Our house has got Potterton Kingfisher rs50b boiler installed. There is nothing wrong with it, but everyone advise us to replace is with something more modern. Boiler is installed in the cupboard under the sink (well, next to the sink) and the survey man advised that if we want anything modern, due to size, he would have to move it on the wall next to the door, which would be quite expensive (he said that it would cost min £1k upwards just to move it, plus labor to install it and cost of boiler). He summed it up to about £3k (roughly).
One of my colleagues advised that there might modern boilers that fits within the space and footprint of my Kingfisher, that can be installed without need of moving installation (min £1k less). I guess that existing fluke can be readjusted as our wall is really thin and pipes are easy accessible.
I would really appreciate your view on this and if this is reasonable any models that can easily replace Kingfisher 2.
Also one of my colleagues will be upgrading his system. I think it’s a 3-4 year old Glowworm which is too small for his 4 bed house. This is a fully working boiler (just had a service done) and is relatively new...and he said that I could have it for free. What about installation of the second hand boilers? The Corgi guy that visited us didn’t want to hear about it, as a second hand boilers are “unsafe”, but certainly it’s safer than our old boiler and had been tested more regularly than ours (previous owners did one inspection and no service in 10 years time...) and I am fully aware that I would have to cover any cost of repair if required. Is it really that big “no no” or does it just need a proper service before start up?
Thank you
One of my colleagues advised that there might modern boilers that fits within the space and footprint of my Kingfisher, that can be installed without need of moving installation (min £1k less). I guess that existing fluke can be readjusted as our wall is really thin and pipes are easy accessible.
I would really appreciate your view on this and if this is reasonable any models that can easily replace Kingfisher 2.
Also one of my colleagues will be upgrading his system. I think it’s a 3-4 year old Glowworm which is too small for his 4 bed house. This is a fully working boiler (just had a service done) and is relatively new...and he said that I could have it for free. What about installation of the second hand boilers? The Corgi guy that visited us didn’t want to hear about it, as a second hand boilers are “unsafe”, but certainly it’s safer than our old boiler and had been tested more regularly than ours (previous owners did one inspection and no service in 10 years time...) and I am fully aware that I would have to cover any cost of repair if required. Is it really that big “no no” or does it just need a proper service before start up?
Thank you