Last I heard, Vaillant and Worcester Bosch are the two boilers of choice. Is that still the case?
It's just a combi for a two-bedroom bungalow, btw.
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My Vaillant "system" has been faultless; I personally hate combis, but I have a large, old house.
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I've been generally pleased with my Viessmann. It's in general beautifully made - looks like to last, rather than save pennies.
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We have a Vaillant.
Never again.
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I've heard WBs are now quite unreliable
NT
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Ideal are doing a 7 year warranty this year, and being as they are one of the simpler, and affordable, boilers out there, I'd be gettng one if in the market now.
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We had an Ideal. Never again. ;-)
The problem is that "past performance is no indicator of future reliability".
Tim
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Quite - had a Potterton made in the '70s. One of the better makes. Spool on to when they got taken over. Made one of the worst ones ever.
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The last time I had anything to do with Ideal we ended up settling out of court (but it got close).
~8 years ago. I will never, ever will deal with that company again.
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No experience of combis, but we had an LPG-fuelled Vaillant installed
15 years ago, annually serviced, and no problems with it over that period.But I guess from other comments here that you will get good and bad with every make. It's probably the few people with bad experiences who feel most aggrieved and shout loudest, but the majority who are satisfied never comment.
Combis in general are regarded by some as spawn of the devil.
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The Intergas products seem to have a lot going for them and should be on everyone's shortlist, IMHO.
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I have had 3 WB combi boilers in 2 properties over 25 years. The middle one - a 36CDI (or whatever) went wrong twice over 15 years but otherwise was v good and only replaced because of building works exactly in its location. The lastest one is quieter and I think from last winters bills has halved m y gas consumption. The make of combi is only part of the solution. Combis m ake hot water simple but the central heating system should be examined - be sure you know exactly how it will work, especially as it heats up each rad iator and returns water to the boiler. New boilers expect new systems....