It was a freezing Friday evening early in February 2023, when my boiler broke. An engineer was called, several cold days passed, and his declaration came in sombre tones: ‘uneconomic to repair’. Li…

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    9 months ago

    The capacity calculations and potential noise complaints are the big ones imho.

    I can definitely see issues with installers not giving a toss about noise, and having to be chased later.

    Calculating capacity isn’t that complicated, you can look everything up to work it out (wmk losses, etc.), but it is a step up from the current “slap a new boiler in” mentality.

    And I wouldn’t be surprised if most heating techs don’t consider requirement at all when changing a boiler, they’ll just put in a big one, and run the rads at 70 if the client complains.

    There is talk about ASHPs that can still maintain efficiency at higher temps, which may help a lot of households avoid changing the radiators too. But it’s still early days.