nickso said:
BG are in fact under no obligation to do this for you and it would be a chargeable job under their terms and conditions. most owners simply cant be a***d or just dont know that is the case.
I agree and am guilty, this is a lack of knowledge and belief that such things are covered in an annual service. Too much trust and not enough research.
some people do believe that but im not convinced.
Really, I thought legislation would not allow me to install a regular boiler that would work with a thermal store? Could you let me know why you don't hold this view?
there is absolutely no point in putting a BM2000 in and then ripping it out to put acombi in in a very short period. i understand your current BM3 might be knackered but there has to be a better solution than that.
We could get it fixed. It has broken down so many times it isn't funny. This may be due to the lack of knowledge mentioned earlier or we have just been unlucky. To be fair, most of the problems have been different issues and I don't think off the top of my head the same problem has happened twice. It is starting to get sludge build up. Would draining as you mentioned before make any difference now?
you would be better off ripping all the pipework out of the kitchen and moving it all to a combi in the loft or something. i doubt the expense of that would add up to effectively installing two systems within say 5 years.
The work involved in installing a combi (we are in a flat) would require planning permission, structural changes to the flat which would require scaffolding and a huge amount of work to the pipes. I'm fairly sure we would not be allowed to use the loft space for any installation. The cost of this is something we cannot even contemplate right now. However, as I said it is conceivable that the kitchen would be replaced in the next few years. At this time any such work would not be as disruptive and could be planned better. It is very true that installing 2 systems would, in the long run, be more expensive but this would work better for us in terms of planning.
However, given that you have indicated that you don't feel the entire system would need to be replaced in the future then I would be happy to keep the thermal store. I think, in theory, it's great. When it is working we have a great supply of hot water and it meets every requirement we have. However, the system itself lets us down more than I'd like it to.
as reasonable as it may be i would still get other quotes. get some for unvented cylinders too. the BM2000 is a pricey piece of kit and you might find joe plumber will be cheaper to put an unvented in.
As above, I am perfectly happy to install the BM2000, especially if in the years to come when the boiler needs replacing we can keep the system as is.
Nickso, your advice to this point as been invaluable and I thank you for your time.
RichThompson, LOL at the dint in your boilermate, I can relate to whoever put it there.
