Currently have a baxi 100/2he plus boiler which seems to be on its last legs (noisy and leaking and badly installed according to more than one engineer)...
Been covered by British Gas on their home care cover for several years...and 3 out of 7yrs, an engineer has either condemned the boiler or mentioned the flue was badly fitted. However, usually this decision is reversed by the supervisor when they come to re assess.
This year, we have decided to cancel the cover due to BG increasing our cover to approx 40 pm. This is despite them trying to get out of covering any repairs by insisting we get a powerflush done. We got this done and problems were still there. It has taken 12 months of constant replacing of parts to get to a stable level of running. On average BG came out every 3 weeks due to boiler shutting down. Current position is, that the boiler has been working problem free since February. But am worried problems might start re occurring this winter.
The house in question is large (6 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 shower room(1 elec, 1 tank fed). Fuel bills are approx. 3k pa, Approx 19 radiators and supplied by 2 hot water tanks and a cold water tank.
With Winter drawing in , we were thinking if we should consider a new boiler to hopefully avoid the boiler cover costs and breakdowns and possibly reduce the heating bill. Or get boiler cover from another firm and look to make efficiency savings elsewhere in the house, possibly new TRV's?
Anyone have an opinion on the valliant ecotec plus 400's boilers?
Am i able to shift from open vented to system boiler as ive read that the ecotec plus 600's are built better? But then i also hear that system boilers are more prone to fail. Confused.
Been covered by British Gas on their home care cover for several years...and 3 out of 7yrs, an engineer has either condemned the boiler or mentioned the flue was badly fitted. However, usually this decision is reversed by the supervisor when they come to re assess.
This year, we have decided to cancel the cover due to BG increasing our cover to approx 40 pm. This is despite them trying to get out of covering any repairs by insisting we get a powerflush done. We got this done and problems were still there. It has taken 12 months of constant replacing of parts to get to a stable level of running. On average BG came out every 3 weeks due to boiler shutting down. Current position is, that the boiler has been working problem free since February. But am worried problems might start re occurring this winter.
The house in question is large (6 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 shower room(1 elec, 1 tank fed). Fuel bills are approx. 3k pa, Approx 19 radiators and supplied by 2 hot water tanks and a cold water tank.
With Winter drawing in , we were thinking if we should consider a new boiler to hopefully avoid the boiler cover costs and breakdowns and possibly reduce the heating bill. Or get boiler cover from another firm and look to make efficiency savings elsewhere in the house, possibly new TRV's?
Anyone have an opinion on the valliant ecotec plus 400's boilers?
Am i able to shift from open vented to system boiler as ive read that the ecotec plus 600's are built better? But then i also hear that system boilers are more prone to fail. Confused.
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