My existing floor standing boiler has now died on me and I have now the opportunity to buy and install a more efficient boiler. The problem is that the house (1901 circa) has the original single pipe system (mild steel pipe work) that is gravity fed and runs throughout the whole house servicing 20 rads.This in itself seems to be a problem if, as per building regs I go down the line of purchasing a condensing boiler, as I believe there are a number of issues. British Gas have a policy where buy they won't touch the system as far as the installation of a condensing boiler is concerned and GASFORCE quoted =A310k to install a 65 kw commercial boiler (the new boiler would be sited about 6ft from the old boiler) which to me seems a rip off. My preference would be to for a condensing boiler if it can be installed and provide the efficiency over a non - condensing boiler, although I have yet to speak to a plumber who can give consistent advice. Would it be better to go for a high efficient gas boiler assuming I get an exception cert.
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17 years ago