Favorite Boilers?

[vern]

Two words still strike fear not my soul. Le and blanc! Shock horror!

Sorry pal words x 3......ELM LE Blanc, they made a Saunier Duval flow reversing valve swap look easy!

 

[tamz]

First combi i can remember seeing was a worcester in the late 70's. Can't remember much about it or what model it was. It was a floor stander and looked like a hw cyl with a burner under it.
I never paid it too much attention as i was only there fitting a new bathroom.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

i have favourite whisky and beer ......and now I am on a white wine

 

[kay-jay]

Anything that has died and needs replacing.....

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

ideal logic + is my choice

 

[Leo21]

Sorry pal words x 3......ELM LE Blanc, they made a Saunier Duval flow reversing valve swap look easy!

So close. Still hate em.

 

[vern]

First combi i can remember seeing was a worcester in the late 70's. Can't remember much about it or what model it was. It was a floor stander and looked like a hw cyl with a burner under it.
I never paid it too much attention as i was only there fitting a new bathroom.

Heatslave junior and senior Tom, used look after some flats with them some wall mounted some floor

 

[Ray Stafford]

Heatslave junior and senior Tom,

Apart from Worcester, Vaillant, Chaffoteaux and Vokera, were there any others? Back in the early-mid '80s?

I can't recall any until Gemini and fuelsaver-combi, but I think they were later.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Apart from Worcester, Vaillant, Chaffoteaux and Vokera, were there any others? Back in the early-mid '80s?

I can't recall any until Gemini and fuelsaver-combi, but I think they were later.

Combis I mean, obviously there were loads of other ordinary boilers

 

[vern]

Apart from Worcester, Vaillant, Chaffoteaux and Vokera, were there any others? Back in the early-mid '80s?

I can't recall any until Gemini and fuelsaver-combi, but I think they were later.

Jeez Ray the fuel saver combi lol, ideal copied the bolt on top module with the classic combi

 

[vern]

myson Midas B, SI and SFI first all Electronic combi, no APS etc, hot wire principle, cold and hot sensors instead of div valve, a dripping tap used to stop heating coming on lol

 

[Ray Stafford]

myson Midas B,

Sold 30 something of those onto a site in Gosport. Virtually all of them had a manufacturer call out.

 

[vern]

Sold 30 something of those onto a site in Gosport. Virtually all of them had a manufacturer call out.

Haha 100%! Recall rate due to PCB and sensors, and customers and engineers not understanding them lol

 

[Leo21]

Didn't they have two pumps?

 

[Ray Stafford]

Didn't they have two pumps?

Yep, two pumps instead of a diverter valve.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

baxi brought out the Bahama,it was carp but baxi were late comers to the market they then re badged a chaff and called it a genesis that was also a bad idea,baxi management pi55 ups where designs are thought out must be good(but cant be equaled by ideals icos/isar) then some dude who was stoned designed the 133,that must have been good sh4t because it actually detached the designer from earth let alone reality they finally gave in bought ocean,created the 105 and it hit the floor running quickly becoming the uk,s biggest selling combi,they then brought out the duotec another cracker IMHO,sadly the Bahama '133 designer fell off the wagon,back onto the crack and designed rge GA and in a very bad episide desined the neta tec think he,s since been sacked,opr shot,or killed by bod something like that

 

[Ray Stafford]

baxi brought out the Bahama,it was carp but baxi were late comers to the market they then re badged a chaff and called it a genesis that was also a bad idea,baxi management pi55 ups where designs are thought out must be good(but cant be equaled by ideals icos/isar) then some dude who was stoned designed the 133,that must have been good sh4t because it actually detached the designer from earth let alone reality they finally gave in bought ocean,created the 105 and it hit the floor running quickly becoming the uk,s biggest selling combi,they then brought out the duotec another cracker IMHO,sadly the Bahama '133 designer fell off the wagon,back onto the crack and designed rge GA and in a very bad episide desined the neta tec think he,s since been sacked,opr shot,or killed by bod something like that

I had forgotten the genesis! What a dog.

In fact, thinking about it, Baxi have only ever made two good combis. The Performa/105e series, which went from nothing to the biggest selling combi in the UK in 12 months, and then the Duotec/Platinum/Gold family.

Just about everything else was rubbish.

 

[Leo21]

I had forgotten the genesis! What a dog.

In fact, thinking about it, Baxi have only ever made two good combis. The Performa/105e series, which went from nothing to the biggest selling combi in the UK in 12 months, and then the Duotec/Platinum/Gold family.

Just about everything else was rubbish.

Tour going to incur gas mans Roth now!

 

[tamz]

He knows they were dogs :smile:

 

[Leo21]

Tour going to incur gas mans Roth now!

Your! your! going to incur gas mans Roth now. Stupid I pad.

 

[kay-jay]

Apart from Worcester, Vaillant, Chaffoteaux and Vokera, were there any others? Back in the early-mid '80s?

I can't recall any until Gemini and fuelsaver-combi, but I think they were later.

Ideal did one. Tam Will tell you the model name but i think it was called elan or esprit or something. Massive thing jam packed full of crap

 

[Ermintrude]

Think that's a sprint rapide! All glass fronted boilers are a disaster.

 

[kay-jay]

That particular monstrosity was replaced with a biasi combi which lasted around 3 weeks....

Heat exchanger split

 

[tamz]

Ideal did one. Tam Will tell you the model name but i think it was called elan or esprit or something. Massive thing jam packed full of crap

Ideal sprint mk2
The mark 1 was dark brown

 

[Leo21]

Ideal sprint mk2
The mark 1 was dark brown

How on earth do you remember all this?