In message , chunkyoldcortina
writes
John wrote:
In article
.com, 4square writes
7 years boiler life - is this generally recognised as being
satisfactory? Why so short, when I have an 18-year-old car, a 20yr-
old fridge/freeezer, 25yr-old electric oven / gas hob, all subject
to daily use, with no serious faults. Also, a new wall-hung boiler
means yet more holes in load-bearing walls, for mountings and
vents, and draining of CH system, all extra labour costs. It could
be concluded, that these combi's are not designed and built correctly
in the first place.
In my (albeit limited) experience, combis are a waste of time unless
you
have an electric shower and have one rated about 3 times what they say
on the tin!


We have no problem with ours (Vaillant 242e, same as original poster)
in conjunction with a Diva thermostatic mixer and Grohe rainshower
head. People can even run other hot or cold taps in the house and the
person in the shower only notices the drop in pressure.

Yeah, I used to have one, good flow rate, hardly any problems

well ... the fan bearings went (not a problem for me, of course) and
the (old style) secondary heat exchanger turned into a shower head when
I tried using my descaling machine on it - other than that a great
boiler

Took it out still working after 20 years service


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geoff