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Ray Stafford
Regular contributors to the forum will know that a common question is "whats the best boiler..."
The same question also comes up on countless other forums, and on facebook etc.
They often produce long threads as installers with particular preferences make claims for their preferred models with various degrees of explanatory detail. Answers also reflect the interests of individual installers, which may not necessarily align with the interests of home owners.
We thought that the time had come to undertake a properly structured survey of verified heating engineers, asking about specific boiler models that they had actually fitted or worked on. We ask some additional questions to establish the level of experience and range of products that engineers have handled, and separate out differing factors like component quality, ease of installation and servicing, reliability, after-sales etc to get a really well rounded view of each manufacturer and product.
We finally lead up to the question "how likely are you to recommend this product to friends or family" in each of three cost categories - budget, mid market and premium.
If you are a gas safe registered engineer, please participate in the survey here. It is quite detailed, so you might like to brew a cuppa first. Exactly how long it takes depends on how many different brands and models you have fitted or serviced in the last year.
Please note that we will check every GSR number to make sure that every response is from a genuine, qualified engineer.
Once we have sufficient data, we will analyse the stats and publish the results. Participants who leave us their contact details will go into a prize draw, and will get an advance copy of the report - which will also be published online.
We hope that this will then become the definitive answer to the question "whats the best boiler..?"
The same question also comes up on countless other forums, and on facebook etc.
They often produce long threads as installers with particular preferences make claims for their preferred models with various degrees of explanatory detail. Answers also reflect the interests of individual installers, which may not necessarily align with the interests of home owners.
We thought that the time had come to undertake a properly structured survey of verified heating engineers, asking about specific boiler models that they had actually fitted or worked on. We ask some additional questions to establish the level of experience and range of products that engineers have handled, and separate out differing factors like component quality, ease of installation and servicing, reliability, after-sales etc to get a really well rounded view of each manufacturer and product.
We finally lead up to the question "how likely are you to recommend this product to friends or family" in each of three cost categories - budget, mid market and premium.
If you are a gas safe registered engineer, please participate in the survey here. It is quite detailed, so you might like to brew a cuppa first. Exactly how long it takes depends on how many different brands and models you have fitted or serviced in the last year.
Please note that we will check every GSR number to make sure that every response is from a genuine, qualified engineer.
Once we have sufficient data, we will analyse the stats and publish the results. Participants who leave us their contact details will go into a prize draw, and will get an advance copy of the report - which will also be published online.
We hope that this will then become the definitive answer to the question "whats the best boiler..?"
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