Boiler upgrade advice

[Bouncybee]

Hello!

We have recently purchased a 3 bedroom semi detached house with one bathroom in Lytham st annes which we have learn't is fitted with a ideal floor standing boiler, and a prismatic cylinder.

After having a new radiator fitted to my daughters bedroom we had a leak in through the kitchen ceiling (because the over flow was broken), and the plumber we used put inhibitor in the system which came out of the hot taps polluting the water until he came back and drained it all down again. Total mess but it's pointed out the flaws in the system.

I've had three different plumbers come out, one suggested replacing the system with an Alpha combi (never heard of them) for £1900, British gas suggested a potterton combi which was about £3k fitted and a third suggest a combi for £1500-£200k or swapping the tank for an unvented cylinder and keeping our existing boiler as it's very simple and not much to go wrong. That would be about £800-£1000 fitted.

We have another new arrival due in July and I just want some opinions on whether to leave what we have as it's working, or bite the bullet and choosing something else. Everyone who I speak to gives me another option rather than narrowing down the choice so what I thought would be a simple process is getting more and more clouded. We'll be looking at hopefully replacing the bathroom next year and we want to lose the tank from that room then or before, and it to be safe, reliable for the family.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Jonathan

 

[Dan Robinson]

This forum is far from a unifying force, but.....


Get rid of the boiler and cylinder.


If you only have one bathroom then you should decide how important space is, along with an immersion heater as a backup to hot water. SHOULD the boiler fail.

If space is a premium and you could live with a few days cold water should the worst occur then get a combi.


Using a new born as a reason/leverage to get work done doesn't cut it. For the first 2 or even 3 years, the one person in a house that IN NO WAY needs heating or hot water is a child. Most installers are wise to this, not least because we have children.

What model of boiler is very subjective and 4 installers will give you 6 different answers.

Their favourite however should not be based on the number of fleeces and shirts they are given.

So search the forum..... f his question has been answered THOUSANDS of times.

 

[Servotech]

Hello!

We have recently purchased a 3 bedroom semi detached house with one bathroom in Lytham st annes which we have learn't is fitted with a ideal floor standing boiler, and a prismatic cylinder.

After having a new radiator fitted to my daughters bedroom we had a leak in through the kitchen ceiling (because the over flow was broken), and the plumber we used put inhibitor in the system which came out of the hot taps polluting the water until he came back and drained it all down again. Total mess but it's pointed out the flaws in the system.

I've had three different plumbers come out, one suggested replacing the system with an Alpha combi (never heard of them) for £1900, British gas suggested a potterton combi which was about £3k fitted and a third suggest a combi for £1500-£200k or swapping the tank for an unvented cylinder and keeping our existing boiler as it's very simple and not much to go wrong. That would be about £800-£1000 fitted.

We have another new arrival due in July and I just want some opinions on whether to leave what we have as it's working, or bite the bullet and choosing something else. Everyone who I speak to gives me another option rather than narrowing down the choice so what I thought would be a simple process is getting more and more clouded. We'll be looking at hopefully replacing the bathroom next year and we want to lose the tank from that room then or before, and it to be safe, reliable for the family.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Jonathan

You could simply replace the primatic cylinder with an indirect copper one (keep things vented) and fit the new heating header tank in the loft.

Old fashioned, yet very reliable and a days work at the most.

Depends on your budget I suppose.

servotech,

 

[Agile]

He wants to remove the cyl from the bathroom.

So an unvented in the loft is the obvious solution.

The boiler can be changed later on.

I never recommend a combi for a family home!

Tony