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How anyone recommends stuff like vaillant and bosch...especially to elderly people is a joke.filling loop for instance.expecting them to crawl under the boiler identify which is the filling loop and turn with a scredriver is utter nonsense.or that cosmically stupid tap thing on worcester appliances.you are takin the pisb.duotec is simple.and fine.
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A traditional, non pressurised, radiator system does not need to be monitored for low pressure in order to ensure it will not shut down ( due to pressure loss ) and leave the person in a cold house at risk of hypothermia.
Then consider the reaction when telling an elderly person they need to have their new system checked every year to ensure the pressure in a non vented cylinder is not going to burst the cylinder. Put the fear of an explosion into their mind and they may then not use the heating system.
No doubt a few people here will react and dismiss this as nonsense. That is to be expected from tradespeople who cannot see beyond just getting the job done and paid for
Can you think of any cars that am elderly person can buy that doesn't need regular servicing?
Wording things in such a manner is either retarded, inflammatory or both. No installer would worry a costumer in which a manner and you know it.
I think Admin should be having a word with you about your often dangerous and increasingly bizarre ramblings.
And before you get all "I told you Dan would react", remember you are the fool suggesting a diyer went and used fairy liquid to find a gas leak.
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No... but I can think of quite a few elderly people who do not drive cars for just that reason. The cost of maintaining them together with confusion about the complexity of modern cars and their controls.
I do know a couple of elderly people who drive elderly cars because they are low cost / simple to service and do not have a mass of control on the dashboard..
Was greeted with this when I lifted the lid of this cistern yesterday. Nice.
Filling loop on a Worcester is a push button; they've gone from the most difficult to the easiest.
If you want a boiler that will be supported for years by a manufacturer who cares and has 320 engineers and a huge call centre open 7 days get a Worcester Bosch.
If you want a boiler that most technicians have never worked on, has a tiny tiny tiny market share/penetration in the UK, and for which parts are not exactly on the shelf of every merchant, and who until recently did not even have a service force, buy something like an Intergas.
Worcester Bosch are amongst the most reliable brands in the country, perfect for an OAP. If you are excited by an Intergas get one yourself.
If you want a boiler that will be supported for years by a manufacturer who cares and has 320 engineers and a huge call centre open 7 days get a Worcester Bosch.
If you want a boiler that most technicians have never worked on, has a tiny tiny tiny market share/penetration in the UK, and for which parts are not exactly on the shelf of every merchant, and who until recently did not even have a service force, buy something like an Intergas.
Worcester Bosch are amongst the most reliable brands in the country, perfect for an OAP. If you are excited by an Intergas get one yourself.
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Do you really have to hijack everyone else's thread to grind your axe about this? It's not even relevant here. Go away
Is that a responsible attitude, fit and forget.....
The OP wanted help in deciding which boiler would be the best option for the new boiler in his mother circumstances. Life style and the owner's ability to cope with technology are important factors in the decision process.
Someone mentioned that one type of boiler has press button re-pressurising of the radiator system. Sounds like a good idea until ne looks a bit further and asks questions. How does the owner know whem to press the button ? Does ths involve reading a pressure dial at regular intervals to monitor the pressure ? When does the button have to be released ? Does that involve reading the pressure gauge while holding the button until the gauge indicates the correct pressure has been reached. ?
Being old does not equate to being stupid. You need to realise that old people are clever enough to have reached their present age. The eldest in our population survived a world war, as well as coming to grips with things like putting the washing through the mangle without flattening all their fingers.
Instead of banging your pathetic little drum, why don't you read the opening post and realise what fecking boiler they already have.
Then kindly sod off back to whence you came. You are getting boring.
Then kindly sod off back to whence you came. You are getting boring.
Alternate thinker my a7se.
OK so in this case I got it wrong, the OP's mother has a combi boiler and is therefor (probably) aware of the things involved with a combi.
But it is still valid to consider what level of technology the customer can cope with when specifying any new equipment for them.
True, but many have not been exposed to the complicated new technology that many are able to understand and take for granted. Like the couple who would not use their new boiler because it kept smoking. The District Nurse had to convince them that the smoke was not smoke but the plume was something that all new boilers produced.. IIRC she had to show them her own boiler's plume before they were convinced it was safe to use their boiler.
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But it is still valid to consider what level of technology the customer can cope with when specifying any new equipment for them.
True, but many have not been exposed to the complicated new technology that many are able to understand and take for granted. Like the couple who would not use their new boiler because it kept smoking. The District Nurse had to convince them that the smoke was not smoke but the plume was something that all new boilers produced.. IIRC she had to show them her own boiler's plume before they were convinced it was safe to use their boiler.
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