Worcester or valliant

[vern]

WB all day oooooouuuuussssshhhh

 

[lame plumber]

WB all day oooooouuuuussssshhhh

better to be a sheepdog than a lamb following the flock impressed by advertizing, oooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuussssssshhhhh

 

[vern]

better to be a sheepdog than a lamb following the flock impressed by advertizing, oooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuussssssshhhhh

Lol Jon

 

[Centralheatking]

Hey Ray - so you remember GR Claudio - Vokera man we met him in London in
1990 ish - he was the original Italian godfather - sold franchise to sell vokera to
anybody and everbody my mate bought one for somerset and then found out he sold
a similar one 10 miles down the road ! some people said he was funded by the mafia

they were crap then but easily fixed - we used balloons to replace the diaphrams on
the manifolds and the electrical stuff was easily fixed at the local radio shop CHK

QUOTE=Ray Stafford;599409]Never the same after Claudio Guggliemucci (founder) sold the business. Then they got blown up at Buncefield. Haven't seen much of them since.[/QUOTE]

 

[Ray Stafford]

better to be a sheepdog than a lamb following the flock impressed by advertizing, oooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuussssssshhhhh

All tastes the same in a budget lasagne...

 

[chris watkins]

Spent a happy few hours over the weekend replacing rubber hoses & jubilee clips on a 5 year old 618 (mum & dads). Who would have thought it !!!!!
If you would have told me 20 years ago that's how it would have to be been done, on the main F&R to heat exchange, I would have said you were stark raving mad. :cowboy:

 

[lame plumber]

does mean you can pop into your local garage for a metre of hose and a pack of jubilee clips for 1/2 the cost a merchant charges for the vailant part

 

[Centralheatking]

Ray I saw some in B&Q a few years ago - but what do you mean about Buncefield ? CHK

Never the same after Claudio Guggliemucci (founder) sold the business. Then they got blown up at Buncefield. Haven't seen much of them since.

 

[mfgs]

Worcester for me. I don't really see why people don't like them. Easy to install, all customers know the name. Good reputation, have had next to no problems on any of the ones I have installed and the back up service is second to none. Vaillants like to try and set fire to themselves, well the older ones, and also the diverters are always failing on them.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Ray I saw some in B&Q a few years ago - but what do you mean about Buncefield ? CHK

Vokeras head office was on the site next door to the buncefield explosion. Took the whole place down and they had to run the company from the Scottish depot for a while.

 

[stevetheplumber]

Spent a happy few hours over the weekend replacing rubber hoses & jubilee clips on a 5 year old 618 (mum & dads). Who would have thought it !!!!!
If you would have told me 20 years ago that's how it would have to be been done, on the main F&R to heat exchange, I would have said you were stark raving mad. :cowboy:

saunier duvals had rubber hoses on the heat exchangers 30 odd years ago

 

[stevetheplumber]

i used to love the saunier duvals so easy to work on compared to oither stuff around at the time and if well maintained they would last for ever it was poor installs and shoddy servicing that gave them a bad name

 

[TBServices]

I'd go for an ideal vogue 40kw too. Superb boiler.

Never liked worcester, their design, construction and ruthless marketing ploys leave a lot to be desired. Used to fit Vaillant but gone off them. Too much rubber for my liking, prone to blocking up if not installed correctly and user interface on new models is nigh on unusable for a lot of customers who aren't tech savvy.

 

[boltonplumber]

i agree worcester all the way,,, fit and forgets we call them

 

[Roger Welton]

Fit, and forget hoping you never have to work on them is how I think of them.

 

[Ermintrude]

No annual services

 

[Roger Welton]

I shut my eyes when working on them.

 

[Dev1872]

Worcester for me personally, not had many problems with them at all.

 

[wetdrip]

Don't think it matters a :nono: which boiler you go for as long has you keep your system clean, have regular servicing at the appropriate times, and generally look after it.
Boiler manufactures do not employ engineers to design a crap system.It's the crap that gets in the system that :nono: it up.

 

[Ermintrude]

Don't think it matters a :nono: which boiler you go for as long has you keep your system clean, have regular servicing at the appropriate times, and generally look after it.
Boiler manufactures do not employ engineers to design a crap system.It's the crap that gets in the system that :nono: it up.

Really? Ok so the bloke who designed Baxi GA, ideal isar/icos alpha cb50 and most kestons was on free placement?

 

[deandive]

Would fit a viesmann in my own house, But given your choices I'd go for the vailant over the Worcester. They do make a lovely tv advert though

 

[IDCHAPPY]

I have a vailant in my house, it came with it. The diverter valve pished out water into the fan and took both out...ouch.
Shyte happens with any boiler though... thankfully my company picked up the tab

 

[Ray Stafford]

i used to love the saunier duvals

Never thought I would hear those words uttered. Down on the coast, you couldn't give them away. They were on the Portsmouth Council contract spec for years, but the lads wouldn't even nick them for PJs - they would rather buy a boiler than steal an SD.