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Combi boiler recommendation

spoont
spoont Member Posts: 1
in Gas Heating

Inherited a Baxi Luna with house that recently concluded its service. Getting cold and need a replacement

I have two HVAC companies I’ve dealt with in the past and trust giving me quotes.

One recommends IBC and says Baxi were ****, even when you could get parts .Other says they run into all kinds of issues with IBC installs and recommend the new Confronto as a Baxi substitute. I understand both are made here in Canada.

Any advice, as they seem to be saying the exact opposite.

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  • GGross
    GGross Member Posts: 1,252
    edited December 2

    Most mod/con boilers are pretty similar. Baxi is a really popular brand in the UK, they are a nice boiler. some models use the gas adaptive technology similar to what viessmann has. Here in the US they had a run before combis were accepted and subsequently got labelled as "junk" similar to munchkin. I think they are fairly nice boilers, but are there parts available locally? Not sure if Baxi is made in Canada, my understanding is they are European which is not a bad thing imo, IBC has been gaining a ton of traction though. They make nice boilers, and are readily supplying parts to local distributors, they are also owned by Rheem/intergas so they have a proven distribution network. never heard of confronto. Personally I would lean towards the IBC, and ask the guy where he gets parts from, because you want something supported as locally as possible, even the best boiler has a bad day, so better to just have a bad day than a bad week.

    spoontGroundUpRedbaran
  • Tom_133
    Tom_133 Member Posts: 909

    I agree with Gross, it kind of goes back to the old which is better Ford, GM, Toyota… it's really a matter of who is going to be there to repair it when something happens. Find the installer with a proven record of reliability and stick with him. It also helps to make sure its installed according to the manual.

    Tom
    Montpelier Vt
    Intplm.
  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,466

    I have installed a lot of the IBC Superflow 125 combi boilers.

    I have a version of it in my own home. Its been a great boiler.

    Ask the installer how many they have installed and how familiar they are w/ any issues.

    Do they service what they install?

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