John wrote:

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Hi, I am in need of a new boiler. We currently have an LPG (no gas
around here) combi boiler and so i am assuming it would be most cost
effective to stick to that style. I cant say i have been impressed with
the current one, a worcester 9.24 electric but it was 13 years old
before we moved in so i can accept that may be why performance was
poor.
I would really appreciate some advice from experienced people. Our
local and friendly plumbers who have given us good service previously
only fit Alpha and reccomend a CB28. However after researching as much
as i can without expert knowledge im not sure that would be suitable,
not only as it has a purchase price of £684 inc vat and ive been quote
£1800 for them to install one but also the lpm doesnt seem as high as
think £1800 should buy. After all, no pipework has been quoted just
fitting the boiler to existing pipes etc.
What do you all think would be most suited to a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom
(actually we dont generally use the bath but we would like to use 2
showers at the same time sometime) place. Reliability is sooooo
important. The current boiler needs the ignition contact cleaned about
every month !
Price is important however i would rather get a good performing
reliable boiler in lpg as i think it would be cheaper than changing the
whole system to oil as we would probably have to buy a lower grade
boiler what with all the pipe work, tank etc.

All advice welcome !!!!!!!

Many thanks

o m



I would get a quote to move to oil - LPG is very expensive, superseded
only by electricity. Other than oil base and oil tank installation (and
the space this may take up), it is still just a boiler change, other than
the fuel line.

Angus


Sound advice as most oil combis have a heatstore which is essential in view
of the inherent delay in igniting an oil burner. This gives a far higher lpm
capacity than "most" run of the mill gas combis despite the posturing of
some.
You also have freedom of purchase source with oil unless you choose to
contract to one supplier.
Don't forget to factor in flushing the old system, any potential update to
the electrics and part p(iss) costs as well as the tank costs.


The current 10 year forecasts within the oil industry for gas/lpg
prices are not good. So I'd look at all the options.
I know that some commercial places run their boilers on old engine oil,
can you run them on biodiesel( perhaps with methanol added)?

Regards
Capitol