Been planning on changing our existing floor mounted Ideal Mexico (FF460) for a wall mounted condensing boiler.
Short list is as follows :-
Veissmann 100W Compact (18Kw Heat Only)
Vaillant Ecotec plus 418
Worcester 18Ri
Glow Worm 18 HXi (Which from what I've gleaned from these pages is the Vaillant with a different badge !)
Efficiency of our current set up is band D (approx 78%) so with a new A rated condensing boiler could perhaps save an additional 12%. Current gas bill averages £70 / month so potential saving of £100 /year.
When I balance this against the cost of replacement (£1500 - £2000) it could take 20 years to be cost effective assuming a new boiler lasts that long (which I doubt).
Current boiler hasn't missed a beat in the 6 years we've had it and I'm starting to think if it's not broke why fix it.
Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this or any of the boilers I've listed above.
Thanks in advance.
Short list is as follows :-
Veissmann 100W Compact (18Kw Heat Only)
Vaillant Ecotec plus 418
Worcester 18Ri
Glow Worm 18 HXi (Which from what I've gleaned from these pages is the Vaillant with a different badge !)
Efficiency of our current set up is band D (approx 78%) so with a new A rated condensing boiler could perhaps save an additional 12%. Current gas bill averages £70 / month so potential saving of £100 /year.
When I balance this against the cost of replacement (£1500 - £2000) it could take 20 years to be cost effective assuming a new boiler lasts that long (which I doubt).
Current boiler hasn't missed a beat in the 6 years we've had it and I'm starting to think if it's not broke why fix it.
Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this or any of the boilers I've listed above.
Thanks in advance.