When my partner plus I purchased our house, my associate and I were told the boiler was almost fifty years old! My 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, Ventilation, plus A/C system my associate and I absolutely wanted installed, since the boiler didn’t use HVAC duct, my associate and I didn’t need to worry about having the old HVAC duct detached from the house. It was a win-win situation; Here it is ten years later, plus the boiler system is running well. I called the Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C corporation for an assessment, but the serviceman told us the boiler system looked like new. He could see it lasting another ten years or more. I was about in tears, plus he looked at me oddly. I told him I wanted to get rid of the boiler plus have a ductless Heating, Ventilation, 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, plus take the cost off the ductless Heating, Ventilation, 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 friend and I could donate to a homeless group, plus possibly give someone a furnace for free, however with it being so old, no one would want one. If the boiler was too old to give away for free, then why wasn’t it too old to continue working. I absolutely wanted to get rid of the boiler plus get a ductless Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C system, however no one was listening to my pleas.