Boiler replacement advice

[the wall]

Hi i hope i can explain my situation so that you can understand, i'm not a plumber but need advice.

I have a 25 year old gravity feed wall mounted boiler that runs perfectly as we have a log burner we only really use it for hot water.

The boiler is mounted on an internal wall with the flue going up through bedroom through the attic, it has 2 28mm pipes and 2 22mm pipes these pipes are boxed in with expensive porcelain tiles ( not keen to rip them of as they might be obsolete), the pump is behind a kitchen unit.

I would like to keep the hot water tank, i know this is not the most efficient boiler but for the times we use it it's ok.

Do Not want a combi

 

[gmartine]

Doesn't sound like you're ready or need to change so wait til it packs in and you have no choice.

If the log burner is large enough perhaps consider installing a back boiler to be able to heat the the cylinder (twin coil) by an alternative means, that'll give you three options of heating water.

 

[the wall]

wait til it packs in and you have no choice.

Thanks for the reply "gmartine" when you say i have no choice, are you saying there is no other type of boiler and do they still make a more modern gravity feed boiler

 

[gmartine]

What I mean is that because everything works and you only use it to heat a bit of water I'd leave well alone. Gravity fed is not the optimum setup nowadays but you should be able to replace like with like with a regular heat only boiler that is yes gravity fed.