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Thelma #14. RE FSS no the appliance its self is still live 240v and the fused switched spur offers no protection. Have a look at the fuse board area and see if you can identify the RCD with the little red pop out button, if that is there all you will need is the cupboard.
As to external controls, yes you could fit a radio frequency room thermostat but this would only control the heating circuit and still it would need the rest of the work done.
I don't want to be a doom monger but at over 10 years old a combination boiler even a Baxi is getting close to the end of its service life. This is purely because repairs tend to be expensive. I don't know what guys charge in your area but round here a new circuit board would cost about £250 not to bad but this would leave a fan, diverter valve and a good few other parts all the same age and all costing plus of £200.
Again thinking forward when you have to replace a combination boiler the most expensive part is if you have to change position and do a re-pipe. At the moment if you built a cupboard the new boiler could go in the same position, the pipe work inlets and outlets are the same and a now necessary condensate pipe would be available purely because your in the bathroom. I have seen the job but I know I could supply and fit a new Baxi Duo Tec 28HE with a seven year warranty for under £1500
As to external controls, yes you could fit a radio frequency room thermostat but this would only control the heating circuit and still it would need the rest of the work done.
I don't want to be a doom monger but at over 10 years old a combination boiler even a Baxi is getting close to the end of its service life. This is purely because repairs tend to be expensive. I don't know what guys charge in your area but round here a new circuit board would cost about £250 not to bad but this would leave a fan, diverter valve and a good few other parts all the same age and all costing plus of £200.
Again thinking forward when you have to replace a combination boiler the most expensive part is if you have to change position and do a re-pipe. At the moment if you built a cupboard the new boiler could go in the same position, the pipe work inlets and outlets are the same and a now necessary condensate pipe would be available purely because your in the bathroom. I have seen the job but I know I could supply and fit a new Baxi Duo Tec 28HE with a seven year warranty for under £1500
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