Boiler woes. Is there a plumber in the house?!

Just stick her on the drive

 

Nice glass of Chianti and a copy of the Guardian...the perfect evening

 

We had a WB combo fitted four years ago to replace a clapped out Potterton. We've had the engineers out 3 times to repair it

 

That's surprising. They seem to have a pretty good rep.

 

If you get a Heat Only boiler, findout out how many KW or Therms you existing boiler is so you know what size has happily heated your house for the last 15 years. A Combi would be better when you come to sell, plus you get a mains pressure shower.

 

I'm in a similar position, I had a thread a few months ago, my boiler is over 30 years old the gas board say the model I have was discontinued in 1984.... I got a quote at well over 6k to swap to combi..... It's therefore still hanging on.

 

love your story ,you could replace "boiler" with "vw camper" and the gas board been the mechanic ,then finaly giving up your dream and getting a T5...

 

yep that was due to having to re pipe everything as the pipes weren't up to the increased pressure etc and also combi boiler needed a waste pipe for the condenser to run too etc.... realistically i'll never have that money to spend so i will have to wait for it to give up totally and then probably put in a like for like i guess...... my service is due anytime soon - part of me is putting it off as it works and if the man comes out and disturbs something......... i feel your pain, here's an idea - sell that old van.

 

As far as I can see, after getting a plumber round to "service" a boiler, all you need to do is check the colour of the flame and sweep / vacuum dust and crud off the burner if it's yellow not blue. I did my own for 20 years after that with no problems.

Any plumbers like to comment?

 

'tis about all they do as far as i can see, he did stick a probe thing in the flue outside but what that did is beyond me, they do a leak test as well i think?

 

That's why we went with one, although it's only been piddling little things that have gone wrong......not a complete boiler failure. Works fine most of the time

British Gas wanted 4k to fit a new boiler. We got Help Link in to do it for just under 2.5k. You do hear some horror stories about them, but you hear the same about British Gas sometimes too. You pays yer money etc.... Think if we were doing it again we'd get a local trader, like a @Merlin Cat for instance

 

if its open flued the ventilation needs checking,check the gas rate as set down by manufacturers.ask what coffee they have ,check chimney is clear and not leaking

 

I would guess around £2500.00 plus maybe scaffold to get the flue out of the roof

 

your going to have a new flue