floor standing boiler

[Jamie]

need to replace a floor standing boiler 30kw or above only boiler i can see is a Worcester and its over 2k to buy

im gas safe etc just wondering if any of you know of any boilers ????

thanks folks

 

[Jamie]

sorry i should have said combi boiler

 

[Aire]

Does it have to be floor standing?

 

[Riley]

Yes why floor standing?? You’ll get ample kw with a normal wall hung boiler

 

[Jamie]

its an old property with original features and going to cause alot of disturbance cutting and boring wall hung is final option but really dont want to turn the sweey old ladys house upside down

 

[Jamie]

only manufacturer i see is Worcester but boiler is like 2300

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Don’t see how a wall hung is any different to a floor standing other than being wall mounted

Mount it on a uni strut wall

 

[Aire]

Presuming it's gas and not oil I think Worcester is your only option. Viessmann do the vitodens 222-f which is a floor standing combi but it's 1600mm tall and costs nearly 3k. Don't think you have much choice.

 

[Jamie]

thanks craig im thinking the same was surprised the was none on the internet

its a hard one to say but customer is selling there home and i have explained the disruption that its going to cause in the kitchen moving it a few meters but as you engineers will know a customer wants there home looking like it did before you went in and i just know that its going to be problematic moving it

its just one of those gut feeling ones you know the feeling you get haha

 

[Aire]

Just be honest, tell your customer that gas fired floor standing combis are in short supply. Say you can do it but it will cost X or a cheaper wall hung will cost Y but will involve more disruption.

What do they have currently and if they're selling is there a reason why they're upgrading the boiler?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Presuming it's gas and not oil I think Worcester is your only option. Viessmann do the vitodens 222-f which is a floor standing combi but it's 1600mm tall and costs nearly 3k. Don't think you have much choice.

Potterton HE Store

 

[Jamie]

they want to put new boiler in as boiler is really old at the moment keeps breaking down

i have said that but i just dont think they have fully thought about the disruption

 

[Aire]

Potterton HE Store

That's not a combi though is it? Once hot water runs out you have to wait for the integral cylinder to regenerate. There's no plate heat ex for on demand heating.

 

[Aire]

they want to put new boiler in as boiler is really old at the moment keeps breaking down

i have said that but i just dont think they have fully thought about the disruption

Well all you can do is tell them the full options and let them decide, also get it in writing. If they proceed for a wall hung version and complain about the disruption, you can just say you did warn them. Other than that, if your getting bad vibes, just walk away.

 

[Harvest Fields]

That's not a combi though is it? Once hot water runs out you have to wait for the integral cylinder to regenerate. There's no plate heat ex for on demand heating.

No different to the floor standing Worcester.

 

[Jamie]

does the worcester not have a plate heat exchange ?

 

[Jerry]

I have had the same problem too.

Worcester have a monopoly on floor standing boilers. They can overcharge and give low warranties.

Very frustrating

 

[townfanjon]

Viessmann 222 , streets ahead of a woooster

 

[Harvest Fields]

does the worcester not have a plate heat exchange ?

Yes but it still isn’t classed as a combi.

 

[Aire]

No different to the floor standing Worcester.

Bit of a difference, once the store in the Worcester runs out, you still have hot water on demand through the plate, just as a reduced flow rate. The poterton is just a boiler with a built in cylinder, when the waters gone it's gone.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Bit of a difference, once the store in the Worcester runs out, you still have hot water on demand through the plate, just as a reduced flow rate. The poterton is just a boiler with a built in cylinder, when the waters gone it's gone.

True but the Baxi does almost the same job and is a lot less. The op was asking for options. I have an Potterton he store and never ran out of hot water. I only have it set an hour in the morning and 1.5 in the late afternoon.

 

[Jamie]

I have had the same problem too.

Worcester have a monopoly on floor standing boilers. They can overcharge and give low warranties.

Very frustrating

Agree twitch that my friend very weird the market place for floor standing there must be loads of the coming out daily all over the uk aswell

 

[Aire]

True but the Baxi does almost the same job and is a lot less. The op was asking for options. I have an Potterton he store and never ran out of hot water. I only have it set an hour in the morning and 1.5 in the late afternoon.

Yep, not arguing with that. Admittedly I didnt mention the potterton due to the height of it but I was assuming that op needed a boiler to fit under a kitchen worktop. After reading back I'm not sure how I came to that conclusion as he doesn't mention it anywhere