Hi all,
I've lived with the same oil boiler central heating system for many years and found that to be very reliable if serviced well and regularly, so for me it's "the devil you know" option. The guy who services it is reliable and knows what he's about and could support a system going into the new place I'll be moving to. Though oil can get very pricey due to conflicts / politics etc - recent years have shown electricity to have gone the same way.
Aside from the usual pro's and cons of various setups, my real question for this post is this: - if I install an oil CH system now, will there still be enough engineers around to maintain it it 10 or twenty years or is it about to become a daft choice for the long term? My guess is that for quite a while now, fewer youngsters will have gone for an oil system apprenticeship (or whatever it is these days) so there's an ever decreasing number of people left to keep oil systems going. I guess there are a lot of common skills for the hot/cold water "systems" bit, but maintaining oil boilers already seemed to be quite a niche occupation even before looming government bans on new oil installs.
Thoughts?
I've lived with the same oil boiler central heating system for many years and found that to be very reliable if serviced well and regularly, so for me it's "the devil you know" option. The guy who services it is reliable and knows what he's about and could support a system going into the new place I'll be moving to. Though oil can get very pricey due to conflicts / politics etc - recent years have shown electricity to have gone the same way.
Aside from the usual pro's and cons of various setups, my real question for this post is this: - if I install an oil CH system now, will there still be enough engineers around to maintain it it 10 or twenty years or is it about to become a daft choice for the long term? My guess is that for quite a while now, fewer youngsters will have gone for an oil system apprenticeship (or whatever it is these days) so there's an ever decreasing number of people left to keep oil systems going. I guess there are a lot of common skills for the hot/cold water "systems" bit, but maintaining oil boilers already seemed to be quite a niche occupation even before looming government bans on new oil installs.
Thoughts?
