another help with recommending a boiler thread!

[supergt]

Hi guys, I am looking to get a boiler fitted in my converted garage (used as my room) to get central heating and a shower room fitted in there. The boiler would only need to power 3 radiators, a shower and basin. Is there a boiler I can get on a tight budget that would be suitable to power just those? Obviously having an expensive boiler just for those seems a bit silly! Im guessing a combi boiler is most likely the choice?

Thanks a lot

 

[Nightglow]

Worcester Bosch Greenstar 24i Junior or Vaillant ecoTEC Pro 24 are good choices.

http://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/homeowner/boilers/gas-boilers/greenstar-24i-junior

http://www.vaillant.co.uk/homeowners/products/domestic-boilers/ecotec-pro-combination/

 

[big_white_dog84]

Another vote for Worcester Bosch here. However that does not fit your cost requirement, so I might as well not have replied at all.

 

[blueboy2001]

How tight is tight? Cheapest combi is about £550, those above about £800. Get something with a decent warranty, or budget for a service contract. Combi's have quite a few bits to go wrong, and a lot of gas fitters are hopeless at, or can't be bothered with proper fault diagnosis and will just fit parts and pray the problem goes away. Its just taken 6 visits from British Gas to fix the intermittent HW on my combo, they gave up after fitting £300 worth of parts to no avail and got the manufacturers out who had it sorted in 20 minutes. Glad I've got a service contract.

Whatever you get, unless you are friendly with a gas fitter it'll cost you at least £500 for installation. Rads, pipework, flue kit and a magnaclean will be at least another £300.

If you haven't got £1500, forget it. Most gas fitters would start at £2k for a combi and a few rads.

 

[Craigius]

Have a look at the Worcester Bosch range