On 28/12/2019 14:28, David Wade wrote:
Folks,

For various reasons, I am reluctantly considering replacing my boiler.
As I only have a single shower/bath it looks like its going to be a
combi, but its going to have to go in a bedroom so I was worried about
the noise. My plumber has recommended an "Ideal" boiler as he says they
are good boilers and have a long guarantee. They seem to have good
reports on reliability and usability, and appear to be quiet.

Does any one have an Ideal Boiler and if so what do they think of them?

I fitted a 35kW Ideal ISAR at a previous house. The boilers had not been
on the market that long so there was not much reliability data to go on
(however it did fit the small space available, and was available with
the 35kW output that I would suggest is the minimum sensible for a
family home - hence why I took a punt). In use it was at the time the
best combi I had used. I had one fault - a failed DHW temp sensor in the
four years or so I owned it. Reports suggest that the new owners did
have additional problems with it and ditched it some years later.

The build quality was actually fairly good and the design layout /
serviceability fairly good (although not in the Vaillant league). The
weak point at the time (so it turns out) was the quality of the
electronics. ITRC Geoff at CET reporting very large numbers of PCB
failures on this range. I don't know if that has changed in recent times.

Noise wise, it was not bad - better that the CH only boiler it replaced,
but not as quiet as my current Vaillant system boiler. (not sure I would
want even that in a bedroom though)


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Cheers,

John.

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