"Croco" wrote in message
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My old Glowworm from 1977 only just scraped through last winter, and
reluctantly, I am gonna bite the bullet and splash out on a new boiler. I
live in a pre war semi detatched house in Liverpool with 9" solid walls. I
have a primatic cylinder which I would like to keep as I have recently
fitted a new bathroom round the cylinder.
Considering my old inefficient boiler is still going at 29 years, are
modern boilers as long lasting or are there so many parts in them that
they have a greater chance of breakdown? What options do I have ? How much
do I have to cough up ?

The top of the range models are v good: Viessmann, Eco-Hometec, Atmos, Etag,
etc. The next range down is The Worcester-Bosch, Vaillant level. The Glow
Worm condensing boiler is a rebadged Vaillant. You have to buy a condensing
boiler by law (exception apply, but I doubt you qualify, and condensers are
much cheaper to run. Get rid of the primatic, as they don't go well with
many modern boilers. Or if your mains are up to get a highflow combi and
get rid of the tanks and cylinder too, giving more space. It may be worth
replacing the cold mains pipe back to the road with a larger bore to get the
combi. Once done, the mains is always there, and a selling point for a
house - great water flow and pressure.