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Jumping on the thread but has anyone used eazyheat.co.uk Cheapest compared to everyone else online (as need a regular boiler comverted to a combi so that is an extra few quid) but is it worth saving a few quid?
Ahh the murky world of boilers ...let's hope a viable and efficient alternative will happen at some point .. My elderly neighbour has just spent 4 grand having a new boiler and one radiatior replaced !.....tried to stop her But you know what they're like ...... 'He's a lovely man etc etc ' Some plumber will be on in a minute saying I have to do this..do that pay for course blah blah blah But 3 grand for a days work plus snagging ! Anyway ...you've got a job buying a boiler ..then getting someone to purely fit it ...unless you know someone...a lot just won't do it I did it in my first house but that was a long time ago .. Got a guy I use ...he always swears by ideal..in fact he's got one himself Ive had a glow worm ..never again. 2 Worcester's ..good ..didn't go wrong ...but like everything they're not made like they used to ....and plumbers don't like working on them as everything is hard to get to .. aparantly...and a valiant ..again same Had to replace that valiant in my last house about 3 or so years ago Ended up using boxt...they were very good to be honest and would use them again Travelled down for Yorkshire to do the job and we're still half the price of local highway robbers ..was about £1200 or 1500 quid ..with a 10 guarantee Don't know what the prices are now but you should get a Decent boiler and and all the bits with a 10 year guarantee ..fitted by boxt..for around 2 grand I'm guessing
I used a company called Warmzilla in November for a new boiler. It was a swap out in the same place as the boiler being replaced. Worcester Bosch 2000, system clean, magnetic filter, Honeywell wireless thermostat, inhibitor all for £1750. If anyone wants a recommendation I can provide a link for £50 off. They use a local engineer, I believe they are similar to Boxt but they were cheaper than them for me. They even registered the warranty for me. Highly recommend.
It’s jail time though if it goes pop!
The underlying problem with your ariston was.... it was an ariston. They are terrible boilers, even to this day. I now appreciate you were referring to a DIY partial flush. However, that is all you are achieving, a partial flush. Flushing the system is required for warranties. Therefore if client claims to have flushed the system, we would test water quality regardless. Then flush it. (Because client only done half a job) So more unnecessary cost on test kits. You can't complain trades are charging for unnecessary works, then in the next breath tell people to pull all rads off and flush one by one, without flushing the rest of the system. It comes across as if you are happy to pay half price for half a job but to be charged full price for a full job is a rip off. Furthermore, I do hope your boiler is not nailed to the wall. Regardless how expertly you swing a hammer.

Electricity costs 4 times the price of gas. As long as the pan is small and you put in about 7 eggs, like with the device above, I expect the gas will work out cheaper.
I have one similar and take it in to my work, just add water and cooks/boils my eggs as there isn't a proper kitchen Also not that helpful if you use it like in my situation
Heating a whole pan of water using (presumably) gas just for some eggs. Much more efficient to used a small amount of water and electricity.
Struggling to see why this exists !
I just use one of these. Perfectly accurate JKG® COLOUR CHANGING EGG TIMER - Sits in the pan as your eggs cook! Boil eggs Soft Medium Hard Heat Sensitive cooking timer cooking kitchen gadget https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09M77JV4W/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_B8Q2K8YZWM4Q26X0WCQ9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Thank you for posting and congratulations on your first hotukdeals thread (highfive)
Had a couple of similar brass bodied vaillant ones. They didn't seem to actually do anything. I just switched to the magnetic plastic ones and threw them away. Were completely useless. You can get a decent one off ebay for £50 with the isolation valves included. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182515500170?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Great bit of kit. Much more reliable than the original plastic body model.
They do sell a version with valves, but it is more expensive. You don't need to isolate the valve to drain it. If you look at the second picture I listed on the deal it shows you how to clean the filter. You can drain it with a washing machine hose attached to the filter, or just drain it in to a jug.
It's doesn't seem to have any isolation valves either side of the 22mm pipe connection, so how do you stop the flow to remove it to clean? Do you need additional valves as they are normally included on the unit.


