What type of boiler is the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418?

Suitable for a house or a flat, the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 heat only boiler is worth considering if you want a heat only boiler.

Sometimes called regular boilers, conventional boilers or standard boilers, heat only boilers require a cold water tank (often kept in the loft) and a hot water cylinder and an immersion heater (often kept in a landing or airing cupboard) to work. The immersion heater heats the water and keeps it warm.

With a heat only boiler, you pre-set a timer to tell the system when you want it to provide you with hot water and central heating. Remember though, if you don't program it and there's no water left in the hot water cylinder, you'll have to wait up to an hour before running a bath or shower.

Heat only boilers are better for larger homes or homes with more than one bathroom where there is a high demand for hot water at certain times of the day. Unlike with combi boilers where water pressure, volume and temperature drops if, for example, more than one person is using a hot tap, regular boilers can cope with multiple members of your household wanting hot water at the same time.

Is the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 heat only boiler a suitable choice for my property?

To determine that, we need to consider the size of the boiler. Size doesn't mean how big it is - it means how big its "output" is.

Boiler output is measured in kilowatts and tells you how much power a boiler can use to heat the water your taps, showers and radiators need. The higher the output, the more power it has.

When choosing a boiler, you should choose one that can cope with the peak demand for hot water in your home and not just your typical usage.

If its output is too low, sometimes your hot water will not be hot enough, but if your boiler's output is too high for your needs, your gas bills will go up and not down.

The output of the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 heat only is 18 kW, so which types of property would this Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 418 heat only boiler be an appropriate choice for?

Most Gas Safe engineers would suggest that the most suitable type of property for installing a Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 heat only boiler would be smaller homes and apartments with up to 10 radiators and one bathroom.

Making space for the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 is 600 mm tall, 375 mm wide, and 295 mm deep in size.

Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 – condensing or non-condensing?

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 is a condensing boiler – we recommend to all clients that they choose the very latest condensing boilers because their efficiency continues to improve year after year.

Condensing boilers recycle heat from both water vapour condensation and flue exhaust gases via a secondary heat exchanger. With this heat, it performs other tasks like warming up colder water returning from your radiator without having to use more gas.

You will save money on your gas bills every year by choosing a condensing boiler as well as benefitting the environment.

Is the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 heat only boiler environmentally friendly?

Price and performance are two important issues when choosing a boiler but now, for many people in the UK, so is the environmental impact of how we heat our homes and its effect on climate change.

Dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions in larger UK cities are caused by gas boilers in domestic properties, and 14% of the UK’s greenhouse gas production is as a result of central heating.

If you decide to install a Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 heat only in your home, will you be helping the environment with your choice? Let’s have a look at the figures.

Boilers manufactured in the UK must be tested and, by law, achieve an energy efficiency rating of 92% or above, equivalent to a SEDBUK "A" grade. Most boilers achieve an "A" rating meaning they are at least 88% efficient.

The energy efficiency of a boiler indicates the amount of energy it uses (and wastes) during operation.

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 has been assigned an efficiency rating of 94% with a SEDBUK rating of "A".

The ERP, short for the Energy Related Products Directive, is a European directive aimed at encouraging manufacturers to create products that are environmentally friendlier at all stages, including during manufacturing, when the product is in active use, and right through to the point of final disposal.

The Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 has a rating of "A" .

Is there a warranty on the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418 heat only boiler if it breaks down?

Vaillant offers a parts and labour warranty of 2 years on the Vaillant EcoFIT Pure 418.