Combi boilers are more efficient and more complicated than the old style ones where the burners had to be cleaned each year. There's more to go wrong and the newer ones are getting more efficient all the time.

Lots of companies offer boiler guarantee schemes that include an annual service. The trouble I found was that they'd start cheap and shoot up in price each year. They often won't touch older boilers too.

My current boiler is mayber 2 years old. The one I replaced was maybe 12

It seems you had a similar issue last year and I posted this
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There's an affiliate link in there. If you like the look of them use that link to buy and you get money off and I get something too.

Quote from: Raven on Yesterday at 10:56:30 PMDon't you pay a monthly breakdown to the company that do the safety check each year. If you need a new boiler or anything else the monthly payments should cover it...... Don't they?

No, Raven,  I didn't know anything about any boiler scheme?  No one has ever offered anything like that to me?
It will cost a lot of money if I have to replace it, won't it.   

What sort is yours and how old is it?

Don't you pay a monthly breakdown to the company that do the safety check each year. If you need a new boiler or anything else the monthly payments should cover it...... Don't they?

I think they say we should replace our boilers about every 10 years?  Is that about right?

Mine is a Vaillant combi, and nearly 20 years old. 
I must say it has always worked brilliantly though, and only ever had one problem.
Then today it suddenly conked out,  with an F28 Fault problem showing on the dial.
I had to boil the kettle to get some hot water for washing up tonight,  but hopefully my shower will still work in the morning as it doesn't run off the boiler.

So it made me wonder -  how old are other people's boilers here? 
 What make is yours,  and would you recommend it?
Have  you always  had  it serviced annually?

The  Engineer is coming tomorrow and I am dreading what he might find.

Polly felt it was getting colder 
Or perhaps she was just getting older?

I started to watch it, Scrumps,  but just couldn't get into it. 

He wouldn't go near Rose again
He'd leave her to his old mate Ben
If she has a pulse Ben would be fine
He'd treat her to chips and some lemon and lime
She'd not go out with him again!

Quote from: Dextrous63 on Yesterday at 09:00:46 PMThanks.  His only main issue in life is that he was born in Yorkshire.  It's left him disturbed with a chip on his shoulder.  😬😬

He is lovely. Nowt wrong with Yorkshire as you well know! 👍🏽

LOvely film, dramatic music too 

Found this video and it's not far from where we live. It shows the Aurora and other night skys far better than any photo I've taken can.
I could sit beneath these sky's for hours and just watch in wonder. The Aurora Season is just getting started for this year, I've had several alerts on my phone the past couple of weeks, but not strong enough to get the camera out.....Enjoy, you should recognise several places from my photos, even though it's dark.