Thanks for the information. Often, the person who installed something new is so enthusiastic that they no longer report or calculate quite objectively.
The return flow is the problem for me. Despite underfloor heating, I run a high flow temperature because I used "copper" pipes back then. There were some problems with plastic hoses, which is why I decided on that. Since copper might react with the concrete, the plastic-coated pipe was used at the time. To compensate for the expansion coefficient, there is some air between the copper and the coating (worse heat transfer) - but it has proven itself.
To achieve sufficient flow even in the remote areas, I have to run it a bit faster, which means the return flow is not so cold. The radiators in the basement were never even installed because it turned out that they were not necessary due to the lack of insulation. So I automatically heat the basement as well.
Since I chose a cast iron boiler back then (no corrosion), the unit is still almost like new.
I was able to elegantly solve the problem with efficiency (over the years, the flue gas loss specification changed from about ~14% to now ~10%).
The trick was not even known to the chimney sweep, and heating accessory companies also said it wouldn't work.
I now meet the values (down to 8%!), so the chimney sweep can only tick the box.
It is a simple, inexpensive solution that only requires a bit of DIY.
I will not rely on condensing technology but rather think towards the future, which I have already done, but was somewhat desperate because of the many options and therefore initially thought about condensing technology (only because of the oil price).
The 80-meter deep drilling for about 9000,- hit me in the stomach at first, and digging up my garden with the pipe coils at 1m depth is also too much effort for me.
"Only" the drilling divided by 15 years = 600,- per year! I can still get quite a bit of oil for that.
---Sidebar: Doesn't the drilling actually cool down over the years?? Which would reduce efficiency?
By the way:
If another reader has an older boiler whose values are slowly reaching the limit, I can gladly repost the "super solution" with details.
Greetings from a "seeker" who is not averse to the future but is not so enthusiastic about a 15-year amortization period, especially since I know from experience that some repairs also occur during this time that were not mentioned at the beginning.......