I have bought an old council property, it has a nice little back
boiler.
I know it was fitted around 1968-1972, but I don't know what exact
model to replace it with.
Although it still works fine, it must be time to get something more
efficiant!
On the removable front panel it lists :
Glow-worm Galaxie 246/246N

Can anybody tell me which back boiler & front I can do a simple
straight swap for?
I looked he
http://tinyurl.com/7trb6
and it looks right, but I don't know which one.....

I will need to get the boiler and firefront only, evereything else has
been replaced recently.


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bigjon

On Mon, 02 May 2005 07:14:39 +0100, bigjon wrote:


I have bought an old council property, it has a nice little back
boiler.
I know it was fitted around 1968-1972, but I don't know what exact
model to replace it with.
Although it still works fine, it must be time to get something more
efficiant!
On the removable front panel it lists :
Glow-worm Galaxie 246/246N

Can anybody tell me which back boiler & front I can do a simple
straight swap for?
I looked he
http://tinyurl.com/7trb6
and it looks right, but I don't know which one.....

You would need a Glowworm unit not a Baxi unit, if available.


I will need to get the boiler and firefront only, evereything else has
been replaced recently.

Unfortunately, you really need consider how best to place the boiler in a
completely different location.



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Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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bigjon wrote:


I have bought an old council property, it has a nice little back
boiler.
I know it was fitted around 1968-1972, but I don't know what exact
model to replace it with.
Although it still works fine, it must be time to get something more
efficiant!
On the removable front panel it lists :
Glow-worm Galaxie 246/246N

Can anybody tell me which back boiler & front I can do a simple
straight swap for?
I looked he
http://tinyurl.com/7trb6
and it looks right, but I don't know which one.....

I will need to get the boiler and firefront only, evereything else has
been replaced recently.

AFAIK only Baxi still do back boilers and although one may be technically
allowed as a replacement (under recent changes to energy efficiency regs)
they're generally considered rather stone-age technology for a number of
reasons (which I CBA to rehash, but groups.google uk.d-i-y "back boiler"
should find them).