09-03-2017, 09:13 PM
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Electric central heating isn't a bad option these days (not storage radiators). Self-contained wall-mounted radiators that look their water-filled counterparts each individually programmable to suit the room, electric under-floor heating is very efficient and can be installed under ceramic tiles or laminated floors. If a water-based system is what you prefer, electric central heating boilers are available that work exactly like ther gas equivalents.09-03-2017, 09:17 PM
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Spitfire posts:"The average cost of this boiler, Worcester/Bosch Greenstar 30i was around £1300.00, the Flue kit about £60.00, the Programmer around £150.00, then there are a couple of devices plumbed in, like a magnetic filter, to stop swarf entering the boiler. You may find you have to employ an electrician to fit the programmer, the heating engineer wasn't qualified to do that."
Were you having an orgasm at the time? They must have seen you coming if you paid that much or was that including installation? £150 for a programmer is also excessive.
09-03-2017, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Pumicestone
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Excuse me - and I'm dead serious - what on earth are these "boilers" supposed to do ?Boil water, I presume ?
For what purpose - domestic heating ?
My god, why don't you all migrate to somewhere suited for human habitation ?
A big proportion of the houses in the UK are supplied with Gas and Electricity and require domestic hot water for washing pots [dishes in Australia] showering or bathing, and supplying hot water for the radiators usually situated in every room.
Gas comes out about half the price of electricity so this is the prefered method of heating the water. In order to save the planet some bright spark invented the Condensing boiler.
It doesn't actually 'Boil the water' but heats it up to around sixty degrees Centigrade.
With these boilers, when there is a demand for the hot water [Turning on a tap or pumping it round the radiators] the gas burner fires up and heats the water as it passes through, when demand ceases, the gas turns off. The condensing bit [roughly speaking] is the hot waste burnt fumes go to reheating the water before it enters the boiler.
In theory, a very efficient and economic method. In reality, piss poor compared to a backboiler. This might provoke argument!
But I hope this helps Pummie....
09-03-2017, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Judd
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Spitfire posts:"The average cost of this boiler, Worcester/Bosch Greenstar 30i was around £1300.00, the Flue kit about £60.00, the Programmer around £150.00, then there are a couple of devices plumbed in, like a magnetic filter, to stop swarf entering the boiler. You may find you have to employ an electrician to fit the programmer, the heating engineer wasn't qualified to do that."
Were you having an orgasm at the time? They must have seen you coming if you paid that much or was that including installation? £150 for a programmer is also excessive.
I've installed a hard wired thermostat for the next time it packs up, I'll just swap it over.
09-03-2017, 10:28 PM
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My Ideal boiler cost around 450 quid plus VAT and another 40 quid for the flue - it's been a damned good one thus far. Have also fitted an RF programmable t/stat (different temperatures for different time of day) which I carry from room to room - talk about luxury
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