Evening all,
I've just moved into a house which has an ancient Baxi Bermuda from the 1970s (which, in fairness, still works perfectly). We're extensively redecorating the house (with assistance from an electrical fire 4 days after we were handed the keys
) and I thought it would be prudent to replace the boiler now, rather than wait until we've replastered half the house.
The options I have, I think, are:
Replace the Baxi with a like for like condensing version. I would also like to get rid of the cold water tank, hot water cylinder and CH header tank - apparently these can all be replaced by a MegaFlo system (we have very good mains water pressure). Is this possible, and does anyone have any idea how much it would cost?
The second choice would be to install a normal combi in the attic. I think we'd need a pretty high capacity Combi as the house has 4 bedrooms (1 bathroom, 1 shower room, 1 basin in a bedroom, kitchen etc). Not sure if this is feasible as we don't have any external walls in the attic, just a joining wall on one side and pitched roofing on 3 sides - can we vent to the chimney stack, and is it true that I'd need to fully board out the floor before installing any gas up there?
The last option, which I'm hoping to avoid to be honest, is to resite the boiler completely to an outside wall on the garage. I'd have thought this would be the most expensive option so I'm hoping we can avoid it.
See the picture for a (crappy) idea about the layout of my house. If it helps, the gas feed and gas meter are below the stairs, the downstairs flooring in the hallway and lounge are wooden boards, and the kitchen floor is solid concrete.
Also, if anyone can recommend a tradesman in Essex (RM14 area) it would be appreciated.
I've just moved into a house which has an ancient Baxi Bermuda from the 1970s (which, in fairness, still works perfectly). We're extensively redecorating the house (with assistance from an electrical fire 4 days after we were handed the keys
) and I thought it would be prudent to replace the boiler now, rather than wait until we've replastered half the house.The options I have, I think, are:
Replace the Baxi with a like for like condensing version. I would also like to get rid of the cold water tank, hot water cylinder and CH header tank - apparently these can all be replaced by a MegaFlo system (we have very good mains water pressure). Is this possible, and does anyone have any idea how much it would cost?
The second choice would be to install a normal combi in the attic. I think we'd need a pretty high capacity Combi as the house has 4 bedrooms (1 bathroom, 1 shower room, 1 basin in a bedroom, kitchen etc). Not sure if this is feasible as we don't have any external walls in the attic, just a joining wall on one side and pitched roofing on 3 sides - can we vent to the chimney stack, and is it true that I'd need to fully board out the floor before installing any gas up there?
The last option, which I'm hoping to avoid to be honest, is to resite the boiler completely to an outside wall on the garage. I'd have thought this would be the most expensive option so I'm hoping we can avoid it.
See the picture for a (crappy) idea about the layout of my house. If it helps, the gas feed and gas meter are below the stairs, the downstairs flooring in the hallway and lounge are wooden boards, and the kitchen floor is solid concrete.
Also, if anyone can recommend a tradesman in Essex (RM14 area) it would be appreciated.
