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Steve Walker wrote:
The more recent the boiler, the shorter their working life seems to be
and the more complex they become. First boiler, an old Glow Worm lasted
almost 30 years and repaired up a few times cheaply.


Yes. My parents' first boiler lasted about 37 years with only a
replacement "thermocouple" in that time and was still working fine when
they got rid of it.


They only got rid of it because it was behind the gas fire, in the
living-room, and prevented them changing the fire as no alternative
designs that fitted to it were in production.


The replacement wall-hung boiler, in the kitchen, has had a replacement
fan and two replacement control boards in the ten years since!


A non balanced flue boiler is going to be about as inefficient as they
come.

You'd need to factor in the savings in gas costs as part of the
calculation.

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