New Boiler Needed

[Jocksuper7]

how true, i aggree, apart from the vallient thing, there are no boiler police

[Paul Reece]

Hello, I think most of the things have been covered here.

We mainley fit Viallent, Baxi and Worchester Condensing Combi.

90% are the Baxi Platinum with a 5 year warranty.

You don't have to upgrade to a combi as you can get Condensing systems boilers to replace your existing.

If you are upgrading to a combi then make sure your shower is compatable!

If you have a gravity shower then you may have a problem getting it to work,

as the majority of them are not compatible as the increase in pressure will blow the mixer

unit seals.

Some gravity showers you can get a kit to make it combi compatible.

I always advise that if you are upgrading to combi then fit an electric shower.

Then if you have a problem with combi you can at least have a hot shower.

As for no bolier police every boiler that is fitted must be registered the Corgi Work Notification.

Work notification is now a requirement of CORGI Registration. It has been introduced by CORGI to help Registered Installers comply with Government LED changes and to increase safety standards with gas work. Under the Government changes, it is now a requirement in England and Wales for all new gas installations and replacements in domestic dwellings to be notified to the Local Building Control (LBC) to ensure they meet building regulations.

This requirement is placed upon the home owner and they have two ways to achieve this. Firstly, they can arrange for a local building control officer to visit the appliance to confirm it meets the regulations. Research indicates the fee levied for this service is typically in the region of £300 but is dependant upon the borough. Secondly, the home owner can contract a CORGI registered installer who can self certificate their work and remove the need for the direct involvement of a building control officer.

Work Notification has been introduced to allow CORGI Registered Installers to meet this requirement by notifying CORGI at a much lower cost. Once work has been notified, CORGI will notify the LBC and also issue a certificate to the homeowner. This certificate will be used to form part of the Home Information Pack which will be a legal requirement when selling houses from January 2007.

All the Best

Paul

[Fargo]

work notification only works if corgi are notified.... if there not, then you and i both know they wont be knocking on your door,, corgi only seem to come down on there own members when we do wrong,, which means all the none corgi guys get away with murder......but thats a differnt story lol..

as for the home owners pack,, personnaly i wouldnt worry about it till you need to,,, then its a case of, well the boiler was there when we moved in,, dont know how old it is,, oh well, lets get it certified now then,.

good call on the shower,, forgot about that one

[dlayen]

other than my boiler being shot one of the reason's i was thinking about changing to combi was to do away with my electric shower and have better pressure. is this not a good idea?

[peter026]

We had the Alpha Combi installed 3 years ago and pay £11.45 a month boiler insurance to Alpha, annual maintenance is included......We are very happy with the product