I have had cover with them for 8 years in a raw - faultless. Get proper annual Boiler service - whenever I called for repair - arrived within 24 hours and fixed it. Once they changed 5 items in Boiler including Heat Exchanger making boiler literally as new. I also recommend.
I was offered drain and pipe insurance last year for 75p a month … having had a new bathroom fitted I thought it might be a good idea … for a year ! I had to call them as we had a leak .. phoned Saturday .. Sunday they came out .. replaced a leaky joint … paid £30 excess only … had to call them again yesterday for a blocked toilet … 😬£30 excess again which I’m more than happy to pay …unfortunately plumber unable to resolve so will be sending in the big guns later this week ( would have been treated urgent if we hadn’t another toilet ) All a very easy and quick service ! So yes I recommend
£46 a month! Can't see many taking that on after a cheap first year deal.
Could be talking about quidco or homeserve here, applies to both (lol)
Really depends where u live for service quality. They use contractors for all boiler work. So u may get manufactor boiler guy or local Bob the builder

Took the Homeserve Plumbing Only policy 2 years ago at 50p/m and extended it to 7.50 /,m for the 2nd year. Have had 3 claims including a collapsed drain which would have been 500 to fix. I even got 75 compo for a cockup that a sub contractor did that was latterly fixed. I've found them to be just fine against expectations. The reason I replied is that Taps are not included on all policies. Customer service told me some policies have taps others don't but couldn't telll me why. As it happens I needed a leaking tap fixed a few weeks back and found out the hard way. Even so, I was invited to book a call out to fix the issue for a fixed £75 including any new taps that might be needed. And would I like it done tomorrow!! Try getting a plumber locally tomorrow for £75 all in. The guy came and I supplied the taps (ones I wanted) but he had to replace all the pipework under the sink which was faulty. All covered by the £75. I thought that great value for money.
British gas have boiler cover and if its just emergency cover you're after then many buildings insurance policies have it as an add on and from my experience costs a lot less than this does. Although be mindful that some policies of breakdown/emergency cover require you to have had an annual service
yes
The only review on there for someone with a claim gave them ONE STAR! Not a good reference.
They supplied the tap?


Well, if it continues to drop in the Summer, when the heating is never on - that sounds like a leak, If it rises in the Summer - that sounds like there isn't enough corrosion inhibitor in the system. That's a simplification, of course. With the problem that I discussed - you aren't likely to get a gradual loss, as you would with a leak. The amount it drops will depend on the number of radiators shut off with the pump running - so if you went a week with a maximum of one off during that week, then a week with a max of two off, then a week with a max of three off - you would see the pressure falling week by week. It will drop to the lowest pressure just after running with the most radiators off. Whenever that is. So it is likely to be seen as a sudden drop, not a slowly growing one. You are also likely to see the pressure way too high, at times. It will be all over the place.
What's to lose? Worse thing you can do with a plumber is look like you don't have a scooby :D Non Dick Turpin plumber said that in a typical year he'd up the pressure on a boiler maybe 200 times to combat this problem and at most in just 10 cases this didn't work. My speculation is Dick Turpin plumber would simply have upped the pressure, not installed anything and charged me £280. Lesson learned.
Hmm so given overflow pressure release is via the external wall copper pipe thing (I think?), maybe just sticking a rubber glove or something over it and seeing if it fills up might be a way to tell if this is where the system "leak" is. If it fills up then yes could well be pressure release in the system due to rad valves closing. At least then I can tell a plumber what the problem is likely to be.
I'm no expert but we had a problem with water level dropping on our Ideal combi (6 years old). It was so bad I was topping up sometimes twice a day. Had a quote from one plumber ,(recommended, no less!) for a new overflow/expansion valve (summat like that) and a bill of £280 but I didn't trust him at all so got a second opinion. All it needed was the pressure sorting out. 20 mins of non Dick Turpin plumber using what looked a bit like an old style tyre pumper upper and £30 later perfect and been like that for months. Lots of cowboys out there
Interesting. Can I ask on this, so I moved into a property, shortly after the boiler thermostats went. So I nabbed one of these with the remote valves on all radiators except one, that rad is in a storage room so is permanently off. (must say I do love my Evohome setup) The water levels on my boiler do drop, now I can't find any leak (I'm not saying I know for sure there isn't one), I don't know if they dropped before since I moved in during summer. Do you think this could this be occurring due to some sort of overflow as you suggest? :| Do you know if there's any way I can tell? It drops pressure by maybe 1 bar ish over say 3 weeks or so.

