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To keep my old Glow Worm boiler?l

JoHo7 · 2018-09-22 21:24:00

Advice needed about an old boiler Glow Worm Space Saver 38. Please could anyone advice. I have a 36 y.o. Glow Worm Space Saver 38. I have had it for the last 6 years when bought my current house. I serviced it for two years but then stopped servicing on fear that it could be condemned just for being old an inefficient or…

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MothballsWallet Posts: 15,922 Forumite

21 April 2020 at 8:21PM

We used to have a Glo Worm boiler in our house (which was installed when the house was built), but replaced it because the parts were becoming harder to source.

This was told to me several times by the British Gas engineer doing the annual check, so I didn't believe it completely until our neighbours (who had the same model) had theirs fail and their son in law checked the internet, where he found that the parts were harder and more expensive to get.

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