New boiler

[kevplumb]

to slow

 

[doitall]

to slow

But I was writing a list of reliable boilers as well

 

[bengasman]

High end of:
Vailant, though I don't install them due to poor attitude of company
Viessmann, new 100-w seems very good value for money.
WB CDI, have been using these for since they came out, and have yet to get the first brakedown.
Atag, though I won't use them due to ridiculous price structure and lack of scale of the company

 

[DIYedboy]

Ahh, Worcester Bosch, a name I've actually heard of, are the parts for these easily available ( it's no good havin a great boiler if when you do want parts thet're hard to get hold of).

 

[kevplumb]

yup cdi is not a bad bit of kit

some of the other models bear watching tho

spares are not a prob

 

[doitall]

Ahh, Worcester Bosch, a name I've actually heard of, are the parts for these easily available ( it's no good havin a great boiler if when you do want parts thet're hard to get hold of).

Typical Brit. judge a boiler on how good the spare parts department is.

 

[DIYedboy]

Thanks lads, it seems there's about 5 names that readily come to your minds, but I only need one, so the WB CDI will be the one for me.

 

[bengasman]

Ahh, Worcester Bosch, a name I've actually heard of, are the parts for these easily available ( it's no good havin a great boiler if when you do want parts thet're hard to get hold of).

Now I know you are taking the pizz; Bosch is quite possibly the market leader in the entire domestic appliance sector, in the UK as well as the whole of Europe, and I doubt that there is a single country in the world where they don't use Bosch products. Not a whole lot of households in the UK that don't use a Bosch product come to think of it either.

 

[kevplumb]

fwiw they are one of the best selling mans of tankless water heaters in the states

so there

 

[doitall]

I got a 9.2v Bosch battery drill.

What a load of cr@p that is.

 

[kevplumb]

but does it warm radiators

de walt 36v L ion switchable sds and rotation stop $300 £150 with 3 batts

cryed my flaming eyes when i remembered what i payed for my 18v in blighty

 

[bengasman]

Dewalt is crap, never heard more people complain about failing powertools, included argos budget range.
Li ion batteries have impressive performance but seem to have short life expectancies. Great invention though as they have made Ni-Ca and Ni Mg much cheaper.

 

[kevplumb]

tbf if you want the dogs dangly bits hilti

 

[doitall]

tbf if you want the dogs dangly bits hilti

Still got the TE6 36v jobbie.

 

[DIYedboy]

OK lads......................this WB boiler, when I go on their website they keep talking about a Greenstar 12i, I have to go to a merchants site to find any mention of something called a CDi (a 30CDi). So what's the difference between the two?