Really good for me. I knew the install would be more complicated than a standard one but they kept to the agreed price despite having to do an extra half day and pay for a pump and upgrade the gas pipes. Always depends on the actual installers as they outsource.
You’re an actual user, then. What were they like
Spot on. Always shop around! I should add that I used 3 different companies to each undercut each other until I couldn't squeeze any further discounts and went with Boxt.
You do realise that a company just has to report a negative review on trustpilot and it gets taken down. Other companies aren’t overcharging though. Boxt have been undercharging to get a market share. Hence the £15M debt. They will of course, now need to charge normal prices, or overcharge in order to make a profit.
Make your own decisions on BOXT. They may be good. They may be awful. Only those who’ve actually used them really know. BUT, do remember, as I said above, that they’re frequently rubbished by others in the trade, particularly gas engineers who are used to overcharging. Trustpilot reviews are excellent. They could all be fake of course, but that does sound a little unlikely: https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/boxt.co.uk

Have used one of these for years- bargain for a quid. As has been said previously, the egg wont explode as pressure doesnt build because of the hole you make with a pin. Much prefer this over a pan and water because its more precise. Once you have calibrated it to your own microwave you can set the time to cook your egg exactly how you like it time after time! (y)
As a reply to the many that have obviously never used this, or maybe some that have struggled with the instructions. A: the pin is designed to prick the yolk, when retracted it should have yolk on the pin, if not stab again. B: only the outside is plastic. It is in large part metal. C: it does work and is not a gimmic. D: eggs will not explode in your face if used properly. This is like saying don't use a gas cooker you will bur your face and blow up your house. Yes microwaving eggs is dangerous. No you are not microwaving eggs. E: the window is narrow for overcooking, but not much more narrow than boiling or poaching. Again.. you are not microwaving the egg. After all that: good in limited situations where you have limited access to any cooker. But I would probably just use a kettle. They produce decent boiled eggs with yolk to your preference, like boiling in a pan you'll have to adjust time for size. The colours come off the face after a few uses. Unless you buy a few you can only cook one egg at a time, and if you buy a few cooking time will change greatly. They work, for a pound hot! Handy to have one in the cupboard. But overall not that great. But at the same time please don't believe all the rubbish people that don't understand, or haven't used the product are spouting.
Weird, because the pin is designed specifically to prick the yolk. Maybe you have malformed eggs.
More plastic junk
My shell out and buy one of those.

It's an ancedote, but got a top-end Hot Point Ultima (more to go wrong) from a returns place (few marks on it). Still going well 15 years later - I was a bit worried because of their reputation then, but overall very happy with it. And yes, I could have bought two for the price of a decent Bosch.
None really, I just like to chat
And your point is?
Had a Vokera Unica 35Kw few years ago. Absolute nightmare. I appreciate opinions are subjective but during attempts to find resolution with this boiler I found out was not alone in having trouble with the Unica range. Every supplier can have a glitch now and again but their reputation was good maybe 10-15 years or so ago when we originally installed it. It lasted about 6 or 7 years but was constantly being attended to by service contractors. Eventually had it swapped out for a fairly basic Baxi which hasn't missed a beat. Lke others I'd recommend Worcester or Vaillant. But my experience with Baxi has been good and it is the more basic model so would have no hesitation in looking higher up their range spec
Warranty from Worcester doesn’t include the flue, even if the manufacture / quality of flue section seals are to blame and it damages the boiler. Opposite with Vaillant, if the seals fail and the boiler has been regularly serviced by them.

I used to have a Panasonic one about 20 years ago when I lived in a small flat in London, but that did make full size 800g loaves and was used a lot.
something didnt know i wanted until 30 secs ago
A bread maker is what every large home needs. Someone got us one and it's only been used once. The bloody thing is massive and the bread it makes is tiny. Less than a 400g size. And the mess & effort isn't worth the hassle of saving 50p for a ready made & sliced loaf at aldi 😄
Don't forget to also buy an ice cream maker and the ever useless cheapo toastie sandwich maker.
Seems a good price. I'm moving to a much larger house in a few weeks with a lot more kitchen cupboard space. I might get this just to store in a cupboard.

