Boilers

Ideal Boilers are a British manufacturer that have grown exceptionally over the last decade. They now sell over 10,000 units per year. Unlike Worcester, their warranty isn’t confusing. Ideal offer warranties that are: 2 Years – Ideal Logic, 7 Years – Ideal Logic Plus, and 10 Years – Ideal Vogue (when fitted with a Ideal system filter)

Ideal Boilers are generally the odd one out. They are heading for being known as a premium brand, but they sit in the mid-range in terms of price. The boilers that rival Worcester Bosch, tend to be 10-15% cheaper when we install them.

Vaillant are up with there with the best. Most recently, their EcoTec range has become their most popular product line. They don’t have the branding behind their company that Worcester does, but the support network is there. They offer great warranties and a service team to help with problems, for boilers that are under warranty. Generally, their products have a 2, 3 or 5 year warranty attached to them.

Expect Vaillant boilers to be in a similar price bracket to Worcester Bosch, Ideal Boilers and Baxi’s equivalent products.

Potterton doesn’t have the street cred of a Worcester, Vaillant, or Ideal. But, they’re rated extremely highly by our team. The old and new boilers from Potteron are well built, and tend to last. That was the generally consensus, until they started to trying to make cheaper boilers, which led to a reduction in warranty to just 2-years. And, that doesn’t exactly fill you with confidence.

Potterton tend to sit just below Worcester, Vaillant and Baxi in terms of price; similar to the Ideal. And, given all of the above boiler brands are bigger, and have a better service support network, those are the brands that our team tend to install.

Baxi’s quality rivals all the best boiler brands including Worcester Bosch, Vaillant and Ideal. Like these brands, they offer a range of boilers including system, regular and combis.

Price wise, expect them to be just slightly less than a Worcester Bosch equivalent.

Glow-Worm tends to sit in the category of “best of the rest”, with other boiler makes such as Vokera, and Potterton. Glow-Worm are a cheap boiler brand. They tend to be used on budget renovations and rental properties. Reliability wise, they’re certainly not known for being up there with the likes of Vaillant, Worcester, Ideal and Baxi. That said, they do offer 2 and 5 year warranties on their boilers, so in the short-term, they’re cost effective.

It’s not all bad-news. Glow-Worm boilers are regularly priced as “special offers” at local plumbing merchants. So, that means they are cheap to buy, and cheap to install. Expect Glow-Worm to be priced similar to Vokera boilers, if not a little cheaper.