Hi all..
I own a tenanted cottage, which currently has a knackered back boiler as its method of heating and DHW. I was thinking of having a 'boiler-in-a-box' installed, as the least invasive solution?
Can the experts give me some pro's and con's for such a plan??
TIA tim.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Tim.." saying something like:
A Heatpac type thing? Mostly pros afaic. Only downside is if you need to repair anything in the shitty weather, but really that's very unusual. Oh, frost stat is a must, of course.
Yes heatpac if that is the name! My thought was very little internal upheaval with installation etc....
If it's a gas fire / back boiler then Baxi have a condensing version with an electric firefront which fits in the existing hole, just needs a condensate drain adding.
If you change the boiler you may also need to upgrade the controls eg TRVs.
Owain
If it's a gas fire / back boiler then Baxi have a condensing version with an electric firefront which fits in the existing hole, just needs a condensate drain adding.
If you change the boiler you may also need to upgrade the controls eg TRVs.
It is an open fire currently... I am fine with upgrading the existing plumbing / cylinder / rads and TRV's etc. It wants some improvment work anyhow. :)
Tim
If it's a gas fire / back boiler then Baxi have a condensing version with an electric firefront which fits in the existing hole, just needs a condensate drain adding.
If you change the boiler you may also need to upgrade the controls eg TRVs.
Owain
I looked into the Baxi Bermuda BBU earlier this month as a possible replacement. Not quite so straightforward I'm afraid and V expensive. You have 3 separate items: boiler unit about £850, dedicated flue about £250, electric firefront about £300. The firefront killed it for me. I do not want/need a firefront, this one is all electric and not integrated to the boiler in any way. However, the boiler controls (on a wander lead) are supplied with the firefront and not the boiler. Baxi say the control unit cannot be purchased separately. Shame really, it looks a decent boiler.
HTH Nick.
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