Save yourself £100’s on a new boiler installation
Its that time of year, our boilers and heating systems have been in hot water mode for the past few months. The big switch-on arrives, which for us was this week. This is the time when a lot of the older boilers and systems will say no thank you. Before you know it, you’ve found yourself with no heating or hot water.
If a new boiler installation is something you are looking into. Then no doubt you will have been doing a bit of research. During that research you may have found that there are lots of manufacturers and lots of different boiler sizes. You may even be feeling a little overwhelmed. Fear not, MS Cookers and Boilers boiler experts are here to help!
To really save yourself £100s on a new boiler installation you’ll need the correct sized boiler. To ensure you have the correct size boiler for your home, at MS Cookers and Boilers we would always recommend you ask your chosen installer to complete a proper home survey to provide a personalised new boiler quote.
If you have got as far as getting quotes and having surveys done, then you will be familiar with one of these:
This is a flow cup, and with this, we can measure the incoming cold water supply and help you choose the correct size combi boiler to suit your home’s needs.
Throughout the boiler manufacturer world the bigger the combi boiler, the more hot water it can produce. The bigger the output, the higher the cost of the boiler. Without knowing what your water flow is your engineer isn’t able to correctly choose the output size for your new boiler.
This is where a proper home survey is necessary. If someone has been out to survey your home for a new combi boiler, and they didn’t use one of these. This could be costing you money!
Let’s look at Worcester Bosch as an example. There are four different sizes in the Cdi range
| Boiler Model |
Heating Output |
Hot water flow rate litres per minute @ 35* rise |
| 29 Cdi | 30 Kw | 11 |
| 34 Cdi | 30 Kw | 12 |
| 38 Cdi | 30 Kw | 14 |
| 42 Cdi | 30 Kw | 15 |
As you can see from the chart above. The heating output is the same across all four models. The only difference other than price is the hot water performance. This is where the flow cup comes in to play.
If the cold water coming into your house is at 11 litres per minute. You are only ever going to get 11 litres per minute out the other side of your combi boiler. In this scenario, there would be no point going with anything other than the 29Cdi.
The difference in price between the 29kw and the 42kw is near £600.
The reasons for having a proper home survey done by a reputable company should be clear. You could save yourself a few hundred pounds!
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