Potterton boiler
- Thread starter ronk
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Agree get it serviced Ron, it may be a simple easy fix.
My heat only boiler is 19 years old and still going. I've just cancelled my British Gas contract which included a yearly service as the renewal had gone up to £47 a month which included parts and labour for breakdowns. Each year they service it and say you cant get parts for these anymore and I need a new boiler so got a quote and they wanted £3500.
The boiler is only around 900 quid so a nice profit for them. I've got a quote from a local firm for a service and it's 55 quid and said they could get any parts apart from maybe the heat exchanger.
I had a plumber to fit some taps recently and mentioned replacing the boiler and he said why and went on to say a new boiler is just that. It won't do anything different except be more shiny. He said it will be slightly more efficient but will take around 10 years to recoup any energy savings by which time the new boiler will have packed in anyways as they're not built to last.
So I reckon if it costs a few hundred to keep it running it makes more sense to me. It could last another 10 years. I think the key is to do an annual service to ensure safe running and drain the system down every 2/3 years or so to minimise sludge etc.
Tim.
My heat only boiler is 19 years old and still going. I've just cancelled my British Gas contract which included a yearly service as the renewal had gone up to £47 a month which included parts and labour for breakdowns. Each year they service it and say you cant get parts for these anymore and I need a new boiler so got a quote and they wanted £3500.
The boiler is only around 900 quid so a nice profit for them. I've got a quote from a local firm for a service and it's 55 quid and said they could get any parts apart from maybe the heat exchanger.I had a plumber to fit some taps recently and mentioned replacing the boiler and he said why and went on to say a new boiler is just that. It won't do anything different except be more shiny. He said it will be slightly more efficient but will take around 10 years to recoup any energy savings by which time the new boiler will have packed in anyways as they're not built to last.
So I reckon if it costs a few hundred to keep it running it makes more sense to me. It could last another 10 years. I think the key is to do an annual service to ensure safe running and drain the system down every 2/3 years or so to minimise sludge etc.
Tim.
We are on oil and eventually replaced our boiler last year. It was over 20 years old. Over the years our heating engineers advised us to keep it going as long as parts were available. They said the new boilers were not built to last. So I would get an estimate for the repairs and if not too expensive keep it going. :roll:
The heating engineer came out this morning - he diagnosed the board and it now comes as a complete kit of parts - the bill when he fits will be £325
I discussed fitting a combie boiler and it’s about £2.5k but a bit of disruption in the house - ie a 22mm gas supply now required - current is 15mm plus pipework. A relocation is the recommendation.
Or a conventional boiler £1.7k - a direct replacement with a ten year warranty.
I will only do the change if some thing major fails.
I discussed fitting a combie boiler and it’s about £2.5k but a bit of disruption in the house - ie a 22mm gas supply now required - current is 15mm plus pipework. A relocation is the recommendation.
Or a conventional boiler £1.7k - a direct replacement with a ten year warranty.
I will only do the change if some thing major fails.
The new panel is installed and the heating is on again and the house is starting to feel less like my Grannies pantry.
Im still puzzled why Potterton supplies only the entire control segment with a new loom etc and not just the PCB ?
It would have been easily swapped even for a Mech Eng like me! (or was
)
Im still puzzled why Potterton supplies only the entire control segment with a new loom etc and not just the PCB ?
It would have been easily swapped even for a Mech Eng like me! (or was
)
My oil boiler is just a year shy of 30. Serviced every year and run with the expensive additive which in my experience has given trouble free service and very clear of soot internally - i service the Zed annually and my boiler gets the same treatment :lol:
North West Surrey
ronk said:
Maybe because these days it has to be suitable to be fitted by a millennial, who may well be less competent than a former Mech Eng like you? :roll:
I'm just glad my boiler is an antique Potterton Profile that's probably 40 years old - it may not be too great on emissions, but it's simple and doesn't have much that can go wrong!