Changing Energy Supplier (from Boost)

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dennishopper said:

spot1034 wrote: »

The boiler isn't that old. I'd get it serviced but find a plumbing and heating engineer and don't whatever you do get British Gas to do it. My Glow Worm is 30 years old this year, has never failed and is still working fine. The plumber is coming to do its annual service next week but I have no reason to think he will find any problem. He has told me that 'the Gas Board' would have condemned it years ago but most of the components which might fail are still available so it could probably be repaired if it fails - but so far it hasn't! I haven't got any cover on it. I can afford any reasonable cost of repair should it go wrong and would almost certainly have paid out more for insurance in the past three decades which would have been a waste. In the end it has to be an individual decision based on your own circumstances and your appetite for risk. But that's the route I'd go - try to find an independent plumbing and heating engineer to do a service which it needs if it hasn't been done for a while. Avoid British Gas who will automatically tell you your boiler is too old and needs to be replaced.

Thanks, very helpful! Will get the local plumber / heating engineer round! Just say I’m looking for a boiler to be serviced? Hasn’t had a last service in almost 2 years, I believe

Make sure the engineer you pick has experience with older boilers. Similar to poster above, I've got a Glow Worm that is 29 years old. I estimated that if a new boiler saved me 20% in gas costs it would take a good 15 years to recover the cost of the new boiler - which I very highly doubt would last 15 years.