boiler only lasted 3 years

1984ReturnsForReal_2

red_devil wrote: »

no its true.

Well someone that knows what they are doing needs to look at it before some guy ends up forking out thousands for something that may only be £50 or a couple of hundred.

Avoriaz

What is involved in servicing a boiler and how important is it?

We have a 17 year old Potterton Prima that has never been serviced. It did have a new fan fitted 2 years ago when the original fan failed. That cost me about £35 for a reconditioned unit.

Our CH is gravity feed. I do make sure the water has corrosion inhibitor in it.

We have resisted getting a newer and more efficient condensing boiler but have been put off by the tales of poor reliability.

Please don’t shoot me down in flames for not getting my boiler serviced. The boiler will probably do that tomorrow.

molerat

Avoriaz wrote: »

What is involved in servicing a boiler and how important is it?

We have a 17 year old Potterton Prima that has never been serviced. It did have a new fan fitted 2 years ago when the original fan failed. That cost me about £35 for a reconditioned unit.

Our CH is gravity feed. I do make sure the water has corrosion inhibitor in it.

We have resisted getting a newer and more efficient condensing boiler but have been put off by the tales of poor reliability.

Please don’t shoot me down in flames for not getting my boiler serviced. The boiler will probably do that tomorrow.

New fangled device

In the past 20 years ours has had a new fan, thermostat and recon circuit board, about £200 in total. It may use a bit more gas than a new one but seems to be lower on overall costs per year.

vaio

molerat wrote: »

New fangled device

In the past 20 years ours has had a new fan, thermostat and recon circuit board, about £200 in total. It may use a bit more gas than a new one but seems to be lower on overall costs per year.

Fans? Circuit boards? That be witchcraft

My dear old dad’s is a lump of cast iron with what looks like a gas burner out of a Dickensian smelting works underneath it.

Installed in ’77 and the only thing that’s gone wrong is the push button sparky thing but they give you a little window you can push a match in to light it until you get round to telling your son it doesn’t work and said son gets round to looking & reconnecting the wire that had fallen off.

I’m sure it drinks gas and it’s little arteries must be furred up to almost nothing (just like the owner’s) but dad resists all suggestions to upgrade from his offspring, one of whom has an all singing all dancing super efficient Bosch one which sips gas but seems to need expensive mollycoddling from the service engineer about every six months

keystone

red_devil wrote: »

no its true.

So what have you done?

Cheers

CesKrin

Yes, boilers do really last more than 3 years.. In fact, my neighbor had a boiler and he bought it way back year 1985. Until now the boiler is still in use..

KrisMiranda30

Thanks for that information keystone..My friend also had a problem with his boiler and it is also a Veissmann..Will inform him regarding the details..thanks much!

cbrpaul

vaio wrote: »

Fans? Circuit boards? That be witchcraft

My dear old dad’s is a lump of cast iron with what looks like a gas burner out of a Dickensian smelting works underneath it.

Installed in ’77 and the only thing that’s gone wrong is the push button sparky thing but they give you a little window you can push a match in to light it until you get round to telling your son it doesn’t work and said son gets round to looking & reconnecting the wire that had fallen off.

I’m sure it drinks gas and it’s little arteries must be furred up to almost nothing (just like the owner’s) but dad resists all suggestions to upgrade from his offspring, one of whom has an all singing all dancing super efficient Bosch one which sips gas but seems to need expensive mollycoddling from the service engineer about every six months

You will be surprised how much it doesnt drink gas actually, !!!

I have the same sort of boiler , 30 years old , serviced every year , including a gas pressure check, a hoover out , a spillage test and a new £2.50 thermocouple fitted ,

Tell your dad from me to keep it ! :T


my inlaws just swapped out there never failed , 35 year old oil boiler with a new "star trek enterprise, warp factor nine boiler" they have had the repair engineer out to repair it more times than spock can say " live long and prosper" something to with a anti-matter containment field failure !!

aboard_epsilon

The more i read about these condensing boilers the more I'm put off ..
can anyone name a reliable regular non condensing one ..still being made ..about 75 percent efficient or there abouts..that costs in the region of £700 or less..that hangs on a wall ...24kw ..one that i will get more than 15 years out of it.
I'm prepared to loose 15 percent in efficiency ..to gain on reliability and it lasting perhaps 4 times more than a condensing one

I dont care if they are 90 percent efficient .if you have to spend hundreds on keeping them going ..then thousands replacing them ..they ain't worth it ...your savings go out the window.

all the best.markj

Canucklehead

aboard_epsilon wrote: »

The more i read about these condensing boilers the more I'm put off ..
can anyone name a reliable regular non condensing one ..still being made ..about 75 percent efficient or there abouts..that costs in the region of £700 or less..that hangs on a wall ...24kw ..one that i will get more than 15 years out of it.
I'm prepared to loose 15 percent in efficiency ..to gain on reliability and it lasting perhaps 4 times more than a condensing one

I dont care if they are 90 percent efficient .if you have to spend hundreds on keeping them going ..then thousands replacing them ..they ain't worth it ...your savings go out the window.

all the best.markj

Hmmmm ... let's think.

No.

GSR.