Baxi Barcelona - Replace or Improve?

I know of at least two other units with undiagnosable problems. Replacement of the PCBs (done by BG unit contract) doesn't seem to fix them. It really pays to have a service contract with one of these units around. Less than £200 year will regularly bring you many hundreds £ of PCBs and fitting!

My guess would be to try changing one or two of the temperature sensors to see if they have any effect after you have changed the upgraded PCBs.

It comes down to:

New boiler £750 Fitting say £750 (maybe £500 on the 'grey' market).

Known result. Maybe £5 year guarantee.

OR £300-£500 on replacement parts. These or other problems likely to be still with you.

If you can get BG to take it on. Then it's a pretty good deal as they will be at your house a lot. Otherwise fork out and get a working boiler.

Maxie said a few of the Barcelona boards are beginning to filter through for recon. He may have an idea of the prime problems are.

Is this only heating a thermal store? If so, there is a jumper that can be removed and the burner is then on full with no modulation. The reliability of these boilers on "direct" thermal stores is good as the controls are not used as much as when heating direct as modulation is not operational and the boiler does not cycle. Its successor is the Baxi condensing boiler, which is not cheap at all.

Ed,

I'm not convinced that having BG at my house "a lot" is the answer my wife is looking for...

If,then, it is to be a new boiler - which to choose? Do you (or anyone else) have a view on a reliable replacement condensing boiler?

Steve

Glow Worm (amongst others)

Generally products of German design and/or manufacture -

Worcester-Bosch, Vaillant, MAN, Viessmann,.....

.....and Glow Worm Dutch/German parts

Surely Drivel can't recommend anything made by Bosch?

Without any personal knowledge of such things, you condemn all Bosch power tools.

So any reasonable person would think you condemn all their products too.

But then that assumes you are a reasonable person.

So, the cost effective boiler (with two votes) seems to be Glow Worm?

Is it better to buy the smaller boiler, and run it hard, or the larger boiler and let it cruise?

Steve

It must be time for his coca. I hope he doesn't dribble.

As it modulates you get the model over your requirements and let it modulate down.

You are not alone. In fact, you are quite lucky to have four year's trouble-free running:

Whereas nursey won't even let you have cocoa in case you spill it down your paper nightie.

Owain

Where did you get your wit lessons?

University of Life, School of Hard Knocks.

Owain

You should ask for your money back.

Why, is that what your customers do when they find they've been mis-sold two combi boilers?

Owain