Corvec Britony II Water Heater

[rlc]

Hi,

I have a Corvec Britony water heater in a flat I have just purchased, I am currently trying to decide how to heat the property. There are a number of old storage heaters dotted around the place but these look like they have been there since the year dot. The property is a top floor flat, 2 bedrooms, lounge, bathroom and kitchen.

One option is to replace them with newer ones or possibly consider going for central heating but I guess this would mean upgrading the system to a combi boiler?. Could someone tell me if this Corvec Britony water heater is still in circulation and whether parts are still readily available and whether they are reliable. If I am just waiting for it to break down and then be told it cannot be fixed I will just opt for update now as the place needs full re-decoratin. Alternatively would it be possibly for the Corvec water heater supply some rads?

Could anyone recommed the best option to go for either storage or central heating.

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Corvec Water Heater
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Thanks in advanec for any info.

~rlc

 

[chrishutt]

If you can afford it I'd go for a new combi and radiator system. The Corvec's pretty old and although there's not much to go wrong you can't expect to get many more years out of it.

 

[rlc]

Thanks chris for the reply, could you tell me approximately how old this water heater is likely to be or when they stopped making/installing this type in domestic properties?

 

[ollski]

About 30 years old but if you get a spare diaphragm and wax stat you should squeeze afew more years out of it if you want to.