Boiler advice

mrs_motivated

Hi all,

I am in the process of buying a bungalow which was built in 2004, the boiler is a combi and has been serviced annually. Now I have always assumed boilers have a life of around 10 years and this one is almost 9 years old.

My question is should I replace it with a combi condensing type now or would you wait until something goes wrong, I am wondering if a more energy efficient boiler would reduce bills enough to replace it now.

I am lucky in I have a friend who will get me the boiler at cost and fit it for the price of a Sunday roast and bottle of wine (gas safe registered etc.) and I know he does a good job, because he works on a number of properties I manage.

Canucklehead

Hi.

Make and model would help form an opinion.

However, why not ask the GSR friend for his opinion?

Even if he's not local I guess he's on the end of a phone?

There are quite a few people who seem to enjoy stating boilers will only last 5, 6, 7, 8, .... years just for the fun of it.

GSR

southcoastrgi

i agree with CH make & model would be good, it may well already be a condensing boiler anyway, i'm a great believer in the, if it ain't broke don't fix it

mrs_motivated

Thanks for your input.

I did ask him and he said, leave it until it needs changing and we will sort it then. Just wanted a second opinion.

I am not sure of the make or model, but seem to remember its an ideal standard.

I suppose I am cautious, because my previous home had a potterton boiler which was useless and although it was fairly new I ended up changing it shortly after decorating, tiling the room it was in.

Actually, you have helped immensely as thinking about it, I will want to change the kitchen in a couple of years and I guess that would be the sensible time to change it.

I am just trying to make a 'what's needed for the new house list' with costings and timescales, so I can budget accordingly.