Combi boiler fitter required - any recommendations?
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Combi boiler fitter required - any recommendations?
Hello UTCers, as per the title.
Could anyone recommend a good tradesperson? I've got the boiler, just looking for an installer.
Thank you.
Could anyone recommend a good tradesperson? I've got the boiler, just looking for an installer.
Thank you.
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Re: Combi boiler fitter required - any recommendations?
Ian Spedding 07597709898
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Re: Combi boiler fitter required - any recommendations?
Sorry to hijack this thread, but there are so many combi boilers out there, I would like to know people's opinions/experience with different makes/models......might help me make the right choice.
Thanks
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A second recommendation for Ian Spedding. Ex British Gas and trained as an apprentice under my step father. Who coincidentally is also called Spedding but no relation to Ian.
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Worcester Bosch...expensive but excellent.
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Re: Combi boiler fitter required - any recommendations?
Had a new one fitted a year ago this week - got quotes for a Worcester Bosch and a Baxi. The Worcester was more expensive but I took advice from a friend of mine who had worked in that area for years and he suggested the Baxi. Said both were excellent but there was such a price difference.Eloise Laws wrote:Sorry to hijack this thread, but there are so many combi boilers out there, I would like to know people's opinions/experience with different makes/models......might help me make the right choice.
Thanks
Had no problems with it and it will be getting its first annual service very soon.
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If you need a qualified boiler fitter let me know recommended but in bury .
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Another shout for Ian Spedding...a good lad.
Ps.you will not go far wrong with a Baxi combi boiler.
Ps.you will not go far wrong with a Baxi combi boiler.
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Re: Combi boiler fitter required - any recommendations?
If you are replacing a traditional boiler with a combi then please be aware that combi boilers are much more fussy about the water pressure in the central heating system. I have just had a combi boiler fitted (which is great by the way) but it has highlighted some leaks under our downstairs concrete floor!! The old boiler used to bubble and gurgle a lot which it now appears was down to the leaks under the floor, but it still worked. The new combi boiler shuts off if water pressure gets too low. In the end we are having to re pipe the downstairs part of our system -a very expensive extra after paying a lot for the new boiler in the first place.
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Thanks for the replies guys, we have an ageing Baxi Combi at the moment, and we're undecided whether to replace like for like or try a different make. Every heating engineer/fitter seems (not suprisingly) to have their own favourites!
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Baxis are a good robust model and I rate them. Worth also fitting a Magnaflow as some warranties are extended if you have one installed, also the crap they pull out of the system to keep your boiler in top working order is pheneominal.
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my advice would be to get your fitter first and take his recommendation.
Then get your boiler online. If you get the boiler first and he isnt comfortable fitting it then it could get expensive and you want your fitter on your side for future servicing etc.
I did this 6 years ago and bought an ideal logic which my fitter recommended. I paid 800 online but it was 1200 at local plumbers. Job went spot and its been a great boiler with no issues.
his bill for plumbing my entire house not inc parts was only 1100 quid.
Then get your boiler online. If you get the boiler first and he isnt comfortable fitting it then it could get expensive and you want your fitter on your side for future servicing etc.
I did this 6 years ago and bought an ideal logic which my fitter recommended. I paid 800 online but it was 1200 at local plumbers. Job went spot and its been a great boiler with no issues.
his bill for plumbing my entire house not inc parts was only 1100 quid.
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I'm a gas safe registred installer. Baxi, Worcester and Vailant are all good, dependable boilers. Avoid Heatline, Ferroli and Biasi like the plague, you'll have nothing but problems with them. Also make sure whoever installs your boiler fits a magnetic filter as most manufacturers require one for the warranty.
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Just had a new boiler after my place in Barrowford was struck by lightening which did untold damage to various devices and circuit boards in the house ! Anyway my experience was exactly as CTs with the engineer recommending the Baxi. So far so good and it's quieter the the Worcester Bosch which was there before. 7 year warranty. I used Wilkin Heating and Plumbing who are based in Barnoldswick and they were excellent.ClaretTony wrote:Had a new one fitted a year ago this week - got quotes for a Worcester Bosch and a Baxi. The Worcester was more expensive but I took advice from a friend of mine who had worked in that area for years and he suggested the Baxi. Said both were excellent but there was such a price difference.
Had no problems with it and it will be getting its first annual service very soon.