Recommend me a boiler

stimpson

I'm currently looking at changing from Kero to Natural Gas and I've had an installer out to survey the house. He was recommending a 24KW Ideal boiler (3 bed semi) as he says they are about €500 cheaper than a Weismann. I was going to go with his recommendation but when I did a bit of searching online it seems that they may not be the most reliable. It seems that their standard line have a 2 year warranty but their more expensive line have a 5 year one.

Has anyone here got any experience of them or can you recommend a decent boiler that's not going to break the bank?

corkgsxr

glowworm is my cheaper one, and worcherster bosch is my dearer one


havent had problem with either

DGOBS

Ariston....

Mutha

DGOBS wrote: »

Ariston....

What he said.

shane0007

Mutha wrote: »

What he said.

What he said about what he said.

spireland32

Glow worm flexicom range for me. 5 yr warranty like most other manufacturers. Is it a large 3 bed? Extension and/or attic conversion? The reason I ask is a 24kw sounds big for a standard 3bed semi.

shane0007

spireland32 wrote: »

Glow worm flexicom range for me. 5 yr warranty like most other manufacturers. Is it a large 3 bed? Extension and/or attic conversion? The reason I ask is a 24kw sounds big for a standard 3bed semi.

What I like about the Ariston is the bells & whistles of the controllability of it. It is difficult to over size within reason a Band A gas boiler as they modulate. Saying that, the Ariston can be set to output a percentage of the maximum output, for example, 70% or 78% or 83%, etc. The pump is also modulating so even better circulation can be achieved especially in zoned systems or systems with TRV's.
It can also be set to Automatic mode so it will calculate the best parameters to run at to achieve maximum efficiency.

Ooooh, I love my toys......

daver123

i have a baxi condensing boiler and it is fine

corkgsxr

daver123 wrote: »

i have a baxi condensing boiler and it is fine

Ment to be a balls to fit and commission. Heard a few people say they tried out there new range and decided they were too much hassle

anthonyos

we fit ideal logic boilers the boss thinks they are great i find them simple to install and cost 8-900 euro mark...anyone got an opinion on these/

daver123

corkgsxr wrote: »

Ment to be a balls to fit and commission. Heard a few people say they tried out there new range and decided they were too much hassle

i don't know much about that side of fitting the boiler etc ( it seemed pretty straight forward looking at the plumber installing it )

corkgsxr

daver123 wrote: »

i have a baxi condensing boiler and it is fine

Ment to be a balls to fit and commission. Heard a few people say they tried out there new range and decided they were too much hassle

anthonyos

i have done 3 of them new ones that decides if it nat gas or lpg and i had hassel with all of them one even need a new pcb after getting a service call from baxi

daver123

anthonyos wrote: »

i have done 3 of them new ones that decides if it nat gas or lpg and i had hassel with all of them one even need a new pcb after getting a service call from baxi

The baxi condensing boiler i have has worked perfect for the last 3 years i can give the model if u want

sullzz

anthonyos wrote: »

i have done 3 of them new ones that decides if it nat gas or lpg and i had hassel with all of them one even need a new pcb after getting a service call from baxi

I've had issues with the same model , the compact ga range , a few of them got stuck at the gas recognition stage , had to get baxi out , doesn't look too good to a customer when your fitting a boiler and the manufacturer has to call out .

Hoffmans

vokera good boiler no problems in last 7 years.

Robbie.G

Going to Baxi tomorrow for training on the GA fitted a few of them had issues with one so going to see if I can learn a bot more about them

corkgsxr

Robbie.G wrote: »

Going to Baxi tomorrow for training on the GA fitted a few of them had issues with one so going to see if I can learn a bot more about them

I went to it. Told me that apart from the gas recognition issue that is apparently sorted. But gave me a booklet on how to reset to get it recognised. That they are getting very little problems with them.

One of the guys who fit one it needed a new gas valve.

A girl I know that had one fitted sed the plumber had to go back 3 times in a week as it stopped working

JohnnieK

Ariston or Viessmann.

stimpson

I though I had subbed to this thread...

Thanks for all the replies. I've been reading up and it seems like the quality of the install seems to be the most important thing. The installer is quoting for a flush and a magnaclean so I figure he knows what he's doing.

If anyone in North Dublin fancies quoting for the job, please feel free to PM me your contact details.