Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

Ian
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"Ian Johnston" wrote in message
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Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

Ian
--

It would help a lot if we knew where in the world you are

"Ian Johnston" wrote in message
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Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

Do you mean boiler manufacturers or installers ?

I'm happy with my Grant boiler. It hasn't been perfect but they have
responded quickly to problems.

For installers it rather depends where you live but get one who is OFTEC
registered and does the commissioning paperwork himself rather than calling
somebody else out to do it another day.

In article cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-MRE6vq7KCjXW@localhost, Ian Johnston
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Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

Ian
Worcester-Bosch are OK, I prefer Boulter myself
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David

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In article cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-MRE6vq7KCjXW@localhost, Ian Johnston
writes
Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

Ian
Worcester-Bosch are OK, I prefer Boulter myself

Mr ".", Bertie which are both the same company.


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"Ian Johnston" wrote in message
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Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

It would help a lot if we knew where in the world you are

Would it? I'm not expecting to get a boiler made in the village and I
believe there are "carriers" who move them around. But if it helps,
the answer is "the wilds of south west Scotland"

Ian

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"Ian Johnston" wrote in message
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Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

Do you mean boiler manufacturers or installers ?

Neither. I mean "supplier". Someone who'll supply me with one. If
that's also a manufacturer, fine, but not essential.

I'm happy with my Grant boiler. It hasn't been perfect but they have
responded quickly to problems.

Ta. I'll have a look.

For installers it rather depends where you live but get one who is OFTEC
registered and does the commissioning paperwork himself rather than calling
somebody else out to do it another day.


This being uk.d-i-y I was thinking of taking a slightly different
approach to installation ...

Thanks for the tip,

Ian

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In article cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-MRE6vq7KCjXW@localhost, Ian Johnston
writes
Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

Ian
Worcester-Bosch are OK, I prefer Boulter myself

Mr ".", Bertie which are both the same company.


That,s funny, they look different, are you saying that its just a re-
badge?
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David

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"Ian Johnston" wrote in message
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Hello Folks,

I think my beautiful 1973 central heating boiler is - sniff -
approaching the end. Googling for suppliers of such things brings up a
squillion companies keen to take my money - can anyone recommend one
from experience?

It would help a lot if we knew where in the world you are

Would it? I'm not expecting to get a boiler made in the village and I
believe there are "carriers" who move them around. But if it helps,
the answer is "the wilds of south west Scotland"

Ian

It helps a lot as now I won't advise you to contact Danbys in Hull for
example. However you can speak to Plumb Centre who are a National chain or
one of the web based heating suppliers. I would suggest taking a look at
Firebird boilers website and perhaps asking them for a local suppliers
details. Also think about Trianco boilers.
Lets face it though most of the boilers on the market are simply boxes of
water with the sophistication being in the burner and baffling systems.
Firebird use RDB/Riello burners which are excellent and reliable. the
combustion chamber and baffles are accessed from the front of the boiler
which makes installation under a fixed worktop possible and by virtue of a
simple fitting kit can be converted from conventional to balanced flue with
rear or side projection.
Trianco are equally as flexible but there is also the option of a vertical
balanced flue kit.
I've worked on a few Grants which someone else mentioned but theres nothing
IMHO to seperate them from the other makes I've just mentioned

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:18:20 UTC, "John"
wrote:

: Lets face it though most of the boilers on the market are simply boxes of
: water with the sophistication being in the burner and baffling systems.

Thanks for the tips. If possible I'll be looking for something which
can use the existing vertical flue, so the info about that is
particularly welcome.

Cheers,

Ian

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wrote:



Mr ".", Bertie which are both the same company.


That,s funny, they look different, are you saying that its just a re-
badge?

Maybe like Ferrari and Fiat are the same company