Hi,
Firstly let me say hello as newbie and didn't know this site existed!!
We have an ideal icos system boiler which for 6 years has been trouble free-I know I've been lucky judging by their reputation!! The reason this boiler was fitted was due to size issues needing to fit into a kitchen cupboard measuring 300mm deep,500mm wide and 900mm high,height not the main issue as there is room to manouvre up there.
Problem I now have is it developed a leak at new years and the display died then the whole thing switched off,having paid brit gas for central heating cover for past 4 years I thought I'd be well sorted.
The first engineer diagnosed a leaking air valve which he replaced but couldn't start boiler due to water ingress into circuit boards and user control panel and wiring harness.He ordered up bits which then were fitted by second engineer as first engineer went sick! who said leak is from heat exchanger and boiler written off.Brit gas can replace for 4k,choice!!
I have inspected this leak myself and it appears to come from right hand side of h/ex around orange gasket and I would say 99% sure is condensate as water press does not drop.
Anyway,as I can find no-one willing to attempt repair I am having to bite the bullet and go for replacement,sad to say the least as that is hols money we had saved up!
My question is on the manufacturer of replacement.The original installer will now only fit vaillant due to bad experiences with other boilers and them having stainless steel h/exchangers but size is still an issue.Friend of my brother in law who is a gas installer has come round and measured up and after ringing few suppliers with dimensions is being told either an Ideal logic(!),glowworm flexi com 30sxc or broag remeha.
This is a 5 bed semi-(originally 3 bed) with loft conversion of 2 bedrooms and shower room,original bathroom with shower tower,system has a stanton unvented cylinder fitted and the icos boiler is an 80,000 btu output.I would like to avoid the new ideal as my confidence in that brand is shot but have never heard of remeha and glow worm sounds a cheapo option.Vailant would involve lots of kitchen chopping about which we dont really want to do and nowhere else really suitable to mount boiler.
Any advice would be really appreciated from you guys "in the know".
Many thanks.
Firstly let me say hello as newbie and didn't know this site existed!!
We have an ideal icos system boiler which for 6 years has been trouble free-I know I've been lucky judging by their reputation!! The reason this boiler was fitted was due to size issues needing to fit into a kitchen cupboard measuring 300mm deep,500mm wide and 900mm high,height not the main issue as there is room to manouvre up there.
Problem I now have is it developed a leak at new years and the display died then the whole thing switched off,having paid brit gas for central heating cover for past 4 years I thought I'd be well sorted.
The first engineer diagnosed a leaking air valve which he replaced but couldn't start boiler due to water ingress into circuit boards and user control panel and wiring harness.He ordered up bits which then were fitted by second engineer as first engineer went sick! who said leak is from heat exchanger and boiler written off.Brit gas can replace for 4k,choice!!
I have inspected this leak myself and it appears to come from right hand side of h/ex around orange gasket and I would say 99% sure is condensate as water press does not drop.
Anyway,as I can find no-one willing to attempt repair I am having to bite the bullet and go for replacement,sad to say the least as that is hols money we had saved up!
My question is on the manufacturer of replacement.The original installer will now only fit vaillant due to bad experiences with other boilers and them having stainless steel h/exchangers but size is still an issue.Friend of my brother in law who is a gas installer has come round and measured up and after ringing few suppliers with dimensions is being told either an Ideal logic(!),glowworm flexi com 30sxc or broag remeha.
This is a 5 bed semi-(originally 3 bed) with loft conversion of 2 bedrooms and shower room,original bathroom with shower tower,system has a stanton unvented cylinder fitted and the icos boiler is an 80,000 btu output.I would like to avoid the new ideal as my confidence in that brand is shot but have never heard of remeha and glow worm sounds a cheapo option.Vailant would involve lots of kitchen chopping about which we dont really want to do and nowhere else really suitable to mount boiler.
Any advice would be really appreciated from you guys "in the know".
Many thanks.