is it going to be used by a family , single person or what , lots of going in and out the house , people in all day , people out all day , lots of questions that can make it good or bad in my opinion , some like combi systems , i prefer a cylinder , is the house well insulated etc etc etc
if it's 25 years old it's probably about 50% efficient versus a modern condensing boiler that will be capable of ~90% efficiency (in ideal conditions, with right controls etc. etc.).
Spares will probably also be hard to come by & I can't imagine anybody will give you a maintenance contract.
Depending upon how long you intend to stay in the property & the size of bills the savings over time may well pay for it's replacement.
I would deffo replace it, but obv would have to save up first as the property needs to be updated from its 60's decor lol.
My concern really is how effective it will be over the winter until I have saved the pennies to replace.
not really a big fan of having the heating on all the time anyway, and with it being the upper property im hoping the downstairs neighbour will help heat us
don't suppose that it's inside Glasgow City Council boundaries?
they have a grant (£500) & interest free loan scheme for replacing old inefficient boilers
If you remove the front panel (lift off) right in front of you is the heat exchanger, it will be black cast iron and solid. It will have pipes coming out of it at the side or back.
If you have a gravity hot water system and pumped c/h system and it all works fine I would leave it in. Get a corgi heating engineer to give you a survey. If you have a copper cylinder in the airing cupboard for hot water you will have two water tanks in the loft.
Any chance of a photo?
My boiler was installed in 1980, it is simply a finned cast iron tank, gas flame heats it, pump circulates the water, simple, inefficient compared to today's central heating boilers, but damn simple to maintain.
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