This boiler is an antiquated, expensive to run, crock. It should replaced with a modern real boiler.
Thorn M54 boiler - any good?
Sep 29, 2010
40 Replies
YES!!!!
Bollox!! Modern quality boilers will go and go.
Which is tripe when buying a quality model. Look at an ATAG or ATmos.
Total bollox!
Total bollox!
It isn't it is bollox.
My God!!!!
I see Dribble is still clueless about figures and, it seems, the meaning of common words such as 'almost'.
How does ASHP compare with GSHP? (Which I presume would be a much harder DIY install).
The OP is on about 5 to 10 years life. An ATAG or Atmos will last 25 years if serviced properly with a clean system.
I know.
This f***ing idiot again.
GSHPs are far cheaper to run. The best ASHP around is the new Sanyo, which now outperforms oil in running costs.
We got rid of ours just before we would have been forced to install a condensing type. It's main failing was having to renew the rubber seals between the access panel to the heat exchanger. If the rear one had gone, it became a major job to stop it leaking. The front one drips onto the pilot light and puts it out. The timer was a problem as well, I wired ours up for a Set5 digital timer made by Danfoss Randall. I also ended up changing the gas control valve, thanks to some friendly plumbers at the merchants telling what to ask for.
As you don't have the cash for a new one, I would keep an eye on it and start saving for a replacement. I was glad to see the back of ours. It was installed about 1977 or 1978 and like you say the spares are becoming a bit scarce.
Moving the M54 might/will give you problems with the flue.
Dave
This f***ing idiot again.
In message , Doctor Drivel writes
Life expectancy of a current boiler is quoted at being between 5 and 7 years
Wise words grasshopper
In message , Doctor Drivel writes
NURSE
He's been hiding his medication under his tongue again
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember geoff saying something like:
He just likes the taste of used suppositories.
Maxie, was that you who wrote that? You have never come across Atmos or ATAG I see. tsk, tsk.
How is the Paddy band going? Have you had your donkey jacket cleaned yet>?
Maxie! It is bollox indeed. Now keep away from the Guinness.
How do yours taste?
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