On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:04:15 +0000, John wrote:

Cicero wrote:
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:51:56 -0700, wendy_grunge wrote:

We live in a flat with a Johnson & Starley warm air system that has
been disconnected by 'cos the heat exchanger is leaking. Yes, I know
it could be repaired but it's 30+ years old and next year it will be
something else!

We have had a J&S approved guy call who recommends a new J&S heater -
Economaire - it's sealed and doesn't fall foul of the increasingly
tough ventilation/air entry standards. Looks OK.

BUT

However, it does seem a bit expensive. J&S won't tell me what their
boilers cost so I have no way of checking. He wants £2400 to replace
it, replace aged fortic and put in new controls.

Is this fair?
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Are other warm air boilers available, are they any good?

Wendy
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You wouldn't shop at Tesco without seeing prices so it hardly makes
sense to buy spares for an out-moded central heating system from
someone who won't give you a breakdown of component costs.

J&S appear to have a virtual monopoly of war air heating in this
country which suggest that you might be better off spending your
money on a more conventional 'wet' system which you can customise to
your own specification.
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Problem with that, as my mother-in-law found when she was considering this
very thing, is that she had nowhere to put radiators!

John
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What is so very unusual about her property that it has no space available
for radiators in one form or another? I doubt if I've ever seen a house /
property that had no free wall space.

Cic.

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