Is our Combi using too much gas?

Mister_G

Totally agree with matelotdave.

I've got a 35 year old Baxi, still going strong. It may only be 65% efficient, but to replace it would not be cost effective.

When it finally dies ( not sure when that will be as spares are still readily available) then I'll have to consider something else, but I know now that it will not be as reliable or as long lasting.

LadyDee

From 1st October there is a new govt scheme in place called Eco3 - do check it out, you might qualify on the age of your old boiler alone https://infinityenergyorganisation.co.uk/grants-and-finance-blog/eco-government-scheme-2018-new-grant-opportunities-for-you-on-october-2018/

System

LadyDee wrote: »

From 1st October there is a new govt scheme in place called Eco3 - do check it out, you might qualify on the age of your old boiler alone https://infinityenergyorganisation.co.uk/grants-and-finance-blog/eco-government-scheme-2018-new-grant-opportunities-for-you-on-october-2018/

Slightly more detailed information on the Govt website:

The scheme’s other main policies include:

focusing the entire scheme to support low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households
reducing the current supplier obligation threshold of 250,000 customer accounts (or equivalent) for the scheme, in a phased way, to 150,000 customer accounts (or equivalent) from 2020

requiring 15% of measures to be delivered to rural homes

increasing the proportion of the scheme that can be delivered under local authority flexible eligibility to 25%

allowing up to 10% of a suppliers’ obligation to be met through the delivery of new, innovative products

supporting households that have a broken heating system by allowing the equivalent of 35,000 broken heating systems to be replaced per year

encouraging a multiple measure approach by allowing the replacement of inefficient heating systems to be replaced (outside of the broken heating system cap) if they are installed alongside insulation

requiring the equivalent of at least 17,000 solid walled homes to be treated per year, either through solid wall insulation, or using a combination of other technologies (if equivalent savings can be achieved in the property)

Edit:

Interesting comment on another website

Quote The shift to 100% Affordable Warmth means that no funding will be available to ‘able to pay’ households*. The CERO strand which helps any resident access funding for insulation upgrades will be axed in October.

*With the exception of in-fill rules for solid wall insulation and district heating projects. unquote

Mister_G

LadyDee wrote: »

From 1st October there is a new govt scheme in place called Eco3 - do check it out, you might qualify on the age of your old boiler alone https://infinityenergyorganisation.co.uk/grants-and-finance-blog/eco-government-scheme-2018-new-grant-opportunities-for-you-on-october-2018/

Thanks for this.

Unfortunately I will not qualify as, to quote Hengus,

focusing the entire scheme to support low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households

I'm afraid that I do not fall into that category. Hopefully those who do will take advantage of it.

JohnB47

matelodave wrote: »

..... but it's highly unlikely that a new boiler will last much more than ten years.

Is that true of new boilers?

My Worcester Bosch 28si is still going strong after 17 years. Are new ones less reliable now?

grumpycrab

Ours (Baxi 105e) is 16years old; has new (externally fitted) pressure vessel (is that what its called? - OH hates it!); and had new diverter valve a couple of years ago, and heat exchanger flushed to minimise "kettling"... but not expecting it to last much longer...