Baxi Platinum or Worcester

[king of pipes]

Get it power flushed and a good quality mag filter fitted and add inhibitor to satisfy baxi on your warranty if they find dirt on a breakdown you could loose out regards kop

 

[Harvest Fields]

I believe that at the minute. Some Baxi's from plumb centre come with a Adey filter

 

[Mikuni]

Sorry to be bit late to the thread, but for anyone else who ends up in this situation - here's a thought;
The fault with the Glowworm was apparently a blocked heat exchanger. How can a gas engineer recommend installing a new boiler without power flushing the system ? This shouldn't be done anyway, but especially when the boiler to be replaced was 'killed' by a blockage ?!?!? Also, manufacturers will not usually attend a boiler on a fixed price repair if the heat exchanger is blocked. They will insist on you having the system power flushed before they attend! Oh well . . . . . . All the best with the new boiler!

 

[Leo21]

Power flushes aren't always necessary, unless you work for brittish gas.

 

[Mikuni]

......or your current boiler has a blocked heat exchanger - just saying'

 

[Leo21]

Duly noted.

 

[linda24]

Thanks, we’re presuming it’s the heat exchanger. My hubby looked up the code fault when the water was going cold and tripping out, on various F’s. It’s been F5, 6, 7 and 14, and getting worse, and when the plumbers who came to do the quotes came out, he said having looked up the code it all points to the heat exchanger? The two plumbers said yes it sound like it and it’s not worth repairing, after 10 years better fitting new boiler. Bit concerned now, I will mention the heat exchanger being blocked when he comes tomorrow and getting it powerflushed. The chap that’s fitting the boiler is Baxi registered and been plumbing 26 year so thought he should know his stuff?

 

[Leo21]

Just make sure he fits a decent quality filter, Magna clean pros are the best in my opinion.
I've never actually come across a totally blocked heat exchanger, only partially blocked. Which means tepid or hot then cold hot water delivery. The heating normally works, just not as well as to should.
It probably is time for a new boiler, but glow worm do a one fixed price repair fee for around £300.
Does the boiler work at all?

 

[Mikuni]

I'm sure you're in good hands and your plumber will do it right! Colour of the water is not always the 'everything is fine' that you want it to be. If the water is black, then you have a high concentration of dissolved FE O - and a flush is definitely recommended. However, dissolved FE O is not a problem - it's the lumps at the bottom of the rads and pipes that kill boilers. These are not dissolved and if they move through to the boiler - well that's what filters are designed to intercept with their magnets ! It's only when the water is drained out that you see what is in the bottom and waiting to sprint around to your boiler.
Don't want to be pessimistic, but a flush should be allowed for until it can be proven that it really isn't necessary. All the best ! Mik.

 

[Old Account]

Hi there,

WB are good boilers especially the cdi but I'd highly recommend the Atag eco boiler with a weather compensation sensor. If you'd upgrade your Radiator valves to thermostatic you will safe up to 17% throughout the year. It is a top range boiler but @townfanjon isnt wrong either viessmann do. great boilers too so it is down to you really.

The question is would you like to safe and willing to pay a little more than I'd say Atag.

But you can see each engineer will tell you something different as everyone has his favourite brand.

You may look into the Atag boiler, you are also able to control your system from smartphones, tablets.

And yes, it would t make a sense to repair a heat exchanger after such old boiler unless you haven't got the money to install a new boiler.
Very often is the case, when you repair a part inside the boiler not long after the repair the next part shows some issues. And later on goes in fault mode. So you will be quite annoyed after spending couple of hundreds pounds because you expect that the engineer will solve the issue, he may did and the but the boiler is old and the next part went faulty. It will look bad for the engineer because you will say he didn't fix the issue or he touched something he shouldn't have. So basically all the blame goes towards the engineer which makes him look useless, or not efficient enough.

I hope it helps you

Kind regards,

Ron