When my partner and I bought our house, my associate and I were told the boiler was almost fifty years old; My fantastic friend and I knew boilers lasted a long time, however my associate and I figured at most, my associate and I would have ten years to save for the ductless mini split Heating plus A/C system my associate and I actually wanted installed, but since the boiler didn’t use ductwork, my associate and I didn’t need to worry about having the aged ductwork removed from the house… It was a win-win situation… Here it is ten years later, and the boiler system is running well.
I called the Heating plus A/C business for an assessment. The worker told us the boiler system looked like new. He could see it lasting another ten years or more. I was about in tears, and he looked at me oddly. I told him I wanted to get rid of the boiler and have a ductless Heating plus A/C system installed. I then got a bright idea. I wanted to know if they could give us a trade-in value on the boiler, and take the cost off the ductless Heating plus A/C system. He said he could not make that decision, however since it was fifty years old, he didn’t see it happening. My fantastic friend and I could donate to a homeless group, and possibly give someone a furnace for free, however with it being so old, no one would want one. If the boiler was too aged to give away for free, then why wasn’t it too aged to continue working. I actually wanted to get rid of the boiler and get a ductless Heating plus A/C system, however no one was listening to my pleas.