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Hi, I recently moved to a 1930's house and have inherited a more than 20 years old boiler (I come across a paper of its service from 1995!). It is NETAHEAT Profile 60e (please see the attached picture). Normally boilers these days don't last 5-6 years, and this seems really very old. Could someone in the know please help with some information on this!?
1. Is it SAFE to carry on using this boiler?
2. Is it one of those 'old is gold' type boilers that might be worth keeping?
3, I have no clue if this can be or should be serviced but I know the seller of this house didn't get it serviced for 7 years (basically the duration of their ownership of this house.)
I guess it might even be difficult to find people having knowledge of this old model of boilers, and spares may be hard to find?
I must admit that I expected the performance of this boiler to be quite poor but it seems to be rather efficient at heating the house full blast in a very short amount of time! I don't want to spend money on a new boiler if it can be avoided. I was thinking of getting a MagnaClean device installed to keep the sludge etc out and fill the central heating with inhibitor (MC3+/X400) after getting it drained / cleaned.
Can anyone please help with any information how to deal with this boiler situation?
Many thanks!
Tony
1. Is it SAFE to carry on using this boiler?
2. Is it one of those 'old is gold' type boilers that might be worth keeping?
3, I have no clue if this can be or should be serviced but I know the seller of this house didn't get it serviced for 7 years (basically the duration of their ownership of this house.)
I guess it might even be difficult to find people having knowledge of this old model of boilers, and spares may be hard to find?
I must admit that I expected the performance of this boiler to be quite poor but it seems to be rather efficient at heating the house full blast in a very short amount of time! I don't want to spend money on a new boiler if it can be avoided. I was thinking of getting a MagnaClean device installed to keep the sludge etc out and fill the central heating with inhibitor (MC3+/X400) after getting it drained / cleaned.
Can anyone please help with any information how to deal with this boiler situation?
Many thanks!
Tony