Ideal Classic HE15 (with Boilermate OV Class A) finally packed up what to do...

[Ponja]

Our 19 year old boiler has finally gone. PCB + fan busted according to gas engineer diagnosis and some corrosion on casing. Could potentially replace but seems to be £600-700 for both with labour, while a new boiler would be around £2200, seems a better option?

Beyond this I've had all kinds of suggestions to replace with combi, combi+storage or boiler + unvented.

I like our boilermate which is currently working great but I guess it might go bust at some point as well?
It keeps the radiators nice and warm and supports our 2-3 showers easily.

Any recommendations on how to proceed here? Can't keep paying £20 a day on heating in this weather, luckily though the boilermate has an emergency immersion heater.

If we go new boiler, does it matter what we get? I've had all kinds of recommendations but don't know what's best.

 

[CountryFan]

I believe Ideal classic is a decent boiler. Maybe you could see if they (Ideal) could do a fixed price repair (unsure if age they go to).

 

[Ponja]

It's a good idea and I was investigating this today £360 certainly cheaper than PCB and fan but I read some forum posts about them not offering the repairs on boilers older than 10 years so 19 likely pushing it. Will call them tomorrow morning though, good shout!