From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-10-20 00:50, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   >   Several friends who sprang for "high efficiency" condensing furnaces   
   > at the same time have had to replace them TWICE already!!!!! and we've   
   > joked he (my OTHER neighbor who bought the high efficiency unit)needs   
   > a dedicated parking space for the service truck.   
      
   When my boiler in my Madrid flat broke, I bought a condenser model. The   
   guys from the manufacturer insisted that it needed yearly maintenance:   
   cleanup and change a large rubber gasket. Otherwise, there was risk of   
   total destruction (the gases can be corrosive). They also made an offer   
   for that maintenance with a fixed price subscription.   
      
   Then, about two year later they offered to install a remote monitoring   
   unit. I can control the temperature via an app in my phone, probably   
   program on/off hours and temperatures, or simply adjust a knob in the   
   thermostat. And, they look at the parameters remotely. The advantage was   
   that the maintenance was switched to by-yearly, so I went for it.   
      
   The boiler runs on very clean urban gas.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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