Viessmann vitocrossal

[newspecifier]

I'm currently trying to decide which new boiler to go for. My plumber has quoted me for a Viessmann Vitocrossal 300. Anyone has experience with them? Is it worh the money?

Thanks

 

[GPlumb]

For a house?

 

[newspecifier]

For a large house, about 3500 sqft, 3 floors, 25 rad.

 

[simond]

We fit the Vitocrossal 300 too. Recently done a nursing home in Sussex and a large residence in Kent.

Beautiful, modulating floorstanding boiler, worth every penny.

Sounds a bit large for a 3500sq ft house. Are you sure its not a Vitodens 300?

 

[newspecifier]

This is the one according to the quote, 16 to 49 kw.

 

[simond]

That isn't a Vitocrossal then.

They go from 87Kw upwards to Megawatts in cascades.

You are thinking of a Vitodens 300 49Kw. Discontinued in April 2008. No stocks left, is this an old quote?

 

[newspecifier]

This is a new quote and you are getting me worried about it. This is what I could find on the website:
http://www.viessmann.co.uk/downloads/Datasheet Vitocrossal 300 CU3 27-66kW.pdf

 

[simond]

I beg your pardon but I may have been mistaken.

I have never seen this small Vitocrossal, all the info we have here is for the larger commercial models from 87Kw upwards.

Vitocrossal is a massive boiler construction for a domestic 49Kw job; the Vitodens 200W is what would normally be fitted in the UK for this size of boiler, and is around half the cost. It is a bit bit like being told BMW make a 1600cc 7 series!

However, if money is no object and the 49Kw version is available and approved for the UK, it will be a cracking boiler.

The components appear to be the same as the commercial Vitocrossal but the heat exchanger is smaller front to back as you would expect. It is built to old school Viessmann quality standards, which cannot be a bad thing.

You need a lot of room for it, especially the burner side hinged door.

Apologies if I have caused you unnecessary consternation; I am surprised they make it in such a small version, our commercial Viessmann rep has never mentioned it. But then, they take 60Kw as the division between what the domestic and commercial reps cover, and the domestic guys don't cover Vitocrossal, so it probably lies in no-mans land as far as the technical reps are concerned, so no one pushes them.

If it is available in the UK, we could sell them to the customer that wants the best;

I don't why when I have moaned at Viessmann about dropping the 300 Vitodens, they didn't suggest using the small 300 series Vitocrossal. I have written to the sales director and marketing dept about that.

Thanks for the info! Learn something every day.

 

[Norcon]

You should read the brochures more thoroughly Simond.
Mine states that the vitocrossal is available in the output range of 9 to 142kw.

 

[simond]

Yes, I should!

 

[Agile]

To be fair to Simon, Viessmann are not the best at communication.

At the last show i saw one of their boilers and asked our local Plumbase for a quote but they had never heard of it and had to telephone Viessmann to find out about it. Suffice to say they dont keep them in stock!

Tony

 

[Gasguru]

Do these boilers carry ballast to keep them upright The 24/27 Kw model weighs 5 times more than an equivalent 24Ri

The water content is huge....maybe more than the rad circuit.

 

[newspecifier]

Thanks for all your replies, very helpfull.