The marketing on these is always misleading. This is the cost of running on standby to keep already heated water warm. You then have the additional cost of heating water from scratch to replace used water which would be same as kettle.
They are extremely efficient. The water is heated in a vacuum so it uses very little energy. I seem to remember it costs something like 3p a day for a normal household
What’s the efficiency like with these vs boiling the kettle as needed? Aren’t these keeping water to temperature all day?
Have to agree with the other comments, it may seem expensive but as soon as you have one you will never go back to using a kettle
I have different brand, used it for 2 years now. I can't go back to normal tap and using kettle now.

Just installed it this morning, only issue was that the box states it comes with wall fixings but I didn’t have anything, so had to hunt around the house for the right size screw. All in all about 30 minutes to install, not bad for a novice.
Please make sure when your setting up the Hub (the bit of kit joined to your router) is at least a metre away from your router. When i tried to set it up i had it too close to router it would not pick up the signal.
Extra £5 off £50 spend at Tololstation through AMEX rewards atm too.
Picked up one today for my parents. Does anyone know if you can use the older hive receivers with this hub and wall control? Old owners had Hive so it's wired in at the boiler end. New hub needed so hoping I can use the newer wall controller. Won't be able to install for a few days so trying to confirm.
You would need to buy 2 sets, although you only need one hub.

I have had this for years, can’t comment on nest but I use this with HomeKit and it works flawlessly. I have it set to automatically turn off when I leave home through my phone home app, it has honestly brought my heating bills down loads compared to my old dumb thermostat. You can also set it to turn the heating on when you get close to home or even when you leave work at the end of the day. I’m now looking for the the smart radiator valve’s that go with this for each floor of my house.
What are these like compared to nest? I’ve got a nest and read that the neatmos can’t auto turn off your based on your location like Nest can. I’m tempted because of the HomeKit integration
Always worth a look on cex, picked up a couple boxed as new for about £60 each (I have 2 zones) and they work really well with smartthings/google/amazon plus batteries last for ages.

Thermostats constantly disconnecting (main issue), total pain to set them up again when disconnected, the motors in them are so noisy they wake us up if sleeping, batteries only last 3 months, the tablet controller was the old style touchscreen that's not very responsive so irritating to use and the app wasn't very user friendly. Oh and we didn't save any money on gas We went to nest and haven't looked back.
I got a local plumber/heating engineer, who was used to dealing with Boiler electrics/thermostats and other smart systems. I needed the hot water and heating parts installing though and it was beyond my knowledge/comfort level and did take quite a bit of fiddling with to get setup and working properly. Assuming you already have working/modernish TRV's installed, installing the smart ones and adding them to the system setup is fairly straight forward and is something you could easily do yourself afterwards to help save on costs.
What exactly did you not like about this system? You didn't say (confused)
I've just installed the drayton wiser one. It looked horrendous but it was actually only 4 wires! I actually asked on the forums on diynot.com and a few people advised. It was easy :)
Agreed on all counts. (y) had our system installed almost 7.5 years and it has been faultless. Plus one thing people ignore is Evohome"s radiator valves are very happy to run on rechargeable batteries whereas some competitors systems aren't. Makes the running costs pennies per year. Heat added


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Like it (y)
I do not need this.... Yet I've bought one....
Use a plastic freezer / sandwich bag crack the egg into it place in the boiling water. No egg white loss and no separation probably not the most environmentally friendly method mind. But itnworks
Yep. I'm a pretty good cook, but poached eggs are something I just never get right.

