Advice on central heating. Best boiler for the Job.

[Henryparsnip]

Hi,

Iv'e recently moved to Finland with my partner and was horrified to see the outdated boiler that she had in our home. Its an oil electric combination boiler from the 80s, a Jaspi Eco.

Anyway its recently packed up working on the oil side so its been running on electric and its costing us a fortune. Last year our bi- monthly electric bills during winter were €650+. We simply can not afford that again this year so I'm wondering if somebody could suggest a boiler that would suit our needs.

Our criteria for the boiler is as follows,

Our budget is very small, if its too expensive then we will be using the open fire and wood this winter, so between €500 and the very very most €1000. Basically I'm hoping for the best bang per buck yet we don't want to have to upgrade/replace again in the foreseeable future.

We already have the pipes and radiators in place for water and heating.

It must be electric as the Finnish haven't heard of gas yet

The house is 100 sq meters with 6 radiators

The boiler will be mounted down stairs in the basement.

Mounting /space is not an issue.

It gets very cold here -26c deg.

Finland is not overflowing with choices so if possible could you please recommend alternatives also.
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Anything else you need to know please let me know, I will be on regularly to check the thread.

And Finally....Thank you very much for any help you can offer, I really dont want to go thought last years scenario again.

Cheers,
Henry.

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

Hi Henry

I'm not sure we would be much help I'm afraid, are their no local installers that can recommend a solution?

Over here an heatrae Sadia Amptech would be a fairly cheap option for the heating and hot water but you would need an indirect cylinder as an add on.

 

[Henryparsnip]

Thank you for the reply. All I was hoping for was a cheap, reliable, efficient boiler that can cope with hot water and central heating. I was hoping to find some info on this forum as I cant speak the language , dont know anybody I could ask, dont know the first place to go to buy a boiler and live in the middle of nowhere. So pretty screwed. Sure, I could get the answers somehow but Im just worried about receiving bad advice, buying one and being ripped off with a poor make/brand/model. A bit like going to the car salesroom and being talked into buying Lada. Also 99% of all things are cheaper to get delivered via an Ebay/Amazon purchase as its very expensive here.

 

[Riley]

Unfortunately you will very very rarely get something that ticks those three boxes for obvious reasons ie cheap, reliable and efficient. Usually things are cheap for a reason. Difficulty with eBay/Amazon is that if you supply it then you are not going to get much in the way of an installers guarantee nor should you expect one. Any faults will be your problem. I would be more tempted to see if you can communicate with a few plumbers over there. Google translate would at least allow you too apologise for your poor grasp on the language but ask a few questions about price etc

 

[gmartine]

Are you just assuming your boiler isn't worth fixing because you feel it's too old or have you been told it is beyond economic repair?

Jaspi are a very reputable company that still produce a version of your boiler so why don't you look into getting it fixed? Electrically heating any place as you've discovered is economically crackers (irrespective of boiler efficiency)and besides Norway is a major oil exporter and with the oil/heating oil price as low as it has been in years you'd be silly to ignore it as a fuel source.

 

[village idiot]

If you cannot speak the lingo, surely your partner can. Can you not tell her what exactly you need and hope she is a good 'go between'? Any advice from this end counts for nothing if it doesn't resolve the issues you have. BTW, as you say you may get ripped off, are you hoping to fit the boiler yourself? Hope you get it sorted before the winter sets

 

[hammers4spanner]

Hi Henry

I'm not sure we would be much help I'm afraid, are their no local installers that can recommend a solution?

Over here an heatrae Sadia Amptech would be a fairly cheap option for the heating and hot water but you would need an indirect cylinder as an add on.

NO it wouldn't

 

[gmartine]

Electric immersion on the Jaspi Eco is just for backup, get it fixed or get chopping.

Northman | Jaspi UK - Eco multi-energy boilers

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

NO it wouldn't

What's your suggestion Hammers?