Boiler

[Astrid34]

HI everyone, I’ve just bought a house and the boiler is 7 years old, it’s been fully serviced every year etc. I have in my budget for a new boiler but is 7 years old? Would you replace now or wait till this one conks out?

That should say is 7 years classed as old for a boiler

My boiler was installed in 1997, is serviced every couple of years and is still going strong. No plans to replace it until it stops working.

A boiler should last 12-15 years if serviced regularly. Inevitably as it ages it becomes less efficient which means bigger energy bills. At over 10 years if faced with a big repair bill, say over £500 you might think about getting a new one instead.
A new one costs £2000- 2700 fitted.

We just replaced our 25 year old one recently. 7 years isn't old for a boiler. Use the money for something else. We actually replaced our hot water tank sooner to get a more efficient and larger capacity one. It was money well spent.

No need to replace it, it’ll have years of life in it yet and it would be really wasteful.

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We replaced our boiler 1 year ago - it was 20odd years old and still worked but was very inefficient.

7 years doesn't seem that old to me

Our last boiler was 20+ years old by the time we replaced it. Only really because it was less efficient abs parts harder to get.

Thankyou so much everyone. I feel like I’ve bought my first house on my own and feel out of my depth!.

7 years is very new! Don't replace until you actually have to.

Depends on the make and type of boiler (gas or oil) but most modern gas boilers should last at least ten years and some of them come with parts warranties for up to ten years. Vaillant and Worcester-Bosch are among the better makes, but even lesser-rated boilers seem to last much longer now. Oil boilers can go on for 20+ years, but the older ones are often massively inefficient, noisy old guzzlers and are using 30% more oil than a modern one would.

If I were you I'd keep having your boiler serviced every year to avoid breakdowns and put away £500 a year into a boiler fund in Premium Bonds or similar, OP, so that when the inevitable happens you have the money available.

It's likely to be fine. I'd save money each year (we use a regular savings account) to pay for any repairs, get it serviced annually and you should have enough money built up to replace it by the time it needs doing!

We sold a house last year with a 12 year old boiler in that was still working well and had had very few problems. We're replacing the 20 year old one in the house we've just bought.