Potterton Promax - how good/bad is it?

Angilion

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I've just had it confirmed that I can have my knackered old boiler replaced under a CESP scheme, i.e. I don't have to pay for it. Which is good news, since the cost of having a new boiler fitted would have been a problem for me.

The replacement boiler will be a Potterton Promax. I'd already gone looking and decided on Worcester-Bosch, based on widespread recommendation (particularly from people who fit and repair boilers), but I'm not so dead set on them that I'll borrow ~£2K instead of £0. I am interested in opinions on Potterton Promax (and also Potterton Heatmax - just in case either I misheard the guy or he misread it when he glanced at his paperwork). Am I likely to be in for a crappy time until I can't stand it any more and end up buying Worcester-Bosch anyway? Or is it likely to be an adequate boiler lasting for a reasonable length of time?
 
Potterton are ok not the best but reasonable. Why pay for a boiler when your offered one free would be my stand. Even if you only get 5 years out of it(you should get a lot more) it doesn't matter because it was free.
 
Fourstar said:
It's not free I'm paying for it :(

Like the others have said you'll be fine. Think of the worst that can happen and it will still be a damn sight less expensive than buying a Worcester-Bosch :)
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Angilion said:
I don't have to pay for it. Which is good news, since the cost of having a new boiler fitted would have been a problem for me.
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Are you the same person?
 
I have a Potterton Performa Combi boiler in my Maissontte and only had one issue with it, The Air DP switch was playing up then failed, which I replaced a couple of months ago, part from that the boiler works really well on heating and water.
 
I run a plumbing and heating company and would never go near a Potterton Promax, cheap bean can of a boiler. If you want the best Vaillant or Worcester Bosch cant beat them.
 
Fourstar said:
No, I'm just saying free at the point of delivery but probably paid out of some government scheme sourced from my taxes. I should have said we are paying for it.
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Which is why I didn't say it was free in my OP. I said I wasn't paying for it. Which isn't strictly true, as I will be paying for part of it (and part of the rest of the CESP schemes). It's not from taxes. It's from large energy companies (British Gas in my case). Which means that we're all paying for it with very slightly higher prices rather than very slightly higher taxes, but the point still stands.

But at least it's useful and targetted, so it's much better than the solar panel FIT malarky that's funded the same way and is just a high return investment scheme for people who are already rich or businesses that have been created to profit from it.
 
Fourstar said:
It's not free I'm paying for it :(

Like the others have said you'll be fine. Think of the worst that can happen and it will still be a damn sight less expensive than buying a Worcester-Bosch :)
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The worst that could happen is that it fails catastrophically and kills me :)

Less unlikely would be that it was unreliable and required repeated repairs before failing completely, in which case I'd have to cover all the repair costs plus the cost of buying a Worcester-Bosch, which would have course be considerably more expensive than buying a Worcester-Bosch.

If it lasts 10 years then I'll be in a position to be able to afford a top quality boiler. My current boiler lasted 15 years and that was a budget Vokera, so fingers crossed.
 
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