This boiler is an antiquated, expensive to run, crock. It should replaced with a modern real boiler.
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Thorn M54 boiler - any good?
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13 years ago
YES!!!!
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13 years ago
Bollox!! Modern quality boilers will go and go.
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Which is tripe when buying a quality model. Look at an ATAG or ATmos.
Total bollox!
Total bollox!
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It isn't it is bollox.
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My God!!!!
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13 years ago
I see Dribble is still clueless about figures and, it seems, the meaning of common words such as 'almost'.
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13 years ago
How does ASHP compare with GSHP? (Which I presume would be a much harder DIY install).
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13 years ago
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.
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This f***ing idiot again.
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GSHPs are far cheaper to run. The best ASHP around is the new Sanyo, which now outperforms oil in running costs.
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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
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This f***ing idiot again.
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In message , Doctor Drivel writes
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Life expectancy of a current boiler is quoted at being between 5 and 7 years
Wise words grasshopper
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In message , Doctor Drivel writes
NURSE
He's been hiding his medication under his tongue again
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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.
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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>?
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13 years ago
Maxie! It is bollox indeed. Now keep away from the Guinness.
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13 years ago
How do yours taste?