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Hi I have just joined up to ask about a boiler upgrade.
I have an Ideal Mexico RS60 P boiler that has never given me any trouble apart from the occasional therm-ocoupling replacement, I understand it is an ancient boiler that has a simple cast iron tank that is heated by a burner and a pump that circulates the water, no fancy electronic circuit boards to break down.
We live in a single story stone built cottage and the pipework to the radiators is under the concrete floor in ducts that have a light skim of concrete over vermiculite.
I reckon this boiler runs at about 70% efficiency .
Question is can it be replaced with a like for like boiler that is more efficient or will I need to have the whole system and pipework ripped out and replaced with a more modern system.
We also have a solid fuel wood burning boiler an Ellis Sykes CH Super 80 that we can switch over to running on the same system which I imagine would have to be sacrificed if we had to have a more modern system.
Both systems heat the water both when the pump is on or off, but the water heats quicker when it is off.
I hope I have made myself clear
Thanks.
I have an Ideal Mexico RS60 P boiler that has never given me any trouble apart from the occasional therm-ocoupling replacement, I understand it is an ancient boiler that has a simple cast iron tank that is heated by a burner and a pump that circulates the water, no fancy electronic circuit boards to break down.
We live in a single story stone built cottage and the pipework to the radiators is under the concrete floor in ducts that have a light skim of concrete over vermiculite.
I reckon this boiler runs at about 70% efficiency .
Question is can it be replaced with a like for like boiler that is more efficient or will I need to have the whole system and pipework ripped out and replaced with a more modern system.
We also have a solid fuel wood burning boiler an Ellis Sykes CH Super 80 that we can switch over to running on the same system which I imagine would have to be sacrificed if we had to have a more modern system.
Both systems heat the water both when the pump is on or off, but the water heats quicker when it is off.
I hope I have made myself clear
Thanks.