"alexbartman" wrote in message
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Hi

It looks as if my boiler is finally giving up the ghost....its 18 years
old and the thieves at BG have just written to say they can no longer
get parts for it. Whilst it take this warning with a pinch of salt,
I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that I shoudl replace it anyway.
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Very grateful for any advice

BG told us that about 14 years back and we're still using the same boiler,
regularly serviced by an independent contractor. I decided that if it wasn't
broke we wouldn't fix it. If we had a parts problem we'd have gone for a
replacement. It's not happened.

A couple of years after BG turned down our application for a maintenance
plan, we had a new leteer saying why don't you put your CH on a maintenance
plan. Having been invited, I applied again (after all the nice gas man would
at least service the boiler before BG returned our money) and that resulted
in a stroppy phone call taken by my wife which apparently implied some
deceit on our part. it would have been a very interesting (but polite) call
if I'd picked up the phone..

I'd keep with the existing boiler until it's truly broken.

We are now changing our boiler, but only because we're extending the house
and moving from a back boiler to a wall-mounted kitchen one.

Paul



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alexbartman