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Condensing boilers rule?
Whilst having a gas stove fitted the other day, I was talking to the boss
fitter about central heating and he said the rule about all new boilers having to be condensing after next April has been postponed for several years. He claimed to have been to a Corgi meeting where it was explained that it had been dropped because condensing boilers are still very unpopular due to doubts about reliability. He wasn't trying to sell me anything, but he did say he found the Baxi Potterton combi (non-condensing) with hot water reservoir was very reliable. Does he know what he's talking about (on both counts)? Incidentally, after his men had made a neat job of fitting the Yeoman gas stove and left, I read in the instruction booklet that a spillage test should have been done, as well as a burner pressure test with all other appliances turned on, and the result recorded in the booklet along with the signature of the installation engineer. Well, nothing has been recorded, and they didn't ask me about other appliances, so I assume the tests weren't done. Is this just fussing by the manufacturer, or should I follow it up? In the way of most tradesman I've dealt with in this area I would expect them to just bung it in, light it up and say the job's a good 'un, though as installers for the biggest gas fire showroom in the area they presumably know what they're doing. |
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