Boiler choice

DON'T get any condensing boiler with a secondary heat exchanger. THere are now tons of these around as the makers have cobncverted their old ranhges using most of the old parts. It is a Heat Robinson affair. The BIASI has a secondary heat exchanger.

Get a one piece heat exchanger, side or downward firing burner. The Ideal Icos and Glow Worm Condensers are good and well priced. I would go for the Glow Worm. Well priced and good. If you buy cheapo will may regret it.

I have a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 28HE. It is absolutely excellent. Installed for over a year and it just works.

I had an Ideal Icos in my last house. It did have a fault, which was rapidly fixed by the manufacturer. I believe it was an early design of PCB that was replaced with a more robust design. Apart from that, it was good.

Christian.

Ditto the above, apart from mine was fitted in April and is absolutely fab at giving us lashings of hot water in an unbelieveably quiet and (so far) reliable way.

Dunno if it has a Dr Evil's root of all boiler evil secondary heat exchanger though.

Nope. A very good boiler, I fitted one about 9 months ago for a relative. It has a silicon coated, aluminium, one piece heat exchanger and downward firing burner.

Not like that Japanese geyser that you were raving about last week, then.....

That is a dedicated water heater. Now you know.

But this is illegal, given you're not CORGI registered?

Nonononononoyes, it's illegal on grounds of *competence*.

Owain

The senility has really set in.

PLEASE.... Point me to the documentation that states this.

ALL government documentation relating to such issues will certainly be on line should they exist.

I fear I may be in for a long wait..............................

Hope you were more careful with the gas connections than you usually are with pipe connections.

Are you mentioned in the will or something?

It's generally accepted that you may work on the gas supply in your *own* property if you're competent.

But not anywhere else, unless suitably qualified.

And Drivel himself has established he's not competent at working plastic water pipe let alone gas.

I thought that was only true if the work was done for reward. Can't see anyone paying for drivel to mess with their heating, so he may still be in the clear ;-)

Is Doctor Evil registered with the BMA I wonder? It is illegal to impersonate a doctor. Especially a moonlighting plumbing one.

Thought my version was the accepted one here? However, there are all sorts of insurance etc implications working on another's place. Even for free.

Every time he actually mentions doing any work, it's always for a friend or relative. And yet claims to be a pro.

"Reward" can be as simple as tea and biscuits..

He also takes a lot of time getting across the road too. The scouts are forever saving his life - fools.

Now put those DO NOT USE labels back on your gas appliances. The ones the corgi man put on you took off.

Correct 10/10. Congratulations. The tasteless county beat the Jocks.