What type of boiler is Vaillant’s EcoFIT Pure 415 - system, regular or combi?

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 may be worth considering if you are looking for a heat only boiler for your house or flat.

A heat only boiler, sometimes called a conventional boiler, a standard boiler or a regular boiler, requires both a hot water cylinder and a cold water tank to operate. Most homeowners keep their hot water cylinder in a landing cupboard or airing cupboard and their cold water tank in the attic. Your hot water is kept warm in the immersion cylinder.

With a heat only boiler, you program your hot water and temperature for set times during the day or week. If you forget to set your boiler or the immersion cylinder runs out of hot water, you may have to wait up to an hour for your supply of hot water to be restored.

A heat only boiler is likely to be the best choice for a home with several bathrooms or a bigger family - the type of household where hot water is in continual demand and more than one person might need it at once. With the more popular combi boiler, there is a maximum amount of water that can be heated and distributed, while pressure, volume and temperature drop if two or more people need hot water at once.

Would the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 heat only be a suitable boiler for my house or flat?

It's best to choose a boiler whose size or "output" is right for your property. With boilers, however, size does not mean how big a boiler is, it means how much power it has.

A boiler’s output indicates the amount of power it can use when heating the water which it then sends to your taps and radiators. The higher the output rate, the more water it can heat.

If a boiler’s output is too low, there will be times when your hot water might not be as hot as you want it to be. If it is too high, you’ll likely be paying more than you need to for your gas.

Measured in kilowatts, the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 heat only's output level is 15 kW, so which types of property would this Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 415 heat only boiler be an appropriate choice for?

A Gas Safe boiler installer would recommend that this Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 415 heat only boiler would provide adequate heating and hot water for smaller homes and apartments with up to up to 10 radiators and one bathroom.

How large is a Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 boiler?

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 measures 600 mm tall, 375 mm wide, and 295 mm deep.

Is the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 non-condensing or condensing?

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 Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 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.

Is the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 heat only an environmentally friendly boiler?

As more of us are increasingly concerned about climate change, how we heat our homes and its impact on the environment has become an issue of importance to homeowners.

Central heating accounts for 14% of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. In larger British cities, gas boilers emit dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide into the atmosphere.

Would installing a Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 heat only boiler in your home be a green choice? Let's look at the numbers.

All boilers manufactured and supplied in the UK must achieve an energy efficiency rating of at least 92% (an "A" SEDBUK grade). This is higher than the previous 88%, which was a legal requirement prior to April 2018.

The energy efficiency rating is used to work out how much energy a boiler both uses and wastes when it's switched on and working correctly - its standard functioning and operation.

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 is rated as 94% energy efficient, equivalent to a "A" SEDBUK rating.

The Energy Related Products Directive intends to encourage all manufacturers to reduce harmful gas emissions connected to the products they make, from the manufacturing stage to final disposal, including when they are in active use.

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 has an ERP rating of "A".

How many years' warranty does the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 heat only come with?

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 415 boiler comes with a 2 year warranty for parts and labour.