Remeha Avanta Plus

We have remeha 120 eco in our building. a part must be replaced more than a week waiting for this part to arrive. we live in central Antwerp, they have a warehouse within a few minutes drive. (Wommelgem).

They say it comes from France. The furthest place in France is approx. 15-hour drive from us, I begged them to go fetch it myself they would not agree.

10 apartments without warm water and heating for more than a week. ridiculous.

35 years as a gas engineer and I'm disappointed to read so many bad reviews on these boilers?

I have fitted 3 in total when I have had to replace a cheaper end of market boiler.

No they aren't Vaillant quality, but they're not Vaillant prices?

I have found them to be very reliable if serviced and installed correctly.

Have had to replace ignition unit, and gas valve after 6 years use, never had to replace a pcb, or pump and they are getting on for nearly 10 years old now.

I'd say that's very good reliability for a combi boiler.

They are easy to install, light & compact, easy to service.

I've just been to a customers boiler for a E 13 fault, expecting the worse, it turned out to be a corroded connection on the wiring loom from safety switch, all up and running again!

My opinion they are great little boilers for the price.

Always going wrong requiring a part to be replaced each time.

So many parts replaced, and now the pump has packed in again.

Casing is getting rusty, and apparently casings are not replaceable. Rust clearly visible around area where pipes enter the bottom of the boiler.

Not putting up with the constant breakdowns anymore, and am awaiting a new boiler installation. It's not going to be another Remeha.

Given our experience of consistent breakdown and part replacement, buy this boiler if you must, but get adequate service agreement to cover the parts that may have to be replaced. Safer option is to buy a different condenser boiler and avoid the experience we have had.

had a remeha combi in my first house and it was faultless, got a baxi avanta system boiler in my current house and i'm still a fan. i make my living as a gas engineer and never come across any of these boilers that have been unreliable when fitted properly with filters and set up correctly. if only baxi still made these instead of the outdated boilers they churn out now

Pretty good boiler had it fitted 7 years ago, no problems, we have a huge house with 17 radiators and it works year in , year out, I did have a problem with overpressure vent when hot as the internal expansion vessel was not big enough, but thats a fitting issue, I bought a external vessel for 25£ and fitted it to the hot water line, never been a problem since. A lot of the time its dirty water, corrosion that kills boilers and gums up valves, flush out the system before you get a new boiler and add plenty of inhibitor. Ensure you have a magentic trap and clean it once a year. The boilers are so cheap nowadays, they dont last 20 years like the old ones, but they are more efficient, so cheaper, lighter boilers etc,

My Avanta plus 28C was installed on 19/02/2010 and in that time it has been the most unreliable boiler I've ever had the misfortune to come across.

In the 1st year, whilst still under warranty (thank goodness), it had to have a replacement expansion tank, a replacement actuator (leaking) and something to do with the gas valve.

Outside of the warranty I have had to pay to have yet another actuator fitted (£89) and now the electronic controlboard needs replacing at a cost of over £300.

Gas fitters who come to both repair and service this brand of boiler all comment that they seem to have a lot of issues with them. I tried to get a British Gas breakdown cover on it about 3 years ago and was told that they couldn't because Remeha wont release parts to anyone except their approved repairers, obviously they have a nice little deal going with the repair company.

Don't touch one of these with a barge pole unless you have a wallet that's a bottomless pit

I have an Avanta plus boiler with a E5 error code, I've had 4 visits from British gas engineer's to find a the cause of an E5 error, my boiler is only 6 to 7 years old and each time the engineers had thought they had fixed the problem and a few hours or days later the error code comes back and the boiler is no longer working. Do not buy any boiler from Remehea as their customer service sucks, I've called them up in the past to service the boiler only to be told that they don't do call outs in my area. So be warned.

Been in this property for 4 and a half years. Boiler had to be fixed about 3 years ago. Other than that it has been working fine. But recently keep getting E4 and E5 error messages and have to continually press the Reset button in order to get it working again. Can be very annoying as you can be in the middle of a shower when the hot water goes off. Weather starting to get colder now, so will have to call a plumber round to try and fix it.

Replaced nearly every component and still constantly get half way through a shower and the boiler trips out with an E5 fault code.

Wouldn't ever have one of these again.

TODAY FOR THIRD TIME BAXI FAILED TO TURN UP TO UNDERTAKE CONTRACTED SERVICE