New boiler Quotes, advice please

[Tom5099]

Please can anyone help me, been quoted for 2 boilers to replace my 15 year old Potterton Promax HE, I have a unvented system with a hot water cylinder
The boilers are vokera mynute or Potterton titanium I think that’s same as the Baxi eco blue

My system is rated at 18kw, there’s around £300 difference between the 2 prices, I know the warranty on 1 is 2 years and 7 years but thinking about boilers which is best

Any help would be appreciated pleas

Thanks

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Pot or baxi for me

 

[Harvest Fields]

Has the same engineer quoted for both boilers? I wouldn’t quote for either. I would quote for a Vaillant.

 

[Tom5099]

Hi,
No it was different people and what they recommended, I know the potterton Titanium is a eco blue baxi just a different badge.
I was wondering if the potterton was worth the £300 extra, which valiant would you fit on my type of system, he added all the rads up plus hot water and it was 16.5kw so he wants to fit a 18kw

 

[Harvest Fields]

Vaillant do a 618 mate.

 

[Leo21]

Potterton or Vaillant for me to. Leave the vokera well alone.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Hi,
No it was different people and what they recommended, I know the potterton Titanium is a eco blue baxi just a different badge.
I was wondering if the potterton was worth the £300 extra, which valiant would you fit on my type of system, he added all the rads up plus hot water and it was 16.5kw so he wants to fit a 18kw

whats the price of the boilers?

 

[Old Account]

Please can anyone help me, been quoted for 2 boilers to replace my 15 year old Potterton Promax HE, I have a unvented system with a hot water cylinder
The boilers are vokera mynute or Potterton titanium I think that’s same as the Baxi eco blue

My system is rated at 18kw, there’s around £300 difference between the 2 prices, I know the warranty on 1 is 2 years and 7 years but thinking about boilers which is best

Any help would be appreciated pleas

Thanks

Only Vaillant, or viessman for me. Never would I like to install a potterton or baxi.

If you want some peace of mind get a Vaillant ecotec plus system boiler nothing lower than this not worth it.

 

[Tom5099]

The vokera was £500 and the Potterton £850
By the comments so far I think I’ll rule the vokera out straight away not many nice reviews on that one

 

[Scott_D]

Did you ask for a budget boiler?

 

[Tom5099]

I asked for a mid range with long warranty, didn’t want a budget like Biasi and the Potterton has 7 year parts and labour warranty, I always thought Baxi was good boilers..clearly not

 

[Scott_D]

I ment the vokera
Most might offer it as a budget option but not as their favoured boiler

 

[Tom5099]

Are the ideal logics good?

 

[Darren Jackson]

The Titanium is a really good mid range priced boiler well worth its money and the 7 yr warranty is a bonus, I've installed 3 this month and I have to admit I quite like them. Forget the Vokera though big no no from me.

 

[Last Plumber]

If you want mid range Potterton/Baxi are fine.
I would personally go for the Vaillant and spend the extra couple of hundred quid. Get an advanced registered installer and the 10 year warranty.
Try and get an installer who is interested in the follow up services. They are always more inclined to care what you get and have more experience of the problems and condition of the boiler in the years following installation.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Agree with above but I would fit an adey filter and not the Spyro

 

[hammers4spanner]

All boilers are junk complete lottery is the truth

 

[sammathias]

Vaillant for the win

 

[Old Account]

Agree with above but I would fit an adey filter and not the Spyro

Why is that ?

 

[Old Account]

Vaillant for the win

Totally agree! Why spending money for a new mid range boiler with 7 years of warranty? I’d rather spend a couple hundred more but have quality instead of quantity at home. What’s the point of having mid range or low range boilers if there are no energy savings at all in the end you are just throwing your money out of the window.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Why is that ?

Adey are much better in my own opinion.

 

[king of pipes]

Baxi Potterton are good little boilers and fit inside a kitchen unit with a decent warranty, ideal logic also a contender long warranty and compact mid ranged boilers either will provide the heat you require . Cheers wayne kop

 

[Old Account]

Adey are much better in my own opinion.

Try flamco, superb quality

 

[Harvest Fields]

To be honest mate. Once I find something that works I rarely change.

 

[sammathias]

I'm with harvest again on that. Had a cheap nasty filter blow off 6 months after fitting. I stick to adey now. Not saying Spiro is cheap tho just personal preference

 

[Tom5099]

Had another installer round today and he’s going to fit me an ideal logic plus with the ideal filter giving me 10 years warranty, replacing my Potterton promax 15 for an 18kw

 

[Murdoch]

Buy once, buy wisely ....

 

[Scott_D]

Is it a logic max?
logic plus has 7 years warranty

 

[Harvest Fields]

Is it a logic max?
logic plus has 7 years warranty

New scheme. Think it has 10 out the box now.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

New scheme. Think it has 10 out the box now.

With there filter isn't it tho ?

 

[Scott_D]

Logic max with filter is 10 years on whole boiler.
Logic + with filter is 7 years but 10 years on the heat exchanger.

 

[Harvest Fields]

With there filter isn't it tho ?

That for the vogue range on installer connect mate.

 

[chris watkins]

7 or 10 years, best of luck trying to making a claim on that one!!
Why do people believe that something that cost under £800 to buy & probably a few hundred to build, then you have the supply chain taking there cut every time, will have enough profit in it to be able to send out an engineer to repair/replace it in 5 years time let alone 10.
It is one big con.
Even the premium brands now regularly refuse an electrical fault claim with the word the system is dirty or not been serviced within 12 months.

 

[Harvest Fields]

7 or 10 years, best of luck trying to making a claim on that one!!
Why do people believe that something that cost under £800 to buy & probably a few hundred to build, then you have the supply chain taking there cut every time, will have enough profit in it to be able to send out an engineer to repair/replace it in 5 years time let alone 10.
It is one big con.
Even the premium brands now regularly refuse an electrical fault claim with the word the system is dirty or not been serviced within 12 months.

So if you drain and add chemicals every 2/3 years and have it serviced every year there’s no problem.