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BOILER MANUFACTURER REPORTBOILER AND SOFTENED WATER COMPATIBILITY
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Boiler Manufacturer Report
Introduction! 3
Responses! 4
Alpha! 5
Ariston! 6
Baxi! 7
Biasi! 8
Eco Hometec! 9
Ferroli! 10
Glow Worm! 11
Heatline! 12
Heatrae Sadia! 13
Ideal Heating! 14
Johnson & Starley! 15
Keston! 16
Main! 17
Potterton! 18
Ravenheat! 19
Saunier Duval! 20
Sime! 21
Vailant! 22
Viessman! 23
Vokera! 24
Worcester Bosch! 25
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Boiler Manufacturer ReportIntroductionSince 1992, boiler manufacturers have been led to believe that softened water is corrosive.
Some of them have even put a warning label on their appliances stating that: “Artificially softened water should not be used in the system.”
As part of ongoing research into why this has happened, we emailed all major UK boiler manufacturers a query similar to the one below, referencing their most popular units.
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ResponsesOut of 21 manufacturers emailed, 8 replied that their boilers are fully compatible, 4 recommended hard water but accepted softened water with the correct corrosion inhibitor and 4 said softened water is incompatible with their boilers.
Boiler Manufacturer
Emailed Response Reason Followup
AlphaAristonBiasiEco HometecFerroliHeatrae Sadia (Baxi)VaillantViessmanBaxi
Glow Worm
Potterton
Worcester BoschIdeal Heating
Keston
Sime
VokeraHeatlineJohnson + StarleyMain
Ravenheat
Saunier Duval
22 Jun 2011 Yes Fully compatible17 May 2010 Yes Fully compatible28 Jun 2011 Yes Fully compatible23 Jun 2011 Yes Fully compatible and recommended18 May 2010 Yes Fully compatible and recommended6 Jul 2011 Yes Fully compatible
17 May 2010 Yes Fully compatible18 May 2010 Yes Fully compatible and recommended19 May 2010 & 23 Jun 2011
No/Yes Not recommended, but ok with correct inhibitor
30 Jun 2011 No/Yes Not recommended, but ok with correct inhibitor
18 May 2010 No/Yes Not recommended, but ok with correct inhibitor
22 Jun 2011 No/Yes Not recommended, but ok with correct inhibitor
27 Jun 2011 No No reason given Asked reason
24 Jun 2011 No No reason given Asked reason
24 Jun 2011 No No reason given Asked reason
24 Jun 2011 No Aluminum heat exchanger22 Jun 2011 - Email support not provided24 Jun 2011 - Email support not provided Contacted
installerAwaiting responseAwaiting responseAwaiting response
Please see overleaf for the original emails.
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Alpha
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Ariston
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Baxi
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Biasi
Sent by [email protected]
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Eco Hometec
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Ferroli
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Glow Worm
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Heatline
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Heatrae Sadia
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Ideal Heating
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Johnson & Starley
Awaiting response.
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Keston
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Main
Awaiting response.
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Potterton
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Ravenheat
Awaiting response.
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Saunier Duval
Awaiting response.
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Sime
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Vailant
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Viessman
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Vokera
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Worcester Bosch
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