What to install, heat only...

[London Gas]

Boys and girls, I have a boiler to install next week, it will be a heat only, customer doesn't want a Vaillant (all I fit typically) as their neighbour had one and got charged for a call out which wasn't repaired under warranty for reasons unknown, but that leaves me out of my comfort zone. House is a three bedroom, 8 radiators and a 150L indirect cylinder, I have been looking around and I am either going to go for possibly Main 18KW as I very rarely have issues with them any one else got any suggestions? Only issue is they only offer a 2-3 year warranty, I would like to avoid Worcester if possible.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Viessmann

Open vent or sealed 100-w

 

[Harvest Fields]

New Vokera evolve looks good but not fitted one myself. I’m normally like you and a Vaillant only man.

 

[king of pipes]

I have just started fitting Intergas boilers and i like the way they are put together and the long warranty offered , worth a look but if your not convinced stick with what you know bud . cheers kop

 

[townfanjon]

Viessmann compact everytime

 

[Last Plumber]

I would try and convince them to have a Vaillant that is installed correctly with the seven year warranty valid.
There must have been an issue with the installation for Vaillant to charge.
I have been installing Vaillant commercial and Domestic for a long time. For the handful of times I have called an Engineer out under warranty, there has never been a chargeable visit.

If I did have to choose another I would Probably choose BAXI to be honest. Maybe Viessmann.

Has anyone joined the ATAG bunch?

 

[Harvest Fields]

I agree with above, apart from the Baxi paragraph. . Fitting my first ATAG on Tuesday.

 

[Last Plumber]

I agree with above, apart from the Baxi paragraph. . Fitting my first ATAG on Tuesday.

I used to use BAXI years ago that's why I said those but I have not looked at one in a while. I stopped using them because of the problems and poor quality but I have heard good things since.
I will be sticking with Vaillant myself.

Will you let us know how you went on with ATAG?

 

[Harvest Fields]

I used to use BAXI years ago that's why I said those but I have not looked at one in a while. I stopped using them because of the problems and poor quality but I have heard good things since.
I will be sticking with Vaillant myself.

Will you let us know how you went on with ATAG?

Will do.

 

[king of pipes]

I have the economiser 27kw in my place its fine a bit noisey if i am honest more like a small commercial boiler , finding it hard to sell another though due to cost , weather comp didnt do it for me property was not warm enough in hindsight should have fitted the 35kw for extra hotwater . cheers kop

 

[Harvest Fields]

I have the economiser 27kw in my place its fine a bit noisey if i am honest more like a small commercial boiler , finding it hard to sell another though due to cost , weather comp didnt do it for me property was not warm enough in hindsight should have fitted the 35kw for extra hotwater . cheers kop

Don’t tell me things like thatits booked in for next week.

 

[AWheating]

Fit a WB if she's worried about being charged by manufacturers attendance

 

[Harvest Fields]

Vaillant’s customer care is absolutely spot on. As long as the installer has done his job properly.

 

[AWheating]

Don't they hold your customers money to charge if user error? They also sell your customers details to large companies without your permission from memory

 

[AWheating]

They make ok boilers tho

 

[Harvest Fields]

Don't they hold your customers money to charge if user error? They also sell your customers details to large companies without your permission from memory

Never experienced any of that

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Don't they hold your customers money to charge if user error? They also sell your customers details to large companies without your permission from memory

Think your thinking of ideal

 

[London Gas]

I have been looking an Intergas the warranty sounds good and the suppliers seem to sell loads of them but I don't know too much about them value for money seems great.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

The only problem I found with intergas is parts availability and if anything goes wrong there repair engys are hard to come by / non existent in my area

 

[London Gas]

By looking at them, it doesn't look like a whole lot can go wrong, but then again heat only boilers are heat only boilers not much to them, if it was a Combi I would be more inclined to stick to Vaillant.

 

[king of pipes]

Try one i think you would be pleasantly suprised it can be used for so many applications, its the only combi boiler that can be used on a open vented system so no worrying about buried pipework but still has 13+litres a minute hotwater clever and if the pump fails you still get hotwater . cheers kop

 

[AWheating]

Think your thinking of ideal

Nah def vaillant, they now have a box that if you don't tick they sell customers details to companies like homeserve. they charge for call outs like ideal aswell

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Nah def vaillant, they now have a box that if you don't tick they sell customers details to companies like homeserve. they charge for call outs like ideal aswell

That's bad very bad

 

[London Gas]

Yeah, I hear bad things about their after sales every day, I think I'm just going to stick a Worcester in, can't really go wrong.

 

[AWheating]

They charge over £100 for a false call out so a good profit making venture, Worcester just take it on the chin. Speaks volumes.