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Repair or Recycle (Warm Topic)
Gorie
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This is a quickie...
I live in a house with a boiler (and family). Its an Alpha Combi Condensing boiler installed in 2009.
For the last three years it has needed repairing every year and now it needs a new expansion vessel.
Suffice to say the boiler and I aren't on good terms.
My question is do I get a new boiler?
I know the expansion vessel repair isn't a great expense (£150) but I'd just be wondering whats next... Furthermore my newer boiler (which would be either a Viessmann or Valiant) would be more gas efficient right?
Am I being wasteful? Maybe I practically have a new boiler anyway now?
Boiler History
I live in a house with a boiler (and family). Its an Alpha Combi Condensing boiler installed in 2009.
For the last three years it has needed repairing every year and now it needs a new expansion vessel.
Suffice to say the boiler and I aren't on good terms.
My question is do I get a new boiler?
I know the expansion vessel repair isn't a great expense (£150) but I'd just be wondering whats next... Furthermore my newer boiler (which would be either a Viessmann or Valiant) would be more gas efficient right?
Am I being wasteful? Maybe I practically have a new boiler anyway now?
Boiler History
- First year it needed a new heat exchanger (2013 - covered by BG HomeCare)
- Next year it needed a circuit board change / repair (2014 - covered by BG HomeCare - after which point they said they could no longer cover this boiler despite servicing)
- This January it needs a new expansion vessel (cost to me £150 from local friend an independent gas engineer).
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Darn just realised this is in the wrong place... How do I move?
Placed in correct forum but cannot remove - sorry0
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