British Gas Worcester CDi Series Boiler

My house came with a disclaimer in the buying contract about its central heating system ? 8 months later I found why?..yes the 25-year old boiler turned up its toes and quite literally went out with a bang. Bust pressure relief valve failed and flooded my poor neighbour downstairs (luckily it was her bathroom that copped it?) My boiler?s age meant that spare parts weren?t even available in the antique shop, never mind British Gas?but some quick studying of the pipes revealed that what I had was an old-fashioned gravity hot water system and pumped central heating ? quite extravagant for a one bedroomed flat, but this lot was put in before the world had heard ...  Read the complete review

As I have already said in previous opinions, when we moved into this house in July, things were definitely not as they had appeared to be! We had a conventional hot water tank with an immersion heater that worked so we could get hot water, but when we tried the central heating, there was nothing doing. We couldn't get it to work on the timer or by manually switching it on and off. And so it came to pass that the plumber was called. We'd found ourselves a good plumber who had been as part of the group of people building and kitting out the en suite bathroom in mom and dad?s room. He said that we should have a new boiler; ...  Read the complete review

British Gas don't make anything. Apart from a ridiculously large profit. This is a Worcester, which has made to a lower specification so that BG can increase it's margin. Worcester make some great combi boilers, like the 28i, but this has had some of the innovative features removed. It's only available from British Gas. It's quite a large thing, and with the mass of pipe work that hangs underneath it, reminds me of a rig in the north sea that the gas came from in the first place. Combi's are ideal for flats and small houses. Get a conventional boiler for anything larger. Combi's in general: Just as the ...  Read the complete review