We are looking at changing our boiler at some point in the near future.
The current one is a Stelrad thing, a huge, wall mounted affair, which
sits on the wall in the kitchen. WOuld like to change to a smaller unit
which will at the same time be shifted into the utility room (which isn't
built yet).

The heating guys that I know and have spoken to tell me to get a wriggle
on, to get it done before the law changes and condensing boilers are the
only option.

The setup at present is gravity HW, and pumped CH. It is a three bed
bungalow, with 6 rads and a towel rail. What would be a good make /
system to look at, and why are condensing boilers so frowned on by those
in the trade? I know the actual spec will have to be determined a bit
more accurately, I'm just after suggestions for makes. I'm a bit off
Suprima at the moment, as we had some sort of power spike here recently,
and 3 people that we know of had the PCB go toes up in their Suprimas -
common thing, or just unlucky?

Thanks

Gary