10 year warranty on Ravenheat

[Scott_D]

Ravenheat are giving 10 year warranty on their top end combi
Would you fit one?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Nope.

 

[townfanjon]

Yes .

 

[Harvest Fields]

Yes .

 

[townfanjon]

Have you seen inside one ?

 

[Riley]

It’s ravenheat they had their chance

 

[Harvest Fields]

Have you seen inside one ?

Yes mate. Much better than the old ones. They keeping asking me to attend a boiler course.

 

[townfanjon]

Yes mate. Much better than the old ones. They keeping asking me to attend a boiler course.

Go on one you will meet a Yorkshire legend

( besides me )

 

[Harvest Fields]

Go on one you will meet a Yorkshire legend

( besides me )

Mate of yours?

 

[townfanjon]

Mate of yours?

Yep , truly a great bloke , ring him on a Sunday and he will answer the phone , mind you so do I lol

 

[Scott_D]

Go on one you will meet a Yorkshire legend

( besides me )

Jimmy Savile?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Now then, now then, now then.

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

There was 10 year warranties going on the Ferroli Modena range too a while back.

 

[Scott_D]

There was 10 year warranties going on the Ferroli Modena range too a while back.

Have you fitted any?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Have you fitted any?

Don’t admit it!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

tbh ive never fitted one cant get the locally

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Have you fitted any?

Fitted about 30 Modenas over the past 5 years, the majority with 7 year warranties. Not bad for a budget boiler, they work well, simple and the engineers in our area are great so can't complain - but saying we know the engineers says it all really

Fit Vaillants the majority of the time to be fair. You've always got a customer that doesn't want to spend that type of money though.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Yep , truly a great bloke , ring him on a Sunday and he will answer the phone , mind you so do I lol

Wouldn’t have any intention of fitting them to be honest mate.

 

[townfanjon]

Wouldn’t have any intention of fitting them to be honest mate.

For a cheapo budget boiler nothing comes close .

 

[Millsy 82]

To be fair to the cheaper brands I think a lot of them are upping their game. They have to with these long warranties flying around.

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

To be fair to the cheaper brands I think a lot of them are upping their game. They have to with these long warranties flying around.

Long warranties, think most of the cheaper brands will start going bust if they have to keep up with the repairs.

 

[Scott_D]

Long warranties, think most of the cheaper brands will start going bust if they have to keep up with the repairs.

On a £700 boiler
How many repairs can they afford to make?

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

If you think some are £500, new HEX and they're probably nearly out of pocket.

 

[Millsy 82]

If you think some are £500, new HEX and they're probably nearly out of pocket.

I dont think they are paying £500 for a new hex.

I heard Worcester pay something like £2 for a pcb.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Well rave don’t make there own hex’s just use a generic one so cuts cost down

 

[Darren Jackson]

Never liked Ravenheat and had so many breakdowns to fairly new ones in the past I have avoided them like the plague.
That said They have now really upped their game and for this they have totally transformed their new range. All the plastic has gone and replaced with copper and brass, the stainless hex is now 28mm stainless coil and very unlikely to block up and every part can be changed in minutes. I have to say I am very impressed by their new boiler and at £600 for boiler, flue and boilerplus controls has to be a good choice for a budget boiler in my opinion.
Still do not know how reliable it will be, but time will work that one out and I am now going to be fitting one next week and see how it goes. Even got a £50 off voucher for one when I went for my gas safe inspection event day at Ravenheat so winner methinks, and worth the risk.

 

[Scott_D]

Never liked Ravenheat and had so many breakdowns to fairly new ones in the past I have avoided them like the plague.
That said They have now really upped their game and for this they have totally transformed their new range. All the plastic has gone and replaced with copper and brass, the stainless hex is now 28mm stainless coil and very unlikely to block up and every part can be changed in minutes. I have to say I am very impressed by their new boiler and at £600 for boiler, flue and boilerplus controls has to be a good choice for a budget boiler in my opinion.
Still do not know how reliable it will be, but time will work that one out and I am now going to be fitting one next week and see how it goes. Even got a £50 off voucher for one when I went for my gas safe inspection event day at Ravenheat so winner methinks, and worth the risk.

Which model?
Would be good to get a review if you have time

 

[Darren Jackson]

scott_d Its a HE30S compact, I'll let you know how I get on. Never thought I would be installing a Ravenheat I am usually ripping them out! But hey ho think they are worth trying out the new range.

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

I dont think they are paying £500 for a new hex.

I heard Worcester pay something like £2 for a pcb.

That wasn't really my point. If the boiler is £500 to buy, lets say it costs £100 (Could be more or less) to make and get to a retailer. If a new HEX is £50 to them as a spare, they've then got the costs maybe two engineers visits (one to diagnose, then a revisit to fit), the cost of the engineer and the running costs of the call centre etc. By the time you've finished you're probably into a minimum of a £200 repair. Get another call out to that boiler and you're nearly at a loss.

 

[AMGasServices]

Never liked Ravenheat and had so many breakdowns to fairly new ones in the past I have avoided them like the plague.
That said They have now really upped their game and for this they have totally transformed their new range. All the plastic has gone and replaced with copper and brass, the stainless hex is now 28mm stainless coil and very unlikely to block up and every part can be changed in minutes. I have to say I am very impressed by their new boiler and at £600 for boiler, flue and boilerplus controls has to be a good choice for a budget boiler in my opinion.
Still do not know how reliable it will be, but time will work that one out and I am now going to be fitting one next week and see how it goes. Even got a £50 off voucher for one when I went for my gas safe inspection event day at Ravenheat so winner methinks, and worth the risk.

Has John from ravenheat inspired you?

 

[Gasmk1]

no wouldnt fit but to be honest the old ravenheats were really good till the got to be around 9 or 10 years old thats when the problems started, not seen any newer ones as most of the guys near me fit worcester or vaillant

 

[townfanjon]

A boiler’s , a boiler , a boiler .

Only a few of you will know these immortal words .

 

[Millsy 82]

That wasn't really my point. If the boiler is £500 to buy, lets say it costs £100 (Could be more or less) to make and get to a retailer. If a new HEX is £50 to them as a spare, they've then got the costs maybe two engineers visits (one to diagnose, then a revisit to fit), the cost of the engineer and the running costs of the call centre etc. By the time you've finished you're probably into a minimum of a £200 repair. Get another call out to that boiler and you're nearly at a loss.

Thing is a lot of these smaller manufacturers dont use their own engineers they will use companies and pay them a fixed fee per breakdown and they will supply the parts. They also dont pay a huge amount I worked for a company years ago that did vokera and heatline some jobs they won on others they lost on if they had to go back to a breakdown they lost money. The smaller manufacturers also were very tight with parts and you had to send them back to be tested and if you installed 2 parts they argued every time. Where as the likes of Worcester just throw parts in if they suspect it could be that part.

 

[townfanjon]

Thing is a lot of these smaller manufacturers dont use their own engineers they will use companies and pay them a fixed fee per breakdown and they will supply the parts. They also dont pay a huge amount I worked for a company years ago that did vokera and heatline some jobs they won on others they lost on if they had to go back to a breakdown they lost money. The smaller manufacturers also were very tight with parts and you had to send them back to be tested and if you installed 2 parts they argued every time. Where as the likes of Worcester just throw parts in if they suspect it could be that part.

All Ravenheat guys are their own , I / you could ring a fault in now and they would be there tomorrow.
They have been knocked like hell over the years but they provide a service streets ahead of any other manufacturer in England .

 

[Harvest Fields]

How many shares do you have?