how old is your boiler

[scantronic]

hi
I was wondering how old people's boilers are mine is about 35 years old a baxi Bermuda with old style gas fire still going strong don't like combis so wont be replacing it in the near future

thanks

 

[securespark]

She was born in 1965.

Oh, that one....

It's an Ideal Mexico, 32 years old.

But I had a Baxi Bermuda at my old house that was installed when the house was built in 1968. AFAIK, it is still going strong today.

 

[misterhelpful]

...mine is about 35 years old a baxi Bermuda with old style gas fire still going strong...
thanks

Oh dear, you know what you've done now don't you?

JINXED IT!

PFFT, HISS, BANG...

Hope not though!

Mine's a 9 year old Worcester combi...worked perfectly for seven years but needed four repairs in the last two.

 

[tony1851]

Modern boilers don't last as long as they used to, probably because they are far more complicated -I put one on my weekly shopping list.

The new-fangled electronics and internal gizmos may save on gas, but has anyone ever worked out the total life-cost of one of these things? That is to say, is the gas saved by their efficiency more than the resources spent in manufacturing and installing new ones every 5 minutes?

 

[JBR]

Ours is a WB 28Cdi. It was here when we moved in about ten years ago, and was probably here a few years before that so I'd estimate 15 or more years old.

Initially, we had ongoing problems for several years with ignition lockout. Fortunately, we had taken out a maintenance contract and a lot of work was done to sort out that and other problems. We've had new diverter, new fan, new seals on the pipework, a new wireless thermostat, and probably several other things that I can't recall just now, so I think we've had our money's worth.

Thankfully, it has been behaving itself for quite a long time now, although we have it serviced every year as part of the contract. I'm sure it will give up the ghost eventually as nothing lasts for ever, although I understand that WB is as good a make as any.

Oh, btw, mine was born in 1961, SS!

 

[Mikefromlondon]

But on what bases do you count age? if this was based on how many hours you run your heating per day then mine must be 100 years old now.

 

[foxhole]

hi
I was wondering how old people's boilers are mine is about 35 years old a baxi Bermuda with old style gas fire still going strong don't like combis so wont be replacing it in the near future

thanks

You must have money to burn.

 

[longdogs]

Baxi back boilers work forever. Ours was about 35 years old when we finally replaced it. Had never been serviced and heated the house and water perfectly. Our main reason for replacement was that their fire fronts used to resemble some kind of Indian temple type structure with gold embellishments and glass panels. I think they probably make some decent looking ones these days.

We.ve had the Ideal combi for 7 years and so far I have replaced the circuit board and the diverter valve. Not bad I suppose compared to some.

 

[SamBlack]

Ours is about 15 years old which seemed old until I read about these on here. I daren't say that it's working well though in case it's listening...

 

[Whitespirit66]

hi
I was wondering how old people's boilers are mine is about 35 years old a baxi Bermuda with old style gas fire still going strong don't like combis so wont be replacing it in the near future

thanks

You must have money to burn.

Not really. Some modern boilers are scrap after little more than 10 years. So if you factor in the cost of installing two or more boilers over 35 years plus the often expensive and regular repairs that modern boilers often need - he's probably broken even.

You can't just look at the higher gas consumption of an old, virtually bulletproof workhorse like a Bermuda and compare it to the lower consumption of a modern boiler. There's far more to it than that.

 

[Trazor]

Mine is 51 years old, but don't tell her I said so..............

 

[masona]

33yrs and 3 months

Kingfisher RS60 Potterton, just a cast iron casing, a burner underneath and gas control, keep it simple

Dunno what I'll do for the next boiler, Potterton still do a floor standing boiler and I'm tempted to keep it the same, not keen on Combi.

 

[foxhole]

33yrs and 3 months

Kingfisher RS60 Potterton, just a cast iron casing, a burner underneath and gas control, keep it simple

Dunno what I'll do for the next boiler, Potterton still do a floor standing boiler and I'm tempted to keep it the same, not keen on Combi.

Swopped mine for Bosch Worcester.

 

[Space cat]

Potterton Prima 50B, circa 1997. Cast iron heat exchanger, balanced flue and not a PCB in sight.

It might not be as efficient as the latest all singing, all dancing, sometimes condensing supermodel but it just keeps going - and going - and going - and I know it inside out. Same with the Prima.

As others have said, what you gain in efficiency is easily lost in expensive repairs and replacements. With no moving parts other than the gas valve to worry about, all I have to do is clean it out occasionally. I've never even had to replace the thermocouple. Then there's the 'eggs in one basket' problem to think about. If my pump fails (the boiler never has) I can switch on the immersion heater and still have a bath. Try doing that with a combi!

At periodic intervals some computer rings me up and tells me how I can get a brand new boiler for nothing. All I have to do is press five - or two - or whatever the latest scam number happens to be. Yeah right! Very occasionally there is an actual sales pest on the other end. This is when I inform them in no uncertain terms that I already have a boiler thank you very much and that the next one I buy will run on deuterium. That usually shuts them up.

 

[big-all]

mines has 4/11/79 on it
which is about right as i have lived here since 82 so 34+ years