Hi,
I have a Glow-worm 45/2 BBU which is about 8 years old I think. It's serviced every year and I want to keep it as it's reliable. Unfortunately fitted to the front of it is a minging Glow-worm Melody Fire which my wife demands is replaced.
I had British Gas out and the chap said that as it's a GW boiler we could only fit a GW fire to it, but GW don't make any replacement fronts for this boiler ( British Gas didn't say that, I e-mailed them).
So on the off chance I contacted Baxi and asked if one of their fronts could be fitted to our boiler, but they said it couldn't.
So we could fit a new boiler in order to get our new fire but I think it would be a shame to get rid of a perfectly good boiler that we already have.
Also, according to the BG guy we would by law have to fit a condensing boiler. This needs to have a drain and after he had inspected our 3 bed semi he said the only place we could have one fitted was in the kitchen, which would mean we lose cupboard space, something I don't want to do.
So I wondered:
1. Is there some kind of conversion kit that allows non GW fires to be fitted to a boiler like mine?
2. Would it be worth fitting a good looking electric fire instead and using the boiler for water only?
Cheers,
I have a Glow-worm 45/2 BBU which is about 8 years old I think. It's serviced every year and I want to keep it as it's reliable. Unfortunately fitted to the front of it is a minging Glow-worm Melody Fire which my wife demands is replaced.
I had British Gas out and the chap said that as it's a GW boiler we could only fit a GW fire to it, but GW don't make any replacement fronts for this boiler ( British Gas didn't say that, I e-mailed them).
So on the off chance I contacted Baxi and asked if one of their fronts could be fitted to our boiler, but they said it couldn't.
So we could fit a new boiler in order to get our new fire but I think it would be a shame to get rid of a perfectly good boiler that we already have.
Also, according to the BG guy we would by law have to fit a condensing boiler. This needs to have a drain and after he had inspected our 3 bed semi he said the only place we could have one fitted was in the kitchen, which would mean we lose cupboard space, something I don't want to do.
So I wondered:
1. Is there some kind of conversion kit that allows non GW fires to be fitted to a boiler like mine?
2. Would it be worth fitting a good looking electric fire instead and using the boiler for water only?
Cheers,