Thanks Derek. That was a very interesting and accurate video❤

As a kid in the 80s the old boiler was a block of cast iron with a control valve that hung down by the wires. And it was bomb proof . Not a curcuit board or sensor in site.

ive fitted one of these to customers choice, fitting it was a doddle i actually quite liked the bracket incoorprtated onto the boiler itself. Thanks for the breakdown of parts does look a simple one to fix.

Thanks, great video 👍

Main eco is are best boiler fors the money.

Great video mate. Looks OK to me.

Great video ❤

My go to cheap boiler is the main eco compact. About the same price as the glowworm but you get much more for your money. Fitted a navien recently and that was also fairly decent for the money, just didn't like the exposed valves on the bottom of it. And just a slight correction on the 830 at screwfix, it's the combi2 which is compatible with both natural gas and lpg out the box but I admit screwfix's wording do make you think it's an lpg boiler.

My cheap goto boiler + flue is an alpha e-tec 28 KW from Wolsley with a 7 year warranty for £710 incl vat. It's a decent boiler and even has a stainless steel heat exchanger. PRV is built into the condense so one less thing to do!

Before I became a gas engineer I had an ariston combi boiler that lasted 19 years with zero repairs. As there advert said Ariston On and On and On

Intergas boilers are some of the cheapest and the best , retired lifeboatman

Looks similar to the compact I fitted in my own house a few months ago. Wish I had fitted the Navian tbh.

After having a Viessmann 200W for nearly 14 years & loving the reliability, I won't even think of going to anyone else's boiler manufacturer, well built well designed for ease of service, if i was a plumber heating engineer I wouldn't think of installing any other makes, would make my life easy with happy satisfied customers 👍 I worked in the Aerospace Defence Manufacturing industry as a qualification verification test engineer, I'm very fussy when it comes to quality & performance, I read how much Viessmann put into research it's many millions, quality German Engineering ❤👍

My vokera lasted 9 years and went wrong diverter valve and i decided to put a ideal in insted of fixing it as it was showing other signs of issues of strange water marks on the heat exchanger

I'd be interested in watching a Worcester 1000 video before the increase they were below £600 +vat for the 24kw !!

I only install the one brand of boilers. The only difference would be the warranty the customer wants. I really like the Glow-worm Energy , great boiler to install and service. The cheapest brand of boilers I come across imo would be the Vokera. They have several issues.

Nice one mate ❤

I have a Vaillant VCW 242 EH combi compact, 30+ years old, still going strong. Dreading the the day i have to change it.

Me Gloworm CXI 24 still going after 8 years. I've no doubt it's not got long left but I'll run it till it dies!

This is good to know for all those customers who want cheap as chips boilers

Vokera easiheat ? Is cheap and 7 yr warranty apparently. Before everything kicks off about them , in 1997 i went to get a vertical fan flued system boiler like Derek did to takeaway. All i could get was a Vokera Mynute. It is still on the wall and since 1997 it has had two control boxes swapped as they had intermittent faults , a limit stat and even the original pump only stopped in July 2023 so its been great bearing in mind i had my doubts about it . It may be going this summer tnough for a viessman 111 w if I can find someone to do it🤷

Is that a new make of boiler “Excusive”😂🤣👍

Looks okay,not sure about the plastic hydro block over time.Cheers Derek.

Fitted a few, major plus the flue is centre, but I didn’t like no hanging bracket

long term, the cheapest is not often the cheapest

Best boiler is Intergas - well engineered - diverter valve not necessary - brilliant design Very reliable - excellent value.

Caught that padding slightly with me blow lamp. Went up like a volcano. Copper tails would be nice. Scary shite haha.

The fitting of the boiler costs just as much as buying it, if you can not do it yourself, i think Ideal are a great budget boiler.

Definitely look at the Main eco compact, cheap but very good boiler quality parts including a s/s heat/x, as the yanks say best bang for your buck

Mrcentralheating and Williams are the two cheapest network merchants . WB Greenstar 1000 surprisingly cheap but slightly noisier than the rest of the WB range and less control options available.

Surely the next question which boiler is the cheapest to maintain over its manufactuer warranty peroid . Servicing parts cost can vary hugely from each manufacturer

As a customer, i personally believe that value for money is best fit for me. Last year i had to replace my 30+ year old Glowworm hideaway. In the end i went for an Ideal combi max plus c35. Yes it was expensive, but its made in England and has a 10yr warranty.

Ech seems tobe the budget choice or the top end glow worm or main

What’s the betting that the price won’t come down now that the government has dropped the boiler tax.

Even if the gov scraps the fine - manufacturers won't drop the prices. It's just conviniently up there, why make less money...

I really can't be bothered to lay my new boiler flat in the back of the van! Just throw it in!

Looks very light so you should be able to nip it straight on install.

Nobody takes a blind bit of notice of stick on lables, might as well bin 'em. They changed the electrical regs so you don't have to plaster consumer units with inane lables anymore.

Got a question for you. Boiler is in loft. The only way a condense can be run is about 14 meters to nearest point. Out wall from boiler then to gully . Can’t drop in house anywhere can’t fit a soak away. So what’s the options ….

