Hi all,
We moved into a house that has a Keston C55 in the basement which has finally given up the ghost, having been nothing but trouble for the last couple of years. Due to the flue arrangement most of the people we've had look at it have said that the only real solution is to replace it with another Keston (and the dreaded twin 50mm flue), though one has said they think they could get twin 80mm flue pipes in, allowing us to use a Baxi.
As someone who knows next to nothing about boilers could anyone please help answer:
- Are the new Kestons as bad as the old ones, and as bad as people say?
- Are Baxi any better? They don't get a great write up either as far as I can tell.
- Is there any alternative with a Vaillant/Worcester or another brand that seems to score well on reliability, either with a 50mm twin flue or an 80mm twin flue?
Any help is much appreciated. I'm so scared by the prospect of putting a Keston in given the bad press that I'm tempted to spend money we don't have to remodel the basement to avoid having to install one!
Thanks in advance.
We moved into a house that has a Keston C55 in the basement which has finally given up the ghost, having been nothing but trouble for the last couple of years. Due to the flue arrangement most of the people we've had look at it have said that the only real solution is to replace it with another Keston (and the dreaded twin 50mm flue), though one has said they think they could get twin 80mm flue pipes in, allowing us to use a Baxi.
As someone who knows next to nothing about boilers could anyone please help answer:
- Are the new Kestons as bad as the old ones, and as bad as people say?
- Are Baxi any better? They don't get a great write up either as far as I can tell.
- Is there any alternative with a Vaillant/Worcester or another brand that seems to score well on reliability, either with a 50mm twin flue or an 80mm twin flue?
Any help is much appreciated. I'm so scared by the prospect of putting a Keston in given the bad press that I'm tempted to spend money we don't have to remodel the basement to avoid having to install one!
Thanks in advance.