Good luck, Mr Whick...
Thank you so much for this!! We have a great local plumber so I think I will ask him for a no obligation quote for one and to dose the system and see how bad tha damage is! Else I think I’ll give it a go myself, I’m an engineer myself, but more control systems and not plumbing so will see but I recon I could give it a good go!
There are quite a few things one needs to do before working on a CH system. People have been known to skip those steps and end up flooding their home or wrecking their boiler. Please make sure you have all the info u need before you attempt any modification of a pressurised CH system. If you are going to install any filter - might I suggest you start by looking at the magnaclean range. Whatever you do - keep the box and the spanners you get, safe and reachable. Register the warranty & keep the receipt. There are many brands out there. Some say go for solid brass units - as they are perceived as more reliable. Others focus on units that effectively filter out non-mag debris - as well as magnetic. Main thing is - check warranty offered & what it takes to maintain it. I personally have a magnaclean on my system - and have never tried any other. But that just means my experience is limited. There are service kits available for the magna's - you need to have them present before the person servicing the unit arrives. they consist of rubber o-rings - so best to order them closer to the service rather than bank them and leave them in a drawer somewhere. Do significant research - and look at where and how you could fit one into your system. Space and access sometimes dictate your options - and please note I am not a qualified plumber, but I understand the concepts behind all of these solutions quite well. Have fun - but no too much!!!
Thank you so much for your time, this is really helpful. Im going to look into this. I already get my boiler serviced yearly so I’ll check if they can service one of these too.
Its a 10yr warranty if fitted & serviced right. I would recommend an expert fit & service it if you value the warranty. The boiler service should typically include servicing these items as standard too. However - it is easy to install yourself - if you have an eye for detail. Its important that you cut any copper pipes square & also crucial that you deburr & clean them properly too. (I have no experience with plastic pipes). Ideally you will inspect the o-rings at servicing incase they need renewal. Inhibitor: The water supplied by the mains is reactive to central heating components - causing degradation & damage - internally. A system filter like the magnaclean - physically removes loose particles in the water. An inhibitor chemically "inhibits" chemical reactions in the system - to prevent chemical reactions and the damage that comes from that. They work as a pair to protect your entire CH system. Inhibitor has a limited service life & the dosage needs to be correct when added. Personally I choose sentinel XL inhibitor - and I purchase the dosage check kits too. Sentinel XL lasts approx 2 years in the system. Then you need to replenish with a fresh bottle & dose check again. In the video above - there are a couple of steps missed - like how to pressurise the unit (& bleed it) - then check the pressure on the boiler to see it the CH line needs to top up. I will have inadvertently left some things out - and others can add improve on this post - but i'm typing it up on my lunch break (10mins) so it won't be perfect. Hope some of this adds to the discussion. L


Click4Warranty vs WarrantyWise - any thoughts?
Well spotted @jack.fisherhP9 thanks for sharing! (y)
Oh yea I get that .... wasnt gonna claim Day 1 - gonna get whatever it needs done first, then try and hold out til end of the month (jan)
I think you sign up to a 12 month plan so if you want to claim from the first day you can, but your still going to have 11 months of payments to pay.
Im being serious? Its only started last week, and from reading reports could be anything like a fuse, on-board ECU reset or a gearbox repair. Its has a MOT, Service but needs two new tyres and brack pads which im getting 1st week in Jan as long as the service book is upto and items in the last service repaired, can they really refuse?

Does anyone know if the hive have something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salus-Wireless-Thermostat-White-RT510BC/dp/B07413VD2M The Salus literally has the transmitter in the boiler, so no need for anything else. That's the only thing putting me off the hive, a cable from boiler to a wall with their transmitter rather than being within the boiler... unneccessery clutter.
Remember when these were £60 with more baaic looking thermostat, good ole days
Nice job!
With BG rewards, British Gas will supply and install these fir £150-£160 with an amazon Alexa...
Just a side note I’m in an old house and was having connection issues. Router quite a distance from the hub. Went on hive chat and they struggled to set it up because of weak signal so they sent out 2 x boosters free. Just had to pay £3.99 p&p and works a treat now.
Nope you wrong, same thing.
Not exactly a comparison as a kettle and toaster is a kitchen staple and with that joins the airfryer. Single use is something like this and the George foreman
This makes coddled eggs not poached
Everyone moaning about single use gadgets, chuck your toasters and kettles in the bins please ;)
I had mine for ages, it was always easy poached eggs, not sure which brand I had but can't imagine they're all that different. Couple of eggs in there, 2 slices of bread in the toaster, easy poached egg on toast.