How old is your gas boiler?

I had a Glow Worm combi boiler in my old house that was installed by the previous owner in 2003. Generally something went wrong with it every year I lived there and it got increasingly expensive. I rented the house out between 2021-24 and almost every maintenance request was something boiler related. I replaced it with a new ideal combi in 2022, which was great. Also have an ideal boiler in our current place which will be 10 years old this year and has only needed one repair (a new fan) in our 5 years living here.

My dad was a surveyor until retiring recently and said he'd often visit houses that had boilers that were 30+ years old! They definitely don't make them like they used to.

Ours is 1990! Still going strong 💪 serviced annually.

Until 2 weeks ago, 41 years old.

Ours is 34 years old. Not sure which brand. We got a pump replaced this year but that’s the first defect. The engineer said it does get hard getting parts as they age, but old boilers were built to last and new boilers last much less long, 10 years on average.

Our 2008/9 Viessman was looking a bit iffy a few years back, needing a lot of coaxing to fire up and TLC from our friendly Bulgarian plumber, but a new expansion tank and turning down the flow has helped it to canter past 15 years old. It is probably down to the weather, but we are burning less gas by keeping the radiators on a lower temperature most if the day versus trying to blast it for a couple of hours.

Switching to air-source will be major work (nearly all the central heating pipework is 30 years old), so we’re hoping we can wait until installers have figured out how to install the right kit in the right place as standard by the time we need it.

Mine is now old enough to buy booze in the US.

It's the type with a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard, and I live in a hard water area. I need to replace it in the next year or two because I have such low usage I basically fucked it, but otherwise it would have carried on for a lot longer.

Our new boiler ( Worcester Bosch) is precisely 10 hours old! So we're hoping it lasts as long as the Baxi we have just taken out which was 22 years old. We spent approx £1200 on a service/ repair plan in that time. Regular servicing is vital.

I’d be wary of BG - tried to sell us a bigger boiler than we need and wrongly condemned our repaired boiler to force the deal.

local heating engineer put in a new one and did all the other stuff you have to do to install a new boiler for half what BG quoted.

My boiler is 6 months old...
It replaced a valiant one that I think was 15 years old. The plumber advised that I could get potentially one or two more years from it maximum by replacing the internal computer (forget what it's called) which was kaput, but that it was on its way out as the casing was eroding (?)

I strongly recommend getting your boiler serviced every year. I pay £120 to a local firm for peace of mind and knowing my guarantee is still valid.

Mine is 17 years old, Vaillant. I moved in 6 years ago and I've had it repaired once in that time. Something to do with the pressure and it needed a new part. I was thinking of replacing it soon but after seeing the ages of the boilers on this thread, I want to see how long it will last!

Ideal boiler was 31 years old when we replaced it as BG said they’d be relying on eBay if any major parts broke.

We switched to an Ideal combi with 12 year guarantee 5 years ago. Get it serviced every June.

Our Vaillant combi dates from 1986. It has been serviced every year and has had almost every part replaced (we have a BG service contract). It's just had a divertor valve replaced and is much improved. We need to keep it going as we are about to have a whole house refurb, so new boiler in different location. Would have another Vaillant though.

Ours is 24, the same age as the house. Never had an issue with it touch wood

12 years and going strong. Never had an issue. Previous one was put in in the 1970s.

My previous boiler was an Ideal and was 31 years old when I had it replaced. It was still working fine but I was worried it would conk out on the coldest day so had a new one fitted - again Ideal

Ours is over 30 years old and has never broken down. Hard water.

Ours is 1997 or 98, put in by the builders (Bryant) still going strong. We have been told that spares are no longer available. We only moved in 4 years ago and boiler in our previous place only lasted 5 years after installation by previous owners. When we left the replacement had been in 10 years and was still working well.

All in inc VAT... the guy lives next door, he said they can go on for years, ours wasn't same day, we noticed a drop off in pressure during the summer, came round that day, to make sure it was safe and did the job a few days later.

Charges £60 for a service :) plus any parts, which so far, there hasn't been.

Just had my 13 year old boiler replaced. Not economical to keep repairing it.

Worcesters are generally very good with the proviso that you NEED the burner seals and electrodes changed every 5 years. Do that and they normally last for 20+ years.
A good engineer will know this but the problem can be with boiler cover companies who won’t cover this as routine maintainance, even though it saves expensive claims in the long run.
DH has just changed them on our 10 y/o Vaillant and we should get another 10 years as it’s still running at peak efficiency due to regular magna filter cleaning and new inhibitor every other year.
The lower the flow temperature, the less strain on the heat plate exchanger etc. too.

The last one was installed in the mid 70s and was still going strong when we replaced it about 5 years ago. Couldn't get parts for it anymore and any replacement had to be re-sited so we decided that a planned downgrade was better than an emergency one.

The replacement ( Valiant- traditional style with a hot water tank ) generally breaks down once a year but just minor issues.

The second boiler (combi) in the annex was installed in 2003 and is still OK with only one major failure in that time. Also Valiant.

11 years old. Serviced every year.

Ours needed extensive repairs at the 15yr Mark 2 yrs ago before being condemned 3 months ago at the 17 yr mark. wish we had just planned for it to be changed in the summer as would have been less hassle overall.