My New Boiler - Is It Legal?

[S Viemeister]

That's good. We're thinking about changing out our old Rayburn for a Stanley.

Sheila

[Rod]

S Viemeister wrote in news:42DC4D0E.14EC61A1 @which.net:

A number of years ago I did that! Solid fuel to oil. Uncontrollable filthy menace to a lovely, easy to use, friendly, ummmmmmm, lump of cast iron! Maybe it was a touch less 'traditional' with the significant glass area.

Slightly disappointed by the noise it made (in common with many other oil burners) but that seemed to become less of an issue after it had been in for a while. (Maybe we just got used to it.)

From perspective of now (several years and houses later) I have no idea of its efficiency but it beat the pants off the Rayburn. Locally, Stanley were definitely preferred over many others.

[S Viemeister]

Ours was converted from solid fuel to oil a few years ago. I _like_ the glass door on the Stanley!

What sort of noise?

The local (good, in demand, you need to book him a year ahead) plumber has a Stanley in his home, and highly recommends them.

Sheila

[Rod]

S Viemeister wrote in news: [e-mail]:

It is always difficult to describe a noise - maybe like a hushed version of a jet aircraft? Not, of course, at the end of the runway, more one overhead several miles away from an airport. (I am sure that the flue and how it is routed are the most important factors here. The noise in the kitchen never seemed a problem at all.) I think some people would find it comforting. But people do vary so much in their perception of sound.

In contrast to the Rayburns, the Stanley only needs one (quick) service a year.

[S Viemeister]

Perhaps I should try to pay the plumber a visit during cold weather?

Sheila

[Rod]

S Viemeister wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Or when he's having a bath.... :-)

But whatever it sounds like in his house, in yours it could be completely different. Do try that though as it should at least give you some idea of the quality of the sound. I don't want to put you off, but no-one had told me anything and the first time it fired up was a real surprise. A few eeks later I had grown accustomed to it. A few months and I simply didn't notice it unless lying in bed.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Lovely. After working up that sweat cutting the peat, who needs heat? ;-)

[S Viemeister]

Unfortunately, the peat-cutting is largely done during midgie season.....

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Yup. ;-) Had a cousin of my mother who had a small holding near Elgin with its own peat bog. Still remember the smell of the fire.

Also the smell of the open waste pool from the local distillery. Very nasty.

[tarquinlinbin]

It is poor that your installer didnt even think /bother to discuss boiler options with you. I mean,if you wanted a tv,would you feel the need to be consulted or would you be happy if they brought you a black n white portable instead of the 32" sony plasma that you perhaps had aspired to?

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[tarquinlinbin]

This job is getting to sound a bit iffy to me... Remove antispam and add 670 after bra to email

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[Richard Polhill]

tarquinlinbin wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Suspect he had one knocking about that he wanted shot of. Why not see if you can ask Corgi about legality?

[john.stumbles]

I missed the start of this thread so I'm following up to the wrong post.

For the fitter to have notified the installation to CORGI as he wouold be required by CORGI to do, he'd have had to either (a) show that a condensing boiler couldn't have been fitted (using the points system described elsewhere on uk.d-i-y - google) OR (b) that it was a replacement under warranty withing 3 years of original fitting, OR (c) that it was fitted according to a contract agreed between installer and customer before 1st April this year. In case (a) if an exception was permissible but it was still possible to fit a condensing boiler in compliance with regs the fitter should still have asked the customer whether they wished to have a condensing boiler anyway. Have you had a notification from CORGI that the boiler installation has been notified to them? Have you checked that your installer is actually registered with CORGI and isn't, for example, just using a CORGI registration number he's seen on someone else's van?!

[nog]