How old is your boiler

So really, only the metal cabinet is original ?

 

We have a Glow Worm Economy Plus boiler in our house. Not sure how old it is (I did find some old service history from the 1990's) but I know its quite old because the Glow Worm Hotline number on the side of it starts with 081.

 

about 17 years old, every service the gasman says "if this fails we can't get the parts" i'm hoping it holds on a bit longer until i move....... whereas at the new place the boiler looks older than gods dog so will need renewing once we get in.

 

There's a coupe of glow worm fuelsavers on my patch,about 40 years old ,they were the cheapest nasties that were ever made ,basically a biscuit tin and a burner ,but still going,I just feed them on thermocouples

 

Triggers broom???

 

13 years old ideal combi
replaced expansion vessel 2 years ago and the pump sometimes sticks but other wise good and all parts are available

 

I believe she's 48. (runs and hides)

 

N/A

 

In the current house, 12 years. Condensing boiler - had to have a new heat exchanger, burner, venturi - in fact pretty much everything except the metal box and circuit board, because the HX seals went and it leaked water. The HX bolts then sheered off when the engineer tried to remove them. Steel bolts into an aluminium casting.... Can you guess the make/model from this...??? All fixed under a service contract (and the HX is £600 alone!)

In the old house, 32 years this year. It had a new gas value, new PCB and a new timeclock in the last 16 years.

 

I reckon our Potterton would run for another ten years with a new HE. Trouble is, I wouldn't bet on getting the old one out without trashing the boiler...

 

Think that you all seem to be getting a result, maybe another thread would be how short a time a new boiler has lasted!!!!
I am reliably informed new combi boilers life expectancy is min 7 years and average 10.
Doesn't seem very long to me, seems by the time you understand them they up and go ,,, hmmmm possibly both definitions of boiler could apply there

 

Ours is 13 years old, the life span of a new boiler can often depend on the quality of the water in the system.

 

Ideal E-type RS 50N
There is a number that could be a date, might be 1977 so not so old as I thought.

 

my ma has a potterton put in by my dad in the early seventies it still works , she does have it serviced and keeps saying , i might have a new one next year but dad put that one in

 

Bless!

 

Is there a forum for early boilers ?
Think there could be a mass migration from here judging by the age of boilers, still at least there is a common thread of keeping the old !

 

The boiler industry would have had me change my slightly aged (37) boiler how many times to save £200/year? I guess at least 5 times. What a con!

 

At least you don't have to Service new boilers, just inspect the, so there's a saving there