Hi ya. As it is so small do you think it would be suitable under the kitchen worktop in the corner ? rgds Don

i got the ideal behind you - what do you reckon?

nice little boilers ,get the pipe bender out .....

The cheapest AKA rental homes boilers that i can get from my local plumbing store are Biasi Basica 24C 24KW Combi Boiler & Flue £612.24 OR Vokera Easi-Heat i 25C 25kw Combi boiler & Flue £624.95

They are a bag of scrap, Dirk, Why are you not registered with Williams (Trade only) To buy all your gear ,They have a branch in Manchester.Oh by the way it’s raining here in my retirement apartment in Margarita Venezuela. Keep The Faith .LondonPaul.

Is it an aluminium heat exchanger?

🤘😎🤘

The time clock is a waste of time because you still need a boiler plus room stat .

Great Britain

Hi Is this combi compatible with the Glow-worm Climapro2 controller (ebus) and external temprature sensor

Ashton BQ ! Do you live in the area ? Its my local BQ

No , hard to work on it , not my preference

As a trainee gas engineer looking to get my flue gas analyser any suggestions much appreciated 🙏

Great boiler if you have a bad back ;)

What is the warranty? It would be good to retro fit into a property and monitor for a year

see alot of navien in america trying to get off oil

Taco pumps are big here in the states

Trade price?

Worcester 1000 £550+

My budget boiler is the main combi its cheap an easy to install an has 5yrs warranty

chinesium parts no doubt, much like a disposable built-in obsolescence washing machine

City Plumbing should be City supporters .🧐

Screwfix never have anything it stock!😅

Why can I fit an LPG system to a vehicle without any qualification, but to fit it in a house you need to be gas safe if you get it wrong on a vehicle it could still be a big explosion.

Navien lcb300🎉🎉🎉🎉

Haha……..I overtook you on the M2 today 🤣

Even Vaillant stainless hx LEAK & when a lazy condense pipe internal you miss where there leaking: hate all these cheats on what is best: our choice Intergas few £ more than your Glow Worm.

I can’t see B&Q or Screwfix being cheap for boilers

How about trying to get a CHEAP heat pump. Let us know how you get on.

Don’t forget Toolstation

I can’t see past WB in the uk.

Nothing wrong with glow worm but the inside looks like a nightmare to work on.

Fitted 12 not one call back on them, nice and easy to wire but to be honest I'd put an alpha etec over one of them

Screwfix don't stock. boilers are sent direct from the manufacturers. Don't know why the boiler comes with analogue option? Isn't it at very least supposed to be "smart" now days.

B&Q own screwfix

You get what you pay for

Inter gas fit and forget

Drop prices? One word. Doubtful.

A Kettle

Ravenheat..😂

Awful things cheap and nasty navien much better but for the price the baxi main eco compact is youre boy much better build quality and reliable.woh does anyone remember the heatline vizo 😢

Be smart, buy Viessmann.

You'll be lucky to get 7 years out of that piece of crap. Gloworm and vokera are the worst boilers on sale in ireland and all our stock comes from the UK. I got a quote for a 24kw worcester system today and it was €1435 inc vat. Youll get twice the lifespan at least with this boiler. Ideal are the best value option and they give a 7 year warranty on there Logic model. Baxi are also good value. The boilers that i replace in dublin are either 30 year old bulletproof pottertons or vokeras and gloworm pieces of crap. The best advice is dont buy the cheapest boiler on the market unless you want to pay more money for parts or a replacement.

Reduce prices lol

Cheapest old boiler... Is a valiant in disguise ? Said valiant in the back. Get the cheapo one as well squire

Vokera are cheap .

why are you buying boilers i see your wearing an ideal coat couldnt the ideal rep or another manufacturer have given you a boiler so they can wreck? so lpg or nat gas can you find out for me if the flue seals are different. ive found running glowworm aka vaillant (both acctually)at low temps but within MI tollerances in the past have been problematic. they changed flue seals from black to a red more silicone based seal? then ammended the MI to say the boilers shouldnt be run below a certain temp. you are at a guess running on lpg at your test center. or nat gas? was that all plastic i could see under the boiler and you said no tails. zee germans eh. press fit how long do the rubber seals last? ebus too i thought everyone while we were in eupore agreed to the same. am i right in thinking ebus is only supplied by germans. is bosch on ebus too or is that something else? ie do they lock customers in to boiler products only supplied by them, with inerent flaws they only know. edit. do you stick it on the wall or take it back to mr evans ceo of city plumbing supplies. box it up and send it back. i see you unboxed it very carefully.

Not my choice

Stop doing videos like this you'll have every landlord in britain on the phone saying I've seen a video on KZfaq. 🤷🏻 Your killing me.

BEWARE of the cheap boilers. had one for i year - had to replace it. Unreliable, terrible after sales service.

Donald Trump

False economy

Rubbish.

Vokera Easiheat i is the cheapest Combi. A great wee boiler for the money Del👍👍