Should I replace my old boiler ?

[rilla]

Hi all, I've a glow-worm economy plus boiler which is at least 12 years old.

It's been serviced a couple of times and had 2 repairs - both when the pilot light wouldn't stay on.

It's starting to get a bit noisy lately - it did this when I first moved into this house and a plumber turned up the pump to its fastes setting which did the trick.

Is it worth trying to keep this boiler going or would it be best to change it for a condensing boiler - if so would this save me much on my fuel bills.

Thanks in advance.

 

[jpm]

Hi all, I've a glow-worm economy plus boiler which is at least 12 years old.

It's been serviced a couple of times and had 2 repairs - both when the pilot light wouldn't stay on.

It's starting to get a bit noisy lately - it did this when I first moved into this house and a plumber turned up the pump to its fastes setting which did the trick.

Is it worth trying to keep this boiler going or would it be best to change it for a condensing boiler - if so would this save me much on my fuel bills.

Thanks in advance.

Yes it would save you maybe 25% on your heating bills,as an installer I would advise,if it aint broke don't fix it!Mains pressure DHW is great but boiler swap is costly,save up but keep it going as long as you can is my advice

 

[rilla]

Thanks for the advice.

I'll keep my original boiler going until repairs are too costly.

One of the repairs was when I had switched off the boiler as we were away on holiday and the pilot light wouldn't stop on after that.

Is it ok , or advisable to switch off the gas supply when you are away ?

 

[newbie1]

doesnt make much diff one way or other switching gas off..sometimes harder to relight if a boiler has been off for several weeks