What makes a great boiler?

[kasser]

A little survey of what feature you guys think makes a gas boiler stand out from the rest.
Is it:

• brand (WB anyone?)
• flow rate
• hex material
• no Plate hex (intergas, Ferroli)
• efficiency (93.47% better than 93.43%)
• price
• anything else

To me it's the modulation factor. No point having a 100% efficient boiler if you need 5kW of heat and it's stuck at 30kW.


I also think efficiency is well overrated. Most manufacturers boast how efficient their boiler is. All condensing boilers should be efficient anyway but this is wasted if the house is not well-insulated or the boiler doesn't go into condensing mode because return temp is too high.

 

[Chrisjones.7976]

A trusted reliable GSR engineer who knows his boilers, but never WB they were good but no more. I would have an
Archie Kidd Boiler even second hand. centralheatking

I've got a 1989 Archie Kidd boiler from 1989, had to fix it a few times but still going strong.

 

[Rob Foster]

Hey Chris I am trying to,build up,a history of Archie Kidd
so any info is good to have.

maybe paper work , user info etc

I have met the Family when we were trading in Wiltshire , ace
boilers designed by an absolute
expert

Rob Foster aka centralheatking