"Capitol" wrote in message
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Christian McArdle wrote:
He wasn't trying to sell me anything, but he did say he found the Baxi
Potterton combi (non-condensing) with hot water reservoir was very
reliable.



The problem was that they used to make good boilers. Then a few years
ago,
they stopped.

IME they have never in the last 40 years produced a reliable long lived
boiler!


Ours is from 1985 and still running well. Guy comes to service it now and
then but even before he's opened it he always remarks it won't need
anything - and so far it hasn't.