ReMan
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 11:40 AM |
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Gas Boiler service or not?
Anyone with knowledge of gas boilers?
Brought on by the ever rising cost of gas....
Is there any point to having the boiler serviced?
Its a Glowworm Ultimate, I guess about 10 years old and in the 6 years we've been here it's not been touched!
I've always been sceptical about what a "service" might do, after all there's no oil, filter or plugs to make it go better is
there?
Am I likely to get any benefit from having it done, or do we just run it into the ground like an old car?
Cheers and Happy Easter
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 11:57 AM |
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Carbon Monoxide! How many times do we hear about deaths caused by faulty boilers??
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joneh
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 12:03 PM |
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I have mine done every couple of years - safety mainly and cleaning it up keeps it efficient.
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 12:05 PM |
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When I had a gas boiler the service engineer cleaned out the boiler and there were always carbon deposits around the burner and he also checked /
cleaned a number of other parts. It always seemed to run quieter after the service.
Keith
Aviemore
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stevebubs
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 12:16 PM |
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Well...
My boiler is 24 years old and still going strong.
Gets serviced every year as part of the maintenance contract with British Gas.
Stopped working (minor problems) 3/4 times over the last 8 years. As under contract, fixed for free every time...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 12:17 PM |
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We get ours done annually - but NOT by British Gas!
We use a reputable local Corgi-registered dealership - cheaper, more reliable, more competent and won't slap a 'do not use' sticker
on in the hope that you'll buy a new system off them (as BG did to us in the past).
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nib1980
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 12:20 PM |
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get mine done everyyear, by a local corgi guy
£54 for a good service the old boy strips it down to its components a rebuild and replaces abything needed.
small price to pay for not dying i think
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TGR-ECOSSE
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 12:27 PM |
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The one advantage about dying from carbon monoxide poisoning is you dont know its happening. Its supposed to be a nice relaxing way to go  Yes its
got no filters etc but its got jets etc that block up. I would get it serviced as we might start getting the posts "anybody heard from ReMan
recently" 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 12:30 PM |
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I have a healthy mistrust of inflammable gasses - one reason why we won't have a gas oven with a timer! (gas hob, electric oven for us).
The main things found in previous services (before we had a new boiler) were slightly blocked jets leading to yellowish flames and general 'out
of adjustment' conditions.
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imp paul
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 12:54 PM |
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does any 1 know if boiler keeps tripping out and have to press to re light switch to get it going again has the thermocouple gone? any help would be
nice cheers paul
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Macbeast
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 02:25 PM |
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I had this and I think gunge had built up on pilot so that flame wasn't reaching the thermocouple.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 04:42 PM |
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This *was* the bane of my life.
Fix attempts tried by the engineers (apparently)
-Clean Pilot jet
-Clean thermocouple
-Raise water pressure in pump (?)
Anyhow, whatever the last guy did (supposedly increased water pressure), it worked.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 04:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
We get ours done annually - but NOT by British Gas!
We use a reputable local Corgi-registered dealership - cheaper, more reliable, more competent and won't slap a 'do not use' sticker
on in the hope that you'll buy a new system off them (as BG did to us in the past).
Agreed - BG guys are hit or miss on the servicing front. However, the servicing comes with the maintenance contract.
The engineers themselves are normally pretty honest - at least one of them has said the equivalent of "I've got to stick this on as
it's the company rules, but just turn the thing back on when I've left; it's worked for 25 years, no reason it's not as safe
now as it was then"
[Edited on 23/3/08 by stevebubs]
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Ferg
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| posted on 23/3/08 at 05:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
We get ours done annually - but NOT by British Gas!
We use a reputable local Corgi-registered dealership - cheaper, more reliable, more competent and won't slap a 'do not use' sticker
on in the hope that you'll buy a new system off them (as BG did to us in the past).
Agreed - BG guys are hit or miss on the servicing front. However, the servicing comes with the maintenance contract.
The engineers themselves are normally pretty honest - at least one of them has said the equivalent of "I've got to stick this on as
it's the company rules, but just turn the thing back on when I've left; it's worked for 25 years, no reason it's not as safe
now as it was then"
Phew!
If it needs an 'At Risk' or 'Immediately Dangerous' condition label on it then turning it back on is foolhardy in the extreme.
Putting it on covers his back, no-one's covering yours. Did you ask what was wrong???
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ReMan
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| posted on 24/3/08 at 01:46 PM |
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Thanks for the replys.
I think I'll get it checked for safety, as it's not been done for a long time, though from what I can see its still burning clean and
blue.
As far as whether it makes any difference to the performance, it looks like the answer is no!
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