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Are there any quality boilers/manufacturers, at any price?
Looking around for candidates to replace my 15-odd year old boiler, spent an evening looking around
for reviews, comments etc at the few sites that review this sort of thing. This site seemed to have about the most reviews http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews247100.html It strikes me that pretty much every manufacturer has some users with horror stories, but of course most of the reviews are from dissatisfied users as happy people won't often bother posting information, and without any indications of the installed base, a small number of samples is not a statistically reliable indicator. There are clearly a few obvious 'to-avoids' with so many reports of problems, bad service, failure to honour warranties etc. that they can easily be ruled out, e.g. Ferrolli ( many reports of bad customer service and poor parts availability) , Ideal ISAR 35 (100 reviews with 1-star avarage) , but most of the rest are too far below the noise to be a useful guide. Although there are a few comments from installers who have installed a large number of a particular model, I suspect that after an initial period they may not see a lot of the longer term problems as users will more likely be talking to the manufacturer's service/warranty people. Seems to me that apart from some specific models with particular design flaws, probably the most important thing for long term peace of mind is how good the manufacturer is at providing spares and support, combined with ease of repair and parts cost. If I were looking for a kitchen appliance, I know that going to Bosch, Miele etc. would give me a pretty good chance of getting something reliable at a premium price, however I've yet to find if there are any comparable 'quality brands' when it comes to boilers. I can do most repairs myself, and not at all worried about electrical/electronics as that's something I know inside out. So from this perspective, any recommendations, good or to-avoid for a ~30KW condensing Combi where reliability, servicability and manufacturer service are good, even it if costs more? |
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