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Repair or replace? Decide it by annual cost, not by which number is bigger.

An €800 repair looks cheaper than a €4,000 replacement until you count the years each one buys. You give the component, its age, and the quote you are holding. You get the year you are in, and the working behind it.

§ RR Repair or replace market data · incl. VAT

Is this a repair year or a replacement year?

You give the component, its age, and the repair quote you are holding. You see which costs less per year of service, and how much life a repair can honestly buy at this age. The method is the one property managers run: cost divided by the years it buys, not the size of the two numbers side by side.

§ verdict The answer

Pick a component, its age, and the repair quote to see the year you are in.

  1. Lifespans and installed replacement costs are the sourced seed behind appkeep's plan (RgdBOEI 2012 / NEN 2767, NAHB, BRE, CIBSE, trade bodies, manufacturer guidance). Prices are per unit, VAT-inclusive, in today's money. Each carries its own confidence label, shown next to the number.
  2. A repair does not reset the component's clock. The years a repair buys are capped by the life the component has left, and past roughly three-quarters of its life that shrinks fast, because wear accelerates. The tool reflects that in the years-a-repair-buys figure.
  3. The tool prices the money. It cannot see the component's condition, whether this is its first fault or its third, or a safety or insurance rule that forces the call. Those sit with you and the linked guide.
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