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Assessing factors including the system's running costs, its energy efficiency, the manufacturer’s guarantee, and its likely installed price, we scored this Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler 85.76% on our internal PlumbProud grading system.
This Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler will cost around £1,700 fitted through PlumbProud where there are no complications during the installation.
We offer free quotes and professional advice and guidance on whether the Baxi 400 415 is a suitable choice for your home via a phone call on 01604 343053. Alternatively, please click here to email us or enter your postcode in the quote boxes on this page.
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The Baxi 400 415 boiler is an option you may wish to consider if you're looking for a heat only boiler for your house or flat.
Heat only boilers (often referred to as conventional boilers, standard boilers or regular boilers) consist of a large cold water tank, hot water cylinder with an immersion heater, and a control panel. The cold water tank is often situated in a loft or attic while the hot water cylinder tends to be located in an airing or landing cupboard.
The major advantage of a heat only boiler compared to the more contemporary combi boiler is that it’s possible to run more than one appliance requiring hot water at the same time. With a combi boiler, switching two hot water taps on at the same time will lead to a drop in water pressure, temperature and volume to both points.
Best suited for larger homes, you can program hot water and central heating for times and days that suit you and your family. However, if you forget to set the timer and your hot water cylinder is empty, then you may have to wait up to an hour before you run a bath.
Whether this Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler is right for where you live depends on its size or "output" level. Size does not mean its physical dimensions - it means how powerful it is.
A boiler’s output is a measurement of the amount of power it can use to provide hot water to your taps and radiators. The higher its output rate, the more water it can heat.
If your new boiler’s output is too low, your hot water might not be as hot as you want it to be. If it's too high, you’ll be paying more for gas than you need to.
The output of the Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler is 15 kW, so which types of property would this be appropriate for?
A heating engineer would recommend that the Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler would be a suitable installation option for smaller homes and apartments with up to 10 radiators and one bathroom.
The Baxi 400 415 stands at 625 mm tall, 370 mm wide and 270 mm deep.
We recommend that you select a condensing boiler like the Baxi 400 gas Baxi 400 415 for your home if possible because of the environmental benefits and the money you'll save on your gas bills.
Condensing boilers are much more energy-efficient than older, non-condensing models as they capture and recycle the heat still present in the water vapour condensation and flue exhaust gases that your boiler creates when burning gas for reuse.
How we heat our homes and the damage we might be doing to the environment as a result has become an important point of concern to many homeowners worried about climate change.
Central heating systems are responsible for 14% of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. You may also be aware that the gas boilers we use emit dangerous nitrogen dioxide in large volumes in the bigger British cities.
Would installing a Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler in your home help combat climate change? What do the figures suggest?
By law, the minimum level of energy efficiency for boilers manufactured in the UK is 92%, equivalent to a good SEDBUK “A” rating. Prior to April 2018, the minimum was 88% - boilers whose energy efficiency levels were 88% or 89% were given a "B" rating on the SEDBUK scale and those at 90% or higher were given an "A".
The energy efficiency rating awarded to each boiler indicates the amount of energy that is wasted when in operation.
Following testing, the Baxi 400 415 was given a 93% energy efficiency rating and a SEDBUK grading of "A".
The Energy Related Products (ERP) Directive is important European legislation that aims to limit energy use and harmful gas emissions during the manufacturing process, when the product is in use, and after it is disposed of.
For the Baxi 400 415, the ERP Heat rating is "A".
The parts and labour warranty offered with this Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler covers you for 5 years.
Powered by Gas | Gas |
Location | External |
Condensing? | Yes |
Efficiency rating | 93% |
Band rating | A |
LPG Compatible? | No |
P/L Warranty | 5 Years |
Output in kW | 15 kW |
Height | 625 mm |
Width | 370 mm |
Depth | 270 mm |
Mounting | Wall |
ERP Heat | A |
Using the Plumbproud scoring system, the current 10 ten Gas heat only boilers assessed using a number of important variables are as follows:
1 | Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 415 | 96.51% |
2 | Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 418 | 95.45% |
3 | Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 412 | 94.82% |
4 | Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 424 | 94.77% |
5 | Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 415 | 94.23% |
6 | Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 430 | 94.23% |
7 | Worcester Bosch Greenstar Ri 12Ri | 94.18% |
8 | Worcester Bosch Greenstar Ri 15Ri | 93.93% |
9 | Worcester Bosch Greenstar Ri 18Ri | 93.26% |
10 | Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 418 | 93.11% |
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Our PlumbProud quality scoring system considers important factors like energy efficiency, the length of a manufacturer’s guarantee, likely running costs, and installed price to determine a boiler's value for money. This model has received 85.76% from our engineers.
Fitted by an experienced Gas Safe PlumbProud engineer, the cost for this Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler will be in the region of £1,700 on a standard, non-complicated installation.
