Which combi?

[lancenotalot]

I have just brought a bungalow and on having the gas checked out have been advised that it would be more cost effective to have a new boiler fitted (combi) .The old one is a back boiler with a tatty old gas fire in front which we really want removing.

The question is which boiler would any of you guys recommend?
Its a three bed bungalow which we will extend upwards next year with 2 beds and a bathroom.Will no longer have a bathroom downstairs,just wc.

Have looked at the ones on the screwfix website but unsure which to go for,any advice would be appreciated.

 

[David937]

Avoid the boilers from Screwfix.

My boilers of choice are Vaillant, Viessmann, ATAG and Broag Remeha.
I have had experience with the above mentioned but I am not a fitter.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Vaillant are definately the way too go. Great quality and very well priced.

 

[mehran]

maybe you should find a installer you trust and go for what he recommends. more important then brand of boiler in quality of the install. if it was me i would get a heatline solaris(not sold in screwfix)

 

[gremlin16]

Broag Remeha.
Easy to work on and very good performance

 

[JPC]

i like the worcesters. we fitted a couple of viessmann last month with weather comp....but not as smooth a fit as the woscesters imho.

Read up on this site as to whether a combi is suitable for you. ie water flow and pressure....amount of people living in the house and there water usage

 

[Bambergaspipe]

Depends on your wallet, like buying a car, buy a rolls or a skoda, both do same job one will probably last longer with fewer problems, Ravenheat`s are good.

 

[Bambergaspipe]

Read up on this site as to whether a combi is suitable for you. ie water flow and pressure....amount of people living in the house and there water usage

combi will normally be able to cope with a three bedroom bungalow.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Ravenheat`s are good.

Ravenheap are good for what exactly? Scrap!

 

[Bambergaspipe]

Ravenheap are good for what exactly? Scrap!

Fit em all the time, no problems so far....

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Fit em all the time, no problems so far....

give it time. Do you do repairs or just installation?

 

[Bambergaspipe]

give it time. Do you do repairs or just installation?

Don`t do repairs, some of us work for a living. I don`t install Ravenheat`s either.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Don`t do repairs, some of us work for a living. I don`t install Ravenheat`s either.

you said you fit em all the time but yet now you say you don't install them? So you don't do repairs (maybe you don't have the skills/knowledge reqd) that might be why you think Ravenheap are good.

 

[Bahco]

OP, have a look here

 

[Bambergaspipe]

you said you fit em all the time

I was winding you up.

but yet now you say you don't install them?

I was winding you up.

So you don't do repairs (maybe you don't have the skills/knowledge reqd)

What skills are they? do you mean ringing the manufacturers technical helpline & asking them? I can do that

that might be why you think Ravenheap are good.

Get with the programme D*ickhead. I was winding you up.