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lame plumber
I wont ever touch them again, to complicated and unreliable, give one to a pensioner and you for ever getting call backs
Hi roger I install Worcester and am happy with them as a company I assume your quote regarding material selection is the use of plastic .i am interested in what you mean regarding boiler lay out cheers Lee
eeeee install a couple of intergas and then go back to w.b
its like having that nice chilled out girlfriend whos happy with whatever
and then going back to that needy neurotic ex that screams for attention and doesn't want you to do anything easily!
Yo're right about the plastic, never happy with it long term, I know it is cheaper to make, and moulding into complex shapes is easier. But give me brass any day for a boiler, doesn't go brittle over time, and more intrinsic strength.
Regarding the layout, have you tried servicing the worcesters, or replacing any parts, right pain, and unnecessarily so.
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Derek Hardman
Im WB accredited, and as far as Im concerned they are fine, providing the installation is correct, since the condensing boilers were more commonly used since 2005 our fist breakdown was a non ,amufacture fault and it was 6 years old, there was a glitch for a short while with the plastic manifolds, that was cured, other than that one, breakdowns for us are exceeding 6 years, and I dont think that is bad at all, and if it does break down, ring early and WB will be out same day, if not next day, same with parts... WB boilers are like having an old transit with a perkins engine.... you cant beat it for reliability and availability.
CDi's are better in that you can get to clean the main HEX and electrodes more easily (or at all if RH flueing is used!) not seen a cdi compact so can't comment on them yet.
Yet I have changed several PCB's on the original Greenstar HE's, Jnr's and CDi, loads of gas valves on the Si and Jnr's quite a few diverter valves.
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Derek Hardman
I have changed many parts for installations that were not mine, but my installs have been awesome in terms of longevity, maybe Im lucky, but then, I dont fit the i or juniors, i dont rate them except for their intended use...as an economy boiler., the original Greenstar HE plus was exceptional, with exception to the first flues (2003), the main problem with those was engineers not reading/understanding the control panel, the call backs due to engineer mistakes was the main reason for pulling the production on the HE plus.
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Derek Hardman
And I will concede the Prettl gas valve on the early si boiler were an issue, but again, I didnt replace one of mine in less than 6 years.
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TBServices
All this talk of Worcester's is making me want to give them another chance lol.
Although there are so any accredited installers, I'd never get the job as I couldn't offer the longer warranty.
Although there are so any accredited installers, I'd never get the job as I couldn't offer the longer warranty.
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Derek Hardman
You can if you get a WB installer to register for the guarantee, and then WB wont write to your customer either, and if you fit the WB filter, you get 8 years warranty on boiler, flue, controls AND filter, its pretty good! 🙂
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vern
Lol if your serious leave with me.....
in 5 years all I have offered is WB.....been asked for Vaillant only twice in this time, they both have CDi's lol, if they are on a budget they get a junior or someone else lol, because I ain't knocking my bits out for nothing or no one!
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TBServices
Lol, we'll see. Would have to be CDi though, juniors are horrible. What's the deal with that filter anyway? Looks like a UFO.
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