help on buying a new gas multipoint water heater please

[gnome]

hello.
we have an old Corvec Britony II gas water heater with balanced flu. . we only use it to heat water for baths , washing ,showers etc and have electric storage heaters . its time we replaced it and could i please have some recommendations for a new one with similar specs please .
sizing is an issue as i cannot go over 800mm inc flu in height and it would be nice if i could get a similar size one ( as its built into a kitchen wall cupboard) and a similar flu position so it wont disturb too much brickwork to the outside of the house. the RINNAI 11i and 16i looked quite similar ! .
any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[townfanjon]

Have a look at the Vokera aquanova

 

[gnome]

Have a look at the Vokera aquanova

thank-you. have had a look BUT the clearance this model must have is 600mm and i only have approx 100mm or so clearance in front of it as it would be inside the kitchen cabinet .
do all multipoint water heaters need this much clearance .... seems excessive to me .
edit .... not an issue as the 600mm clearance required is for maintenance purposes and i can simply remove the dummy cabinet around it to allow these tolerances for future maintainance

 

[Riley]

Get a local gas safe engineer out who may be able to offer alternatived

 

[Matt06]

I was comparing these the other day i compared Ariston Next, Rinnai 16i, Vokera aquanova and Main

Out of them Main FF requires the least servicing/operational clearances

 

[jtsplumbing]

Why not consider replacing your electric storage heaters for a gas system (Combi / Radiators) will be more controllable and cheaper to run

 

[gnome]

Why not consider replacing your electric storage heaters for a gas system (Combi / Radiators) will be more controllable and cheaper to run

house now fully decorated and concrete floors . it would mean ripping out section of new kitchen a relayng exposed pipes all round the house so its a no no , but yes cheaper

 

[GasmanxxxR1]

600mm is normally a service gap ie when the cupboard door is open is there 600mm in front. I have fitted the Main in the past. I have also heard good things about Rinnai

 

[hammers4spanner]

house now fully decorated and concrete floors . it would mean ripping out section of new kitchen a relayng exposed pipes all round the house so its a no no , but yes cheaper

Got that wrong then

 

[jtsplumbing]

Whatever you replace it with have you checked what clearances are required for the new flue, Rinnai works very well, I deal with some of these on camp sites,

 

[Ermintrude]

Worcester greenspring is my choice gas mutipoint

 

[gnome]

600mm is normally a service gap ie when the cupboard door is open is there 600mm in front. I have fitted the Main in the past. I have also heard good things about Rinnai

lol, ... just sussed that out . i thought it was a safety requirement etc

 

[gnome]

Whatever you replace it with have you checked what clearances are required for the new flue, Rinnai works very well, I deal with some of these on camp sites,

i was hoping the new model would be similar in dimentions and flu postion (balanced flu) as opposed to a fan flu which is on top and thus would mean another new exit hole in the brickwork . so a balanced flu would be preferred as these are lower down the unit as opposed to on top ... is this correct .

 

[gnome]

Whatever you replace it with have you checked what clearances are required for the new flue, Rinnai works very well, I deal with some of these on camp sites,

the rannai fan flus are round and on top and wont line up with my square balanced flu hole .... wished ranni did a balanced square flu model( lower flu position ) or do they !