central heating boiler

[db9go]

Looking at upgrading our central heating boiler at the moment its oil and is very good.
No main gas what else is there to look at

 

[Lincsman]

Stick with oil, more electric cars = cheaper oil, unless you want to go Biomass and burn your own wood/rubbish.

 

[Lazy Sod]

Grant is a very good make.

 

[Hereward]

Grant Vortex External Combi Oil boiler here

 

[Bald Rick]

Stick with oil, more electric cars = cheaper oil, unless you want to go Biomass and burn your own wood/rubbish.

Why do you think electric cars will make for cheaper oil?

Just putting it out for debate, not yanking your chain

 

[DrWazzock]

Had the front off the Worcester Danesmoor this morning. Ignitor wires had chafed and earthed. A bit of tape and she is going again. Installed in 1996. Not given many problems except when the service engineer fitted the wrong jet and melted the target plate. Tend to do most of the servicing myself now and just get him out to check it over and test the CO level.
Fingers crossed it keeps on going.

 

[fgc325j]

Grant is a very good make.

Grant Vortex inside boiler - BUT - whichever one you get, have it serviced every year.

 

[icanshootwell]

Looking at upgrading our central heating boiler at the moment its oil and is very good.
No main gas what else is there to look at

Ground heat source here for 4 years, keeps the old farm house warm but quite expensive to run, probably works out the same as oil in cost to run but house much warmer.

 

[neilo]

Looking at upgrading our central heating boiler at the moment its oil and is very good.
No main gas what else is there to look at

Before you replace it, I would advise looking into domestic Biomass, even if you rule it out. A wood pellet boiler is every bit as good as an oil boiler, but you get a quarterly payment for 7 years for being so 'green'.
A decent boiler costs a lot more than a modern oil boiler, but the RHI payments will more than pay for it. My payment will cover the cost of the original boiler, it's replacement (because I tried to buy the cheapest at the start), all the fuel used in that 7 years, and a bit of profit on top. My thinking is that, at the end of the 7 years, it will all be paid for and I will have had free heat in that time. I can choose then whether to keep going with pellets (no cheaper than oil, despite what the installers tell you), or fit an oil boiler then. Hopefully, there will be a domestic sized boiler that can burn home grown grain by then....

Rates might have dropped slightly now, but still worth considering if you need to replace it anyway.

Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (Domestic RHI)

The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (DRHI) is a government scheme aiming to encourage households on and off the grid to switch to renewable heating systems.

www.ofgem.gov.uk

 

[Kidds]

at the moment its oil and is very good.

So why replace it?

 

[Campbell]

Just updating our Grant oil fired boiler as it needed moving due to our rebuilding job. Original is faultless 16 yr old 36kw multi-pass, now having a Grant Vortex condensing boiler. The efficiency is improved by 6% which does not seem that much, but every little helps. Find Grant boilers easy to fit and maintain.

 

[icanshootwell]

Before you replace it, I would advise looking into domestic Biomass, even if you rule it out. A wood pellet boiler is every bit as good as an oil boiler, but you get a quarterly payment for 7 years for being so 'green'.
A decent boiler costs a lot more than a modern oil boiler, but the RHI payments will more than pay for it. My payment will cover the cost of the original boiler, it's replacement (because I tried to buy the cheapest at the start), all the fuel used in that 7 years, and a bit of profit on top. My thinking is that, at the end of the 7 years, it will all be paid for and I will have had free heat in that time. I can choose then whether to keep going with pellets (no cheaper than oil, despite what the installers tell you), or fit an oil boiler then. Hopefully, there will be a domestic sized boiler that can burn home grown grain by then....

Rates might have dropped slightly now, but still worth considering if you need to replace it anyway.

Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (Domestic RHI)

The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (DRHI) is a government scheme aiming to encourage households on and off the grid to switch to renewable heating systems.

www.ofgem.gov.uk

Much the same as ground heat source, cost me approx 22 k and get 30 back over 7 years, seemed daft not to at the time.

 

[neilo]

Depending on the efficiency of the original boiler too, there may be grants available for free (or nearly free) renewals through various govt sponsored schemes too. All worth investigating with our govt trying to hit ‘green’ targets.

 

[br jones]

If your boiler is more than 15 years old ,change it ,you will use half the amount fuel.no brainer

 

[Lincsman]

Why do you think electric cars will make for cheaper oil?

Just putting it out for debate, not yanking your chain

Less oil being used, but plenty left in the ground = glut = cheap... we are sort of there now.

 

[db9go]

So why replace it?

Just looking at the moment as it was put in 2005 and nothing last for ever
Its is a Crendon barn conversion and very well insulated i was looking to see if the are any other types of boiler to heat the water and heating

 

[jellybean]

If your boiler is more than 15 years old ,change it ,you will use half the amount fuel.no brainer

If your boiler is more than 15 years old ,change it ,you will use half the amount fuel.no brainer

My boiler is 30 years old. Runs a max of 27 radiators in a big barn conversion. 2300 litres of kerosene lasts 18 months. Why would I change it?

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Less oil being used, but plenty left in the ground = glut = cheap... we are sort of there now.

It’s not electric cars (there are not enough currently on the road to really noticeably dint total oil
consumption) but competing supply, mostly vast shale oil deposits that has kept an active cap on crude prices for the last wee while.

 

[Campbell]

My boiler is 30 years old. Runs a max of 27 radiators in a big barn conversion. 2300 litres of kerosene lasts 18 months. Why would I change it?

I'd like to know more about that set up?

 

[Bald Rick]

Less oil being used, but plenty left in the ground = glut = cheap... we are sort of there now.

The oil companies will throttle back supply to keep the price up but whilst the planet is still addicted to flying, I cannot see much reduction in oil use in the next 20 years