Gas Boiler recommendations

[Evianers]

This may not be quite the right section for posting as it is not strictly a renovation but our present Geminox gas boiler seems to be going wrong more and more frequently. As the service company charge an arm and two legs for the maintenance contract we have now cancelled this and are looking for a replacement. The technician who came last time told us that the gas boilers are all as bad as each other[!] - not very reassuring. Does anyone please have any brand that they can actually recommend so that apart from the annaul [€156!] maintenance charge, we do not have to pay intermittent bills for replacement parts. Thank you in advance.

[Patf]

We've got one called Chappée. We had 3 estimates for a heating system and the one which was most realistic was an agent for them.

It has been OK (fingers crossed,) and he didn't talk us into a maintenance contract.

It conformed to the type for which you could claim a tax rebate, 800€, very welcome. I think that's a refund of vat.

Boiler itself cost just under 4000€.

[idun]

Is this for 'town/natural' gas or bottled?

We had natural gas and a Saunier Duval boiler which worked well. We had it for 10 years and a couple of little problems just before we sold, nothing costing much.

[Evianers]

[quote user="idun"]Is this for 'town/natural' gas or bottled?

We had natural gas and a Saunier Duval boiler which worked well. We had it for 10 years and a couple of little problems just before we sold, nothing costing much.

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This would be for town/natural gas to heat basically hot water and in winter the underfloor heating. Must work well without problems [as exeperienced at present]

[napoleon]

We had a new boiler installed about 12 years ago. It is manufactured by Frisquet and was recommended by our plumber. I thought it was very expensive at 3000euro fully fitted but later discovered that all quality boilers are expensive in France, even more so now.

An early, and only fault, was a failure of a safety valve that was fixed for about 25euro. It can be controlled via a remote, wireless thermostat/timer with several useful functions. It has operated perfectly, giving loads of hot water and while simultaneously driving eight large radiators. The Frisquet web site gives some basic information with prices but the leaflet given to us by the plumber is worth looking at before deciding anything.

We are happy to have accepted the plumber's advice and would buy from the company again, hopefully in about twenty years time!