Boilers

Bosch Greenstar ZWB-28-3 Condensing Combi Boiler

Bosch Home Comfort ZWB-28-3Distributor and contractor 44% data complete
$5,531 – $5,531
equipment only · 1 seller · seen 2026-08-16

8 of 10 catalog products carry at least one real, seller-observed equipment-only price (SupplyHouse, Active Plumbing, Home Depot, AF Supply), gathered 2026-08-24 -- 80% against the >=70% gate. Two products (weil-mclain-evergreen, htp-elite-premier-ep110) were researched but no real seller price could be reached (login-gated distributor pages) and were left unpriced rather than estimated, per this platform's own rule against silent substitution. A genuine, disclosed limitation found this run: platform/core/pricing.py's PER_TON_BANDS dictionary defines $/ton plausibility floors and ceilings for heat-pump, mini-split, central-ac and furnace only -- boiler (and solar-panel) have no band defined at all. Confirmed by reading validate_observation() directly: when bands.get(scope) returns None for an unbanded category, the function returns (True, None) unconditionally, so every boiler price observation currently passes validation regardless of its $/ton figure. This means the exact failure mode PROCEDURE.md documents for heat-pump (a $1,707-for-a-3-ton listing that was actually a financing figure) could not be caught here even if it existed, because no floor exists to catch it. Not silently patched -- platform/core/ pricing.py was read but not edited as part of this pass, per instructions. For reference, this run's own 8 real observations imply a $/ton range of roughly $124-$684 (Rheem Prestige RCBH199DVLN's $2,048 list at 199,000 BTU/h is the low outlier worth a second look before trusting it as-is; IBC SL 260's $6,163.53 at 260,000 BTU/h is the high end). A future pass should propose a real boiler band -- something in the neighborhood of $150-$900/ton would bracket what this run actually observed with margin -- rather than leave the category permanently unchecked.

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Compact wall-hung condensing combi boiler, Bosch's current US residential line replacing the discontinued Buderus GB142.

Our take

Buderus's GB142 (the model most comparison articles still cite) has been discontinued since 2018; Greenstar is the line Bosch actually sells today, at a smaller nominal capacity than the old GB142 range. A straightforward, well-supported German-engineered wall-hung unit for a smaller home or a zoned system that doesn't need a large single boiler.

Best for

Smaller homes or a single heating zone where a compact wall-hung combi covers the whole load.

Watch out for

At 79,000-100,000 BTU/h output this is on the small side for this catalog — confirm it covers your actual heat loss before buying on brand reputation alone.

What sellers are actually charging

Real listings, read on the date shown. Prices change — click through to check before you act on any of them.

SellerWhat you getPriceSeen
SupplyHouse.com
online retailer
Bosch Greenstar 100 ZWB-28-3 combi boiler
ZWB-28-3
$5,531 2026-08-16

Equipment price is not installed price. The listings above are what the hardware costs. Installation — labour, electrical, refrigerant lines, permits, removing the old system — is typically a similar amount again, and varies more between contractors than between brands. Where we have an installed figure it is labelled as such and comes from someone who actually installs.

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Before you buy this

Ask about turndown ratio, not just efficiency — a boiler that can't modulate down to your house's actual heat loss on a mild day short-cycles, and short-cycling is what wears a boiler out early. Confirm whether your radiators or baseboard were sized for the supply temperature this boiler will actually deliver. And ask for a heat-loss calculation instead of matching the old unit's output.