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A modern PVC double glazed door will retain heat better than an older aluminium door.
A modern condensing gas boiler can achieve seasonal efficiencies of around 95% compared to around 60-70% at best for a 20 yr old model.
However replacing your boiler will cost you at best €1600 (€700 redeemable through SEAI) for materials and labour and a new PVC double glazed door will cost €600-€700 ballpark.
Taking grants into account thats still €1500 to fork out. Thats a fair amount of gas. What is you annual spend on gas? How long will it take you to repay your investment from these savings. You do not have to change your boiler if you dont want to. Just keep it serviced regularly.
Its easy to make recommendations without considering the cost of these recommendations. Not all BER assessors know what they're talking about.
"If it's not broke, why fix it" comes to mind.
my annual spend on gas which is approx 1k for heat and hob.
I have just had the outside of my house insulated and the chap doing the BER check has advised me to Replace my Back door which is Aluminium and he says it causes heat loss. He also recommended replaceing my Potterton Gas Boiler which is 19 yo and works perfectly he says I need a more efficient one I am an OAP and dont want to be spending money unneccessarily.Any suggestions as to how Ishould proceed.
I have just had the outside of my house insulated and the chap doing the BER check has advised me to Replace my Back door which is Aluminium and he says it causes heat loss. He also recommended replaceing my Potterton Gas Boiler which is 19 yo and works perfectly he says I need a more efficient one I am an OAP and dont want to be spending money unneccessarily.Any suggestions as to how Ishould proceed.
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