Asking again, due to lack of any recommendations before. It is needed for a one-bed flat (for central heating and DHW) - about
60 sq mtrs floor area (kitchen + bathroom with bath + living room + bedroom). One rad with TRV in each room. Biggest room is 4.5 mtrs x 4.5 mtrs. Flu will go straight out through the cavity wall on which the combi will be fixed.Thank you,
Duke
Are Vizo combi boilers any good? For example, from B&Q:
Not having much luck with this are you? :-) Sounds silly but I'd ask a local spares supplier which boiler has the cheapest/easiest to get hold of spares.
You seem to have a conflict in requirements here. cheap does not usually go along with reliable, and easy to repair. Also cheap boiler often have expensive spares. Small and easy to repair can also work against each other.
So it might be useful if you decided what you most important requirement is.
Regrading boiler power, you can ignore the heating requires totally. Decide on your hot water performance needs.
Cheapest boilers, well you have found some of those - the shed specials and the like. Biasi etc.
Reliable: look at the quality end of the market. Also have a read of Ed's boiler choice FAQ to work out what design features are going to contribute to the reliability.
Small: Have a look at the table "Current HE Models" here:
"Duke" wrote
If it's for your use or for you to maintain - don't buy cheap! If it's a renovation project get the cheapest you can find at the spec you want with the longest guarantee ("the boiler still has 'x' years guarantee" will be a selling point).
Phil
I think this is yet another area where you no longer get what you pay for. They're all designed to break down.
Sound advice.
The pros I know all seem to love Worcester-Bosch, and that's what I ended up buying myself (a 24i Junior, which would suit the above requirements I'd have thought) mainly to ensure my CORGI would not object to fitting it!
Went through the Government 'energysmart' scheme at the bizarrely-named
David
At the moment I have bad thoughts about WB and the 24i. Having watched their own engineer struggle for two hours to replace a pump, with much gnashing of teeth, I wouldn't say they're "easy" to work on.
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