My son (150miles from me) has had an LF fault on his Ideal ISAR wall hung gas Combi boiler since before Christmas so no central heating - lucky he had installed a woodstove & we'd just fitted a new bathroom with an electric shower.
He's had a couple of callouts previously & plumber (acquaintance of his ) has told him it's a crappy boiler & he should brace himself for a new one before long.
Since he is now living alone, my missus is going up in Feb to help with the decoration, the boiler needs to be fixed/replaced or the old biddy, I mean my lovely wife, will freeze to death...
So... is this boiler as crap as everyone online seem to suggest? & hence not worth repairing? House is a fifties built 3 bed semi, ex council property originally with a solid fuel back boiler/cyl/loft tank but converted with this gas Combi at some stage before they bought it 3 years back.
If not worth repairing due to design/age etc, , what would be a good make of boiler to replace it (sorry don't know the boiler size at the mo.)?
Ball park figures for an installation cost (West Oxfordshire <gulp>) would be helpful too.
He's had a couple of callouts previously & plumber (acquaintance of his ) has told him it's a crappy boiler & he should brace himself for a new one before long.
Since he is now living alone, my missus is going up in Feb to help with the decoration, the boiler needs to be fixed/replaced or the old biddy, I mean my lovely wife, will freeze to death...
So... is this boiler as crap as everyone online seem to suggest? & hence not worth repairing? House is a fifties built 3 bed semi, ex council property originally with a solid fuel back boiler/cyl/loft tank but converted with this gas Combi at some stage before they bought it 3 years back.
If not worth repairing due to design/age etc, , what would be a good make of boiler to replace it (sorry don't know the boiler size at the mo.)?
Ball park figures for an installation cost (West Oxfordshire <gulp>) would be helpful too.
