Cost of a new ideal boiler

[Bibbs118]

All boiler break and regardless of your budget or what make/model you have installed, the frequency your boiler breaks bares no relationship to the price you pay for the it.

However, the only thing to consider when choosing a make is, will the parts be available in 15, 20, 25 years time.

I've serviced so called crap males (biasi, ravenheat, heatline) that are 15 to 20 years old and customers say its been great, i also repair these makes if the parts are available, which they are.

I find the reason lots of boiler are replaced is because an installation engineer turns up at a tricky breakdown.

It also drives me mentle that people think a boiler needs to be replaced at 10 to 12 years, its TOTAL BOLLOCKS.

 

[king of pipes]

I have to agree Bibbs I have boilers which I have fitted 10years old + and very rarely do they play up i put it down to keeping the system clean nearly all have mag filters and have a yearly full strip down and flush through any small faults get repaired I have a mix of heat only and combis, Baxi,Ideal ,Valliant, Atag , Intergas, Worcester all good units no cheapies. Cheers kop

 

[Old Account]

I have to agree Bibbs I have boilers which I have fitted 10years old + and very rarely do they play up i put it down to keeping the system clean nearly all have mag filters and have a yearly full strip down and flush through any small faults get repaired I have a mix of heat only and combis, Baxi,Ideal ,Valliant, Atag , Intergas, Worcester all good units no cheapies. Cheers kop

That’s where the huge differences are. You installed boilers from scratch and serviced them annually. I am talking about a good service not the ones I see on daily basis. Full strip, safety checks, replacing seals, electrodes, checking exp. vessel etc...
You are one of not many people who takes care in the right way and therefore getting the works. Another factor is that the boilers last much longer than just 15 years. If you really look after a boiler and do it right, you will have a boiler for more than 20 years. But as you know there are so many people who wants the quick money and therefore lacking of doing the job right.