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Boiler Replacement
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Road_Hog is correct - there is nothing in law to stop you you doing your own gas work if you are competent. However for paid work you must be Gas Safe registered etc.
That's what gets me about Part P ... you can't do your own wiring. It's ridiculous.0 -
I am still going to picture this going on in a house with a gramophone in the drawing room and a Morris Oxford outside.
And in my mind a lagged tank is an armored car full of hardened criminals.
I've only ever lived in one house that didn't have an airing cupboard and that was a rental, inbetween house purchases.
You can stick your combis and condensing boilers where the sun doesn't shine. My boiler is probably about 20 years old. I'd love to know how long the new ones last. From what I've read on DIY websites, it's about 8-10 years max.
No Morris Oxford, but I did once own a MKIII Cortina, does that count?0 -
I've only ever lived in one house that didn't have an airing cupboard and that was a rental, inbetween house purchases.
You can stick your combis and condensing boilers where the sun doesn't shine. My boiler is probably about 20 years old. I'd love to know how long the new ones last. From what I've read on DIY websites, it's about 8-10 years max.
No Morris Oxford, but I did once own a MKIII Cortina, does that count?
Ooh, a MkIII Cortina, fab! Stick on vinyl roof? Niiice!
Well, with the boiler, condensing boilers are more complex so more likely to go wrong. However, they are considerably more efficient so it's just a case of sitting down to do the maths to work out if the efficiency saving would be worth it. I recon in a few years energy will be so expensive it will definitely be a no-brainer. In my house I resent the amount of space that the cold water tank takes up in the roof, and the hot water tank in the bedroom. I'm not in most of the day and generally take a shower each day so having a tank full of hot water just for a shower is a total waste of money.
To each their own.0
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