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Me thinks the OP will be doing this themself or have a 'plumber' from a foreign land. 
Andy
Andy
Me thinks the OP will be doing this themself or have a 'plumber' from a foreign land.
Andy
Thats a bit harsh Andy.
Mind you it sounds like his mate is nicking the boiler from Screwfix
I'm a bit like John Lewis, never knowly wrong.
Andy
Andy
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Unless the person who will get you the 20% discount lives in your household I would be careful spanking their staff discount, it is not a mates rate discount it is solely for that staff member and is checked especially when the item price hits a certain threshold.
Ever considered I'm the SF employee, but that I just don't know a lot about boilers. I've not had much luck getting someone over, 2 out of the 8 I approached came over. Both talked a lot, but without giving me a solid recommendation. "Here's 4 folders full of boilers, let me know when you've chosen." Euh... what? When I pressed them saying: "what would you do if it was your house, but considering my parameters", they both came up with the most expensive option with solar panels etc... while I was clear it wasn't an option due to the roof.
From that response I would say no your not the screw fix employee. So my warning still stands you could be getting someone sacked.
You will need a heating engineer to fit so until you find a decent one you are happy with I think what kind of boiler you will buy is the least of your worries.
What's your nearest town? Might be able to recommend someone to do the job for you
Very helpful, thanks Lamchamps.
From where I'm standing, if I knew what I needed, I could just purchase it, and then work on finding someone to fit it. As opposed to getting nowhere because I'm struggling to get advice, which includes the two Gas Safe registered heating engineers I found online and who visited us.
This is literally what one of them left me, saying call me when you've picked one.
From where I'm standing, if I knew what I needed, I could just purchase it, and then work on finding someone to fit it. As opposed to getting nowhere because I'm struggling to get advice, which includes the two Gas Safe registered heating engineers I found online and who visited us.
This is literally what one of them left me, saying call me when you've picked one.
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durhamplumber
You should be on stage with those witty one liners
Got two guys to look at it tonight. Both suggested a combi boiler would be OK. One suggested a 38KW, the other a 30KW. Feels like there's a pretty big difference between the two.
The 38KW guy was only really interested in Valliant boilers and Eclipse thermostats. The other was (to my mind) more pragmatic, and said they're all largely the same, but steered me towards Bosch, Valliant or Viessman.
The 38KW guy was only really interested in Valliant boilers and Eclipse thermostats. The other was (to my mind) more pragmatic, and said they're all largely the same, but steered me towards Bosch, Valliant or Viessman.
Go with the 2nd guy. Tbh honest boilers these days all have big warranty and generally tend to be trouble free for a time.
Bosch have the best after care followed by vaillant.
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