My latest acquisition isn't here yet, but coming tomorrow...
My combi gas boiler for heat and hot water has been playing up for a while now, and repairs were both temporary and inconclusive. I only bought this house four years ago, and we estimate the boiler was here for six-to-eight years before that, perhaps several more... So it's at least ten years old, but probably significantly older. Frankly, the existing boiler is below specification for the size of the house. It's done rather well to service the previous owners' requirements and mine for this long. The last couple of weeks, I truly thought I'd be without heating and hot water, as the boiler has required resetting and coaxing into life many times each day... but it has done its best and lasted beyond my expectations
So, tomorrow (Friday) I'm having a new, much-higher-spec boiler installed. The fitters will power-flush each of the radiators and all the piping, and fit a water filter on the incoming line, then install the boiler which is rated for at least this size of home and somewhat larger. It has a ten year guarantee, so with the system flush and water filter, I'm hoping it'll be good for at least that and ideally quite a bit longer.
Sadly, the cost means I'll be limiting my photography equipment purchases for some time to come... unless one of the rarer Soviet lenses on my "to buy" list comes available, in which case I'll just have to find a way