I was looking at changing my 18 year old central heating boiler for anew more energency efficient condenser boiler.I am not so keen having read the following BBC News article:'s right?Graham

While I'm usually very much in agreement with the author's sentiments (it's much 'greener' to drive a 10 year old car than to buy a brand new, more efficient one), the sums don't add up when it comes to boilers.Boilers convert a lot of energy in a year, yet don't cost a great deal of energy to manufacture and service. So, only a small increase in efficieny is required in order to make a big difference to the amount of fuel used to produce the same amount of energy.That's not to say you should replace your boiler every two years with the latest, most efficient model. Just that when you come to replace your boiler at the end of its natural life, get the most efficient one you can, made by a reputable manufacturer.

Condensing Boilers a bad idea?

Nov 22, 2004 43 Replies

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Dave Plowman (News) 21 years ago

Probably due to the money they've spent repairing my brother's one. ;-)

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Ed Sirett 21 years ago

Whilst I agree with you that notices should be drawn up only for safety reasons (as it devalues them if they are used otherwise), there are plenty of rather arbitary grounds such as 'general condition of the appliance' available for misuse.

Water leakage is I beleive a common ground but I would have to check what the risk categroy would be for that.

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raden 21 years ago

In message , tony sayer writes

Yes ... with a wet blanket

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raden 21 years ago

So he can't speak Spanish even worse than he can't speak English

DIMM knows he should have typed "Cue" but won't admit that that he didn't know how to spell it

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