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Boxbrownie Member Since: 17 Mar 2019 Location: Looe Posts: 2053 |
So it’s true that “the price of any top grade boiler on line is around £1400”.........is a bit of a misnomer.
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1st Jan 2020 6:16 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
I have always fancied DIY Split Unit Cooling/Heating Air Con Units.
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1st Jan 2020 8:09 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
A word of caution to those upgrading old boiler systems.
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2nd Jan 2020 10:21 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13291 |
Im pretty sure you could cool a spud store with the 'waste' cold from a GSHP At work At home "I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race |
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2nd Jan 2020 10:52 am |
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TooBlue Member Since: 30 Oct 2019 Location: Midlands Posts: 265 |
A good installer would have checked for leaks and tightened any loose valve connectors. |
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2nd Jan 2020 11:02 am |
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Boxbrownie Member Since: 17 Mar 2019 Location: Looe Posts: 2053 |
We only need the cooling, the heat would be waste....... Regards
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2nd Jan 2020 11:05 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13291 |
Pipe heat to somewere?, build a greenhouse? Heat a workshop? At work
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2nd Jan 2020 3:14 pm |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 |
This might be of interest to anyone with an oil fired Rayburn with pressure jets. My brother in law has had his for several years and had it serviced as usual. His wife overheard a conversation on the phone to his boss where the guy doing the work clearly didn't know what he was doing. Anyway a couple of days later the smoke alarm in the kitchen went off and when they went in they saw this ! There is almost certainly some internal damage due to overheating. I have a similar unit and found that you need a specialist to service it, the guys that do ordinary boilers haven't got a clue.
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3rd Jan 2020 3:51 pm |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
Yeah, when I had my open vented system power flushed then converted to a sealed system with unvented (mains) hot water, I had two rads spring a pinhole leak - one straight away and one a week later. I ended up changing 4 rads in total as they were nearly as old as the house - 55 years old so they didn’t do too bad! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto Present: Audi A3 S Line. |
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3rd Jan 2020 7:57 pm |
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oldgeezer Member Since: 09 Apr 2011 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 1302 |
had our boiler changed a year ago, by BG, yes they were the dearest. all done in one day and ours was fairly major work as we had an old power max 185 boiler with 205 ltrs hot storage tank in the middle of the house.
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3rd Jan 2020 8:40 pm |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 |
A guy in the village bought an old thatched house and discovered a rather strange heating system about the size of a tall fridge in the kitchen It was basically a large off peak 415v three phase storage heater running pumped wet radiators around the house . None of the local electricians or plumbers would touch it and he had to get the electricity board round to disconnect it God knows where it came from. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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3rd Jan 2020 9:44 pm |
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Dartman the one Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Seville, Spain Posts: 1689 |
That was a system that the electricity boards were pushing in the early 70's, a friend who worked for the National Grid or whatever it was called then had one installed, it used 3phase as the normal single phase supply became over loaded if all the heaters cut in when the oven was being used. The theory was that except for heating start up one or two of the immersion type heaters would be enough to maintain the temperature, that was a theory and as the years passed it was uneconomical compared to gas or oil.
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4th Jan 2020 7:32 am |
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Jimboland Member Since: 06 Dec 2015 Location: Northants Posts: 735 |
I've found that British Gas are reliable, give a good service and come out promptly when they say they will come, they are a bit expensive, but quality always costs. They installed my new boiler 10 years ago and it had problems that turned out to be manufacturing faults. After several visits BG couldn't fix it so they called in the manufacturer who did find and fix the faults all done under guaruntee.
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4th Jan 2020 11:13 am |
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Sidthecat Member Since: 10 Sep 2017 Location: Sarf-East London-sur-Mer Posts: 1635 |
I hear what everyone is saying about BG, being reliable etc etc but what I do find difficult to get my head around is their vastly inflated estimate and all the items on there that to everyone else it seems should be regarded as inclusive - £199 to have an electrician attend, £69 to instal a spur plug, £278 for a flue, £99 to connect condense waste to internal waste . . . . and so on. We have an existing flue, we have a power point to within 2 feet of the existing boiler, a waste pipe . . . I reckon there's going on towards £1000 of unnecessary items on their estimate, which if they were taken off would bring them in line with independents. Seems a lot extra to pay for 'reliability'? |
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4th Jan 2020 11:36 am |
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