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"Dave Ramage" wrote in message
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geoff, BW,

Thanks for this info....another reason to consider a replacement
rather than patch it up. It also seems that the seals are asbestos
according to other posts.

Yes they are.

This could also explain that when I tested the boiler briefly with the
cover off to see if the fan was working there was a fair bit of flame
emitted around the bottom of the fire box when it lit.

The Neataheat was the first pilotless ignition boiler made. It was quite
advanced for its time, well by British standards. It is a "very" good and
reliable boiler, although the first models out had some problems which near
killed off the boiler, which were soon rectified. But times move on. It is
cast iron, even in the mid 1970s it was inefficient, and very inefficient by
modern condensing standards. By installing a good condensing boiler you
will drop your gas heating bills approx 35-40%.

Figures like that make you sit up and look. So if this is a pretty
expensive job to fix (probably £100 or more) then a new condensing boiler is
well worth considering. Taking into account the money saved on repair and
then on gas saved, payback will be quite soon.


Until, that is, something goes wrong ...
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geoff