thanks dmheat! yes, probably the pipes need replacing upon new installation.
GSR didn't do the formalities as testing water pressure etc., he seems experienced and they are a reliable local company from what i know.
Starting to get IDEAL into my head now! Although the below has brought me back to square one of my search for a reliable boiler!
And may be wasted a £1 on which trial on boiler reviews and more confused than ever before. The topmost recommended brands are Worcester. Statistically they seem to be the highest ranking with Worcester brand ONLY in their best buys table.
Quoted from Which boiler review as below.
"Average customer score=80% based on responses from 4354 condensing gas boiler owners who have bought a boiler since April 2006.
Responses for each brand are: Alpha(87), Baxi (267), BG(178), GW(327), Ideal(195), Johnson&Starley(31), Main (45), Potterton (172), Rehema Avanta (32), Vaillant (847), Viessman(130), Vokera(55), Worcester(1844)"
If 1844 Worcester have consistently ranked their boiler to be good that must be something?! Or perhaps this is very biased as the number of responses are significantly larger for this brand. Also, avg score for this brand is 89% that includes whether they would recommend this boiler to others.
In addition, i am surprised that none here has recommended Worcester. Any reasons? Kindly share pls.
i dont want to annoy my GSR by saying i want another quote for Worcester as he may think i am fooling around. However, i genuinely want to see what the price difference would be. Not impressed with their 5 year guarantee though....if its the best of the best as recommended by Which, why are they not giving a longer guarantee?