I think my beloved 12-year-old Miss Silvia is dead, but I'm open to contrary opinions!
She had developed a very slow leak from her boiler, so I ordered a new gasket and set about on the open boiler surgery operation. Unfortunately, the boiler screws were pretty heavily corroded, and the heads on four of them snapped off when I tried to undo them. One snapped screw I could maybe extract, but four... I think it's beyond me.
Replacing the boiler would be do-able at ~$250, but it looks like I'd have to replace both the boiler and the group head (another ~$230). And who knows what would be next? Her steel frame is showing corrosion as a result of the leak...
For almost $500 and no guarantees, is it better just to... let her go?
She had developed a very slow leak from her boiler, so I ordered a new gasket and set about on the open boiler surgery operation. Unfortunately, the boiler screws were pretty heavily corroded, and the heads on four of them snapped off when I tried to undo them. One snapped screw I could maybe extract, but four... I think it's beyond me.
Replacing the boiler would be do-able at ~$250, but it looks like I'd have to replace both the boiler and the group head (another ~$230). And who knows what would be next? Her steel frame is showing corrosion as a result of the leak...
For almost $500 and no guarantees, is it better just to... let her go?

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