We offer free quotes and professional advice and guidance on whether the Baxi 400 415 is a suitable choice for your home via a phone call on 01604 343053. Alternatively, please click here to email us or enter your postcode in the quote boxes on this page.
Powered by Gas | Gas |
Location | External |
Condensing? | Yes |
Efficiency rating | 93% |
Band rating | A |
LPG Compatible? | No |
P/L Warranty | 5 Years |
Output in kW | 15 kW |
Height | 625 mm |
Width | 370 mm |
Depth | 270 mm |
Mounting | Wall |
ERP Heat | A |
The Baxi 400 415 is worthy of consideration if you're looking for a heat only boiler for your flat or house.
If your home has more than one bathroom or you have a large family which uses a lot of hot water, a heat only boiler (sometimes called a regular boiler, a conventional boiler or a standard boiler) is likely to be the best option for you. Heat only boilers require both a hot water or immersion cylinder and a cold water tank. Once the water in the cylinder is heated, you can use this hot water throughout the day and it can feed multiple taps and showers at the same time.
This is in contrast to a combi boiler which can only heat a limited amount of water at any one time. This can cause a problem if two or more taps and showers are being used simultaneously as the temperature, pressure and volume to all points will drop.
Heat only boilers allow you to program the times that you wish heat and hot water to be available. However, if you forget to do this and the immersion cylinder is empty, you may have to wait up to an hour before hot water becomes available again.
If your property already has a water tank and cylinder, it will nearly always be cheaper to replace like for like and not choose a different type of boiler. In addition to new pipework, you may need to replace older radiators that may be unable to cope with the higher water pressure delivered by other types of boiler.
You should make sure that the boiler you install in your property is the right "size". And, by size, we don't mean how big it is, we mean how powerful it is - the "output".
Your boiler has to be powerful enough to heat all the hot water you need for your radiators and taps. Power is measured in kilowatts and the more kilowatts a boiler has available to it, the more water it can heat.
If the output (measured in kilowatts) is too high, you'll have all the power you need and more but your gas bills will be much higher. If it's too low, you'll often find that the water coming out of your taps and fed into your radiators is only lukewarm.
With the Baxi 400 415 heat only's output at 15 kW, which types of property would this Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler be most appropriate for?
A PlumbProud heating engineer would recommend that this Baxi 400 415 heat only boiler is suitable for smaller homes and apartments with up to 10 radiators and one bathroom.
The Baxi 400 415 has the following dimensions - 625 mm high, 370 mm wide, and 270 mm deep.
Because of their increased energy efficiency, we recommend to all customers that they select one of the latest condensing boilers. Condensing boilers capture the heat from water vapour condensation and flue exhaust gases and recycle that heat to warm water entering the boiler (for example, from your radiators).
The Baxi 400 415 is a condensing gas boiler and choosing this model will result in a likely substantial reduction in your fuel bills, particularly if you're replacing an older, inefficient, non-condensing boiler.
How we heat our homes has become a major issue for many people worried about climate change and environmental issues in general.
Around 14% of the greenhouse gases produced in the UK is a result of our central heating systems. Gas boilers are responsible for dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions in some of our largest cities.
Is the Baxi 400 415 heat only an environmentally friendly choice for your home? Let’s have a look at the figures.
The energy efficiency rating of the Baxi 400 415 is 93% with a SEDBUK band rating of "A".
Energy efficiency tests record how much energy is wasted on non-core functions during an operation.
By law, all boilers manufactured and supplied in the UK must have a minimum energy efficiency performance level of 92% (equivalent to a SEDBUK "A" grade). Up to April 2018, the minimum performance level was 88% (88% and 89% are equivalent to a SEDBUK "B" grade and 90%+ an "A" grade).
Energy-efficient boilers help the environment as they require less fuel and emit fewer harmful gases. In 2015, the EU introduced the Energy Related Products Directive (ERP) with the aim of ensuring that all manufacturers, including boiler manufacturers, developed more efficient products and processes.
This legislation aims to conserve energy at all life cycle stages, from initial production through to actual use by a customer and up to the point of disposal.
The Baxi 400 415 has been given an ERP rating of "A".
The Baxi 400 415 boiler is provided with a parts and labour warranty lasting 5 years.
Using the Plumbproud scoring system, the current 10 ten Gas heat only boilers assessed using a number of important variables are as follows:
1 | Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 415 | 96.51% |
2 | Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 418 | 95.45% |
3 | Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 412 | 94.82% |
4 | Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 424 | 94.77% |
5 | Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 415 | 94.23% |
6 | Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 430 | 94.23% |
7 | Worcester Bosch Greenstar Ri 12Ri | 94.18% |
8 | Worcester Bosch Greenstar Ri 15Ri | 93.93% |
9 | Worcester Bosch Greenstar Ri 18Ri | 93.26% |
10 | Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 418 | 93.11% |