Grant vortex 21 is a rubbish boiler- DO NOT BUY A GRANT BOILER!

It was the WHICH best buy of 2008. It broke twice whilst still under warranty and yet again it doesnt work. It as cost us approximately £500 a year since the warranty ran out ( 2 years) just to get it fixed not for services,or normal running costs. And not counting the labour just for the parts to keep the thing working! It actually broke several times whilst still under warranty. Its RUBBISH. I would never ever buy a Grant again. I cannot believe it. The circuit board and some switch or other was only fixed in february 2013 and yet again we have no heating. We do have hot water this time but this has happened before. We need to sit down and work it all out now before we fix again because it may well work out cheaper for us to get a new Firebird or similar that comes with a 5 year guarantee and just have a complete new boiler. Its awful this is. I feel ripped off. I went into debt to buy this boiler and the debt is only due to end this August! What a joke the new efficient boilers are. Our old boiler was 28 years old ( Firebird hence why we are considering instead!) and worked fine but had a leak so we replaced thinking it was the best thing to do. It may well still have been going despite being inefficient and leaking. I until today have always tried to be energy efficient and environmentally aware. I even use natural washing up liquid. What a joke it all is if you end up freezing for the planet! Of course its May thank goodness. So even though its cold and wet we will not die just yet. But I will NEVER BUY A GRANT BOILER EVER AGAIN!