Plumbers - combi boiler question

[steveg]

Hi ,

My 30 year old boiler has gone pop , thinking of taking hot water tank out & fitting a combi boiler .

Any one recommend a good combi boiler ?

Thinking of a Worcester Greenstar 27 CDi or a mate said he can get me a Ferroli optimax boiler cheap ...
Never heard of Ferroli any plumbers in the org ?

Any ball park figures for a plumber to fit combi & remove hot water tank ?

Cheers Steveg

[embee]

Screwfix forums are useful for info on that sort of thing. Basically Worcester/Bosch or Vaillant seem favoured for reliability. Steer clear of others.

Various views on combi vs system (hot water storage cylinder). Personally I'd keep a system boiler if the rest of the "system" is in decent nick. Combis do have advantages in some circumstances, but there are downsides too.

[Paul the 6th]

interesting - will have a look on the screwfix forums just bought a house which has been stood for a year, sediment was coming through the hot water system but it seems to have cleared now, although the sf forums could be a great place to get advice about upgrades such as this

Ive got a ferroli combi, touch wood never had any problems, my mates a plumber and recommends Worcester Bosch boilers.

[steveg]

Hi Kwak ,

What model is your ferroli boiler , did you get much warranty with it ?

Have been without a working boiler for 12 months now and the wife is getting a bit ****ed off now , I'm not bothered but it I need to keep the peace ....

Cheers Steveg

mines an F24 and it came with 24 months warranty and then cheap year on year warranty and servicing, ferroli is only lichfield/burton area.
where in the midlands are you steve? my mates a corgi plumber and i'm sure he'd give you a good quote if you mentioned me, he works the walsall area but will travel for work, PM me for my number if your intrested.

[Sid Squid]

Definately Worcester-Bosch, excellent boilers.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Definately Worcester-Bosch, excellent boilers.

Mine is now 3 years old. I did have a problem with a leaky internal pipe where the manufacturers appeared to have bodged a stripped plastic screw fitting and it cost me their standard £170 call out/service/fix. although they also replaced a couple of components as well as the knackered pipe.

mine is a 28 cdi. issues are speed to fill a bath and the water temperature. the only way to get the temp as hot as I like is to run it slowly and takes 5 mins to fill bath etc.

topping up the water system is puzzling first time as you have to insert a plastic key and then open the fill tap.

[MrMessy]

We are starting to fit the Worcester Greenstars at work, so should be O/K. Combi boilers are O/K but a lot of things in them to go wrong. If rest of system o/k you could go for a condensing boiler. I have a project at work and doing just that, plus gives you immersion heater back up if boiler/gas fails!Also considerably cheaper.

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by MrMessy

Combi boilers are O/K but a lot of things in them to go wrong. If rest of system o/k you could go for a condensing boiler. I have a project at work and doing just that, plus gives you immersion heater back up if boiler/gas fails!Also considerably cheaper.

There's no more things in a combi boiler than there is in a system so plenty to go wrong with both. I agree with the immersion heater back up though. I think any new boiler that's fitted now is meant to be a condensing boiler as that's the current standard.

Another thing to think about is whether you're replacing the entire system or just the boiler, if you have showers/baths etc as Tim says if you want the water at a hot temp you need to run it slower.