Vokera compact 24

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Hello all,

My brother has recently purchased a new house which needs some work doing to it.

One of the jobs they want doing is a new bathroom fitting, so they had a chap come round to have a look at it this week.

He has recommended that while he's there, they ought to have the boiler replaced, as he reckons it's nearly at the end of it's life.

Unfortunatly we don't know when it was installed, so can't say how old it is.

Are these a reliable boiler, or is it likely that it is coming to the end of it's life?

Any other advice too would be welcome.

Thanks

 

[gas4you]

Whats having a new bathroom got to do with a new boiler being needed?

Has it been causing problems?

Is the boiler in the bathroom?

If not I would treat this with suspicion. Yes the boiler is old, but being old is no excuse to have to replace it.

 

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No, the boiler is down in the kitchen.

It struck me as being a little odd too.

There is nothing wrong with it as far as I'm aware.

I'll have a chat to him when I see him tonight and see if a specific reason was given to them.

 

[nickso]

compacts are not old, cant be much more than 8 years at maximum. the condition of it is another matter.

 

[Agile]

Its probably about 8-10 years old.

They are a simple but sometimes rather troublesome model but not needing replacement if its working OK. Boilers are expected to last at least 10 years. In any case it can be replaced at any time in the future if it failed without having any implication on the bathroom.

It sounds like someone short of work who just wants to pad out the value of the job to him. I do hope he is Gas Safe registered.

I recommend you check to see if he is gas registered! If not then he is prepared to be an illegal cowboy and perhaps not the kind of person best chosen to replace a bathroom.

Tony

 

[gas4you]

The only legitimate reason I can now think of for replacing this boiler prematurely, would be to fit a more powerful model that would give better HW flow thus filling a bath quicker, or giving a more powerful shower, assuming the incoming mains flow/pressure is adequate.

 

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Ah!

He has mentioned he is thinking about having a thermostatic shower installed.

Would that warrant the boiler replacement?

I don't know the incomming pressure, but there is a very good flow rate on the cold tap.

 

[Agile]

I never recommend a thermostatic shower with a combi boiler and I would be particularly concerned by one like that boiler with its very basic control system.

I dont see any need to change the boiler just on account of that though.

Tony

 

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Thanks very much chaps