and Plumbing&gclid=CIbm562chc0CFdMV0wodcmsOpQ
So you had a Baxi that died after 8 years and you want to replace it with another Baxi?
The Rapid that Muggles pointed you at is a better boiler in every respect and the heat exchangers don't fail!
I've never heard of Rapid before so I'm going to steer clear of that.
My preferred boiler has for many years been Vailiant. The house is going to be sold in 2 to 3 years so we are looking at price and length of warranty. If Baxi can't fix it - we will probably just switch over to the Duo-tec.
Not a bad price at Screfix - The price at Mr Central Heating is for a boiler change pack and includes a flue and magnaflow etc.
Vaillant is not the brand it used to be. Brutal and relentless cost-cutting has seen quality drop down several notches. Prices remain high. I used to fit nothing else but have not fitted a single one now for about four years. Baxi Duotec is sound. Mr centralheating is good too. Who is fitting your purchase?
Just because you haven't heard of it, doesn't mean it's no good. Intergas have just won Product Of The Year at the industry H&V Awards - Baxi weren't even finalists. Warranty is the same length as the Baxi if you pay the extra £125, and you'll get a boiler that is simpler to work on and cheaper to run if you go for an Intergas.
I'm not saying they are no good, just simply that I haven't heard of them.
Fair enough, suit yourself, you can lead a horse to water...just seems an odd logic - "I've not heard of it, so I'm not going to bother to find out whether it's any good, I'm just going to reject it out of hand because it's not previously entered my bubble"
You are being silly. I've just read up a bit on the product. It does sound good and some of the boiler have 10 year warranty.
The main reason I won't go with the company is my husband has the final say - it's his rental property and his money. He is more cautious than me.
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