Condemning central heating boilers ...

Arfa Daily · 2010-11-18T01:41:32+00:00

So what's the story on this ? My house has its original boiler - an Ideal Mexico - 20+ years old. It hasn't been serviced for a while, so I thought it would probably help the gas bill to get it done. The wife happened to mention this to a builder chum who comes in her caff, and he told her to be very careful about calling someone in to look at it, as they would almost certainly condemn it as inefficient, and in need of replacement. Have things on the eco-bollox front really gone this far ? I'm now disinclined to get it checked, as I certainly can't afford to replace it at this point, and it does at least work pretty well, aside from being a little gas-hungry.When I do consider replacing it for something more efficient, I don't want to trade my stored hot water for one of these hot-water-on-the-fly combi things. Are 'traditional' - but updated and more efficient - boilers still available as 'drop in' replacements for a floor-standing type like my Mexico ?Arfa

Nov 18, 2010 42 Replies

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Andy Champ 15 years ago

"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" - just 'cos Dribble likes them doesn't mean they are bad.

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Mathew Newton 15 years ago

It's not so Dribble's recommendation that concerns me; but rather that noone else ever seems to mention them. As Geoff says, it's perhaps simply down to (lack of) market share.

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Roger Chapman 15 years ago

Yes. With recommendations from Dribble it is always wise to get a second opinion from a rational source.

If Dribble was to be believed (IIRC) they were only just moving into the British market but had been big in Germany for years. Most things German seem well engineered. I vaguely remembered the name because I briefly toyed with the idea of replacing my (now) 19 year old boiler when I had a bit of trouble with it a little while ago and put it on my short list for further investigation despite it being Dribble's